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THE CHINA MAIL, SEPTEMBER 25, 1940

"Resist At All Costs Order By Gen. Martin

MORE AGAINST WEST THAN CHINA

The Chungking newspapers maintain- ed yesterday that the Japanese move in Indo-China is more against British and United States inter- ests in the Pacific than against China.

They urged the two countries to take de- cisive action. Reu- ter.

Nishihara's

Bid

To Hold Ando

(SPECIAL TO “CHINA MAIL")

THERE IS A LULL IN THE INDO-CHINA BORDER FIGHTING WITH BOTH SIDES NURSING THEIR WOUNDS, AND AWAIT- ING THE OUTCOME OF A MEETING BETWEEN MAJOR - GEN- ERAL NISHIHARA, HEAD OF THE JAPANESE INSPECTORATE, AND GENERAL ANDO, COMMANDER-IN-CHIEF OF THE SOUTH CHINA JAPANESE EXPEDITIONARY FORCE, NOW TAKING PLACE IN HOIHOW.

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According to French reports, General NDO-CHINA

Maurice Martin, Commander-in-Chief of the French Indo-China ́Army, has ordered the army to resist at all costs any attempt the Japanese make to invade Indo-China Chinese Territory.

from

CHUNGKING Admiral Jean De Coux, Governor-General PREPARES

of French Indo-China, apparently foresees further trouble in northern Indo-China, for

FORCE OF

25,000

That the French au- thorities in Indo-China have only 25,000 regular

IN YUNNAN yesterday he ordered the general evacuation troops to resist the Ja- of all civilians from areas in Tongking. Two panese, in addition to a It was reliably learned

trains are leaving Hanoi every day to carry pathetically small naval in Chungking yesterday

force of seven cruisers and that Yunnan troops are evacuees southwards.

Heartened by the stout re-on the alert around Hanoi and four gunboats, is revealed actively cooperating with sistance which the foreign legion-troops guard the railway Central Government naires and the colonial infantry-highway bridges, but despite the by the "China Fortnight-

the populacely Review.” forces along the Indo-men offered the Japanese, nor-military activity

thern Indo-China meanwhile in-remains calm.

The

and

According to figures gathered

forces, excluding the peace pre-

China border where they creased its defence preparations.

Trucks laden with ammunition Japanese Naval Watch last May, the French regular will fight side by side if

moved all night long northward

Several Japanese warships are