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CHUNGKING
THE CHINA MAIL, SEPTEMBER 12, 1941.
ATTITUDE
Divided Views On U.S.-Japanese Talks
Main Topic Of Interest
TOWN FINED FOR SABOTAGE
The inhabitants of the important indus- trial town of Enschede, in eastern Holland, have been fined 50,000 guilders by the German commissar for "committing acts of sabotage, it was learned in Dutch cir- cles in London yester- day. Nature of the sabotage was not stated.--Reuter.
YOSHIZAWA PRESTIGE
THE EVE OF President Roosevelt's eager- ly-awaited broadcast finds the discussions between the United States and Japan still the main topic of interest in Chungking, with opinions apparently divided.
Some quarters still see the possibility of compromise arrangements being made be- tween the two countries while others think a settlement is unlikely.
Chinese reports from Washing-, oil shipments via Vladivostok if ton indicate that no settlement the United States would resume to Japan proves has yet been reached, and similar oil shipments views are shared by American she is insincere towards the Axis
and the United States alike. circles.
"She is now trying to break Anglo-American economic the
That the United States will not come to an agreement with Japan on the Far Eastern situation, ex- cept in the form of a basic settle- ment, is the belief expressed in Chungking.
The suggestion from Tokyo that If the United States resumed oil shipments to Jupan the latter would not interfere with Amer-
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The appointment, an- ican oil shipments to Russia, via nounced on Wednesday, official "Central Daily News"
Vladivostok, was described of Mr. Yoshizawa as spe- as "another Konoye trick." cial envoy in Indo China, has aroused considerable interest in Saigon.
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It is felt that his setback in the N.E.I. has clearly caused no loss of personal prestige and Japan using his unrivalled knowledge of southern Pacific conditions to co- ordinate their more obvious gains.
Breathing Space
pressure.
"If Japan is allowed another breathing space the Democracies will miss a great opportunity to
Japanese aggression" check Reuter.
Chungking Talk
A lengthy conversation took place yesterday between Mr Clarence Gauss, the American Ambassador in Chungking, and the Chinese Foreign Minister, Dr. Quo Tal-chi, at the latter's official residence,
Declaring Japan apparently is
The topics discussed are not re- using this as a bargaining point
the present discussions the vealed but it is general y presum- in paper adds: Tokyo's suggestioned that they touched on the pre- that she would not interfere with sent American-Japanese talks in
AS SPECIAL ENVOY, WITH CHINA, THE RANK OF AMBASSADOR,
He is likely to pay most atten-
HE WILL HAVE FULL POWERS tion to economic relations which TO CONSOLIDATE RELATIONS | Japan. at BETWEEN JAPAN AND INDO-| strongly.--Reuter.
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President Roosevelt last night bluntly warned Germany and Italy that their warships will henceforth enter Ameri- can defensive waters "at their own peril."
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Sole responsibility rests on Germany. There will be no shooting unless Ger- many continues to seek it." Reuter
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