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WASHINGTON, July 21-Thedivision of regional information, bureau of foreign and domestic,commerce, Issued the following economie survey of French Indo-China, a region vitally affected by current European developments;
The Union of French Indo-China. in southeastern, Asia, is France's largest and most important overseas possession. Forming the eastern balf of the tive diet and a considerable sur- peninsula which protrudes into plas is shipped to neighbouring the China Sear directly south of areas - China and tast of Thailand (Slam).
It has an area of approximately
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tectorates" of
Scrap Metal - Control In
America
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THE PRESIDENT
EXPLAINS
WASHINGTON, July 28 (Reuter? -America's control of her ull and Scrap-metal is designed to conserve ner resources for national defence, sata Fresident Roosevelt at his Friday press conference. This es pecially applied to high-grade aviá- tion spirit.
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RUBBER INDUSTRY Fostered by subsidies from the 283.000 square miles. over a third French govemment, rubber cult- larger than the mother country.
vation has developed rapidly in recent years Special conditions of The Union consists of the 'Colony soil, climate and labour, as well as
The Japanese Ambassador of Cochin China. the French pro. private capital and initiative, also Washington had been informed of Cambodia, Laos, tiave contributed to the successful this, the President went on, and Annam, and Tonkin, and the small cultivation of rubber. Indo-China e sald he had no information
party to leased territory of Kwangchow, onjls i
the international about reports that the Japanese the coast of Kwangtung Province, rubber restriction agreement and were threatening reprisals if the China. The country as a whole was allatted a quota of 60.000 tons flow of oll and metal was cut.
1939. Exports tant year governed by a Frencu administra-in
These restrictions, he said, "had tive organization, having as its amounted to 151.904.000 pounds, no connection with the British head a governor general appointed valued at $24,380.000, or 27 per cent closing of the Burma route. by the French minisuy of Colonies of the total export trade.
Fractically the whole of Cochin Forty per cent of the rubber China. Cambodia and southern shipments went to the United Laos constitute the vast delta and states.
Indo-China's production PROTECTION
flood plain of the Mekong river accounted for 6.5 per cent of the which rises in Eastern Tibes, flows total world output or rubber in through the whole of Yunnan pro-1939.
vince in China, and empties into Rice, rubber, corn, fish and the China Sea.
miner agricultura; products com This pain is given over almost prised about 85 per cent of Indo- entirely to the cultivation of rice, China's export trade in 1939, The while deltas of the Red and Black remaining 15 per cent consisted Rivers in Tonkin provide addi- chiefly of the country's mineral tional rica regions in the north" products, of which coal is the most High mountain ranges in Annam important. "Tin, tungsten, zinc, "THAT MAN" WITH run between these two great rice tead, graphite, phosphates and
areas and extend north NO CONSCIENCE
to the gold also are produced in commer mountainous peaks along the Ch1-cial quantities. NEW YORK. July 28 (Reuter)nese frontier; dividing the narrow The forests of Indo-China pro Undoubtedly Adult Hitler. Would coastal plain from a large interior vide valuable tropical hardwoods, sink a ship louded with angels plateau of forest Northern Laos, bamboo, lacs, herbs, and essential from heaven If he believed mill- also, is mountainous and, in zerolls, all of which enter into the tary advantage would be gained." eral, thickly forested. tommented the New York Times yesterday or the question of tile sea evacuation of children from Britain."
1936 CENSUS
country's foreign trade.
INDUSTRIAL DEVELOPMENT
CASUALTIES
IN IMOGEN "The unanimously favourable re- Of the main racial groups, thegoods, laces, grass and pottery
Ca
AGAINST BULLETS
OFFICIAL TESTS. PROCEEDING
LONDON. July 28 (Reater) — An official test of the resistance for qualities of certain materials protecting the troops is revealed by Dr. Kenneth Walker. Harley Street surgeon, in the British Me-
dies Jonrnai.
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The Ministry of mome security, he writes, is now studying not only Of the country's 23,030,000 in- Industrial development is limit-
the types of wounds but also the habitants, 22,837,000 were classedjed, as the normal French policy
resistance qualities of certain as natives in the 1936 census. has been not to encourage Indus-
materia's. The results of the tests "He would probably not sink one Uhinese residents number 325.600 trial development in the colonies are not yet available. but when if the only result would be to in- and other Aslaties, 5,400. Pre that would tend to increase com-they are they should be of furiate a nation which is stili dominantly French, the European petition with the industrial exports
greatest vaiue, says Dr. Walker. legally neutral,” adds the news-population consists of 41,285 French of France.
who Eas long been an advocate of paper, referring to the employment including 10,574 armed forces and A number of articles, powever, tight armour for the troups., of American vessels.
only 975 Europeans of other na-are manufactured in limited quan-
He urges that not only showa The Herald-Tribune commented: tiumality.
tity, and cement, silk and cottun tests be made to protect certain selected troops-such us maching- com-Annamites approach the Chinese leather, matches, bronzes, and fish port of the foreign affairs
gunners-from missiles ruch as mittee, authorising the despatch of in tradition, language and culture, sauces of domestic production, are
bullets, but also of protective American ships for refugee chil-while the. Cambodians and Lao-exported in small quantity 們
equipment, to a lesser degree, lor dren, is evidence encugh of the tians are closely akin to the Thai [neighbouring countries,
all members of the fighting forces. profcund appeal these small vic- peoples. Excluding Occidentals In 1939 Indo-China's total export
He also recommends the rein- London yesterday that the follow-/tims of the culcssal savagery have and a small number of educated (trade was valued at $89,200,000 oli torcement of gas-masks by ma- made towards American feeling natives, the bulk of the population which $28,760,000, or 32.5 per cent, terlal, not necessarily steel, of high and American Intelligence." -
is largely illiterate, with a rela-represented trade with France.
protective powers. tively low standard of living and The United States, with 12 per
mited purchasing power.
cent of the total, was the second
SINKING
—
LONDON. July 27 (Reuter
It
was officialy announced 12
of
sn-
ing casualles occurred in H.M. destroyer Imogen, the less. which has already been nounced:
One officer injured, two ratings died of injuries, 17 missing pre- sumed dead and -eight injured.
MOCK AIR ATTACK ON PANAMA CANAL ZONE
Casualties in the trawlers King- ston Galena were the officer in
LONDON, July 27 (Reuter) command missing, presumed dead,
Eighteen United States warplanes one ofileer wounded, one rating
out સ · Mock : killed, one died of wounds, 15 resterday carried missing presumed dead and three night air attack on the Panama
Canal zone.
wounded.
Cacuaties in "the trawler Rading
Loss of both ready been announced.
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ΠΟΥ been made
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In spite of numerous credit or market. II. however, exports Lu
|ganizations designed to improve Hongkong, which consist largely NO PHOTOGRAPHS
COMMERCIAL CENTRE Saigon, near the mouth of the Mekong, is the commercial center
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No person is now allowed to carry or take photographs without written permission from the authorities.
the country's rural economy, nor rice destined for China. are debtedness and their struggles Included China becomes the second against the difficult climatic con-¡market.
LONDON, July 28 (Reuter) — ditions have tended to impoverish Exports to the United States In An Admiralty order issued in Lon- the peasantry.
1939 were valued at $10,370,000. don yesterday places severe res- while the combined trade with trictions on the possession of China and Hongkong amounted cameras and the taking of photo- to $12.230.00. Rubber: valued at graphs in British, waters.
Passengers and crews of all ships The planes surprised the at and largest city, with a population $10,340.000. accounted for almost were one rating killed, one died offences but A. A. gun savon cane of 258,000 Including the adjace the entire trade with the United in British waters must hand their te action. Flares were dropped. Chinese area of Cholon. The capi-States. Other Indo-Chinese pro- cameras to the captain who will wounds, and two missing presum-
States are, pepper, The conclusions drawn from the tal of the Union is Hanol, in Tou-ducts purchased by the United keep them as long as the ship is
coal, hides, Ir. British waters. ed dead.
kin. Haiphong, also in Tonkin, is
skins. teakwood, nux trawlers had al- exercises have
Tomicx, the port of the north. il rublic.
kapok, antse oll and tunysten ore. Since removal in 1938 of the Chinese government from Nanking kapok, anise oil and tungsten ore.
PURCHASES OF CORN to Chungking, in Szechwan pro- vince, the French controlled rall-
Considerably teavier Japanese way running from Haiphong to purchases of curn were responsible Yunnanfu (Kunming), capital of for a substantial gain in exports The Standing Committee of the Yunnan province, has gained in to Japan in 1839, which amounted Central Executive Committee in a commercial and strategic impor-to $4,130,000. Shipments of coal, regular meeting on July 25 decid- tance, and.. is practically the only ron and manganese ore to Jabaned to give a compassionate allow- outlet to a seaport east of Ran- also increased.
ance of $20,000 to the family of goon that is available to "free" As a colony of France, Indo- the late Mr. Samuel H. Chang, the China's foreign commerce.
China's imports from the mother toyat Journalist murdered in Haiphong also has good railroad country have the advantage of Shanghai on July 19. Funeral and highway connections with the highly preferential tariff rates, expenses for Mr. Chang, will be northern portion of Indo-China and imports from other countries paid by the National Government, for which it serves as distributing are, in consequence, of relativer who will also issue an order of center. The southern half of the insignificant proportions,
commendation for his loyalty and country is supplied from Salgon The colony admits free all com devotion to the national cause, via the Mekong river, main artery modities manufactured in France, of commerce and transportation for which have been transhipped In 1937 total rallway mileage was and have paid duty in a "French A naval communique Issued in 2,088, while there were 18,660 miles port, while all foreign goods of a speaking from personal exper-Cairo yesterday stated there was a of surfaced highways, -ence!
half hour Italian air raid in the Alexandria area early yesterday morning.
LONDON, July 27 (Reuter)—Confirmation of the effect of the. RA.F. raids on the German population appears to be contained in a broadcast by the German radio.
The announcer began by-saying that the attack-on-Britain was being postponed because Germany knows the suspense and "terrible hell" the people of Britain Bre going through each night as they wait for the raiders,
For the benefit of people living heavy high explosive bombs had in countries, unaffected directly by made direct hits on the factory, the war, he then proceeded to give while other buildings were hit. Q graphic description of how : ITALIAN AIR BAID IN frightful it was—and bis äccount
was so vivid he must have been
CONSTANT FEAR
People in quiet countries, he said could not imagine what it means to be under constant fear, to hear the road of thousands of enemy aeroplane engines, to hear bombs bursting and machine-guns in action.'
They go away, but one knows. that after a few hours they will
· return.
"That is more than the human mind can possiby bear for long, he concluded T
ÁIR FACTORY RAIDED
ALEXANDRIA
A few bomb were dropped but there was no damage: no casual ties were reported.
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machinery. metal manufactures competitive nature pay a heavy and petroleum products Imports CHIEF WEALTH
duty varying with the respective from Japan have consisted princi. commodities.
pally of cotton yarns and there Essentially agricultural, the
goods, and have been checked In "Inder the Franco-American country's staple crop and chief trade agreement. American pro-recent years by the imposition of source of wealth is rice. Proximity ducts, with a few exceptions, are quotas.
to China warrants a privileged admitted to Indo-China subject to Soon after the outbreak of the
A British raid was carried out at position in supplying that coun- the minimum tariff rates estab-uropean war decrees were pro- Assab (Eritrea) on a naval store try's rice needs, and an average shed with France. In 1939 total mulgated in Indo-China for the and on military objectives at Rah-annual crop "of 2,500,000 tons" is import trade was valued at $80, regalation or foreign trade and sold chiefly in the Chinese mar 420,000, of which 56 per cent re-exchange operations. Control of
weite.
bombers left.
...
Foxports of rice in 1939 were
nresented imports from France.
SOURCES OF IMPORT
the latter is designed to conserve Some enemy bombers on the ket
and direct the use of all foreign ground at Mille were machine-
exchange, and is crusely connect- gunned by our aircraft and smoke valued at $35,370,000, approximately
In recent years the United States ed with the control of Imports. was seen arising from them as our 40 per cent of the total export
trade. Corn (maize) is an impor- has beld first place among wea-All imports from countries other It was also announced by head-tant export to France, while other tern sources of Imports, supplying than France, its colonies, or its quarters of the R.AF, Middle East agricultural products produced in goods valued at $2.520.000 in 1939, allies, are subject to permits or Command that no R.AF. aircraft commercial quantities are rubber, compared with British imports of dinarily required only for essen day of the large-scale R.A.F. raids from that Command were in the cassava, pepper, cinnamon, tea, the value of $1,710,000 and of im-tial goods not obtainable from on Germany on Thursday night vicinity of Gaeta of Rome on the copra, vegetable oils, kapok and ports from Japan to the value of France. Under the wartime mea
E $1,012.000 sures, exports of certain products showed that factory where night, of July 23/24 Rome had cotton. Messerschmidt planes are assem- previously stated stated that Bri Fishing is a secondary but im The principal commodities en- to foreign countries are prohibited, bled was bombed for 30 minutes, tish planes were fred on that portant native occupation.shtering into imports from the United while permits are necessary for all
A large fre, broke out after tush
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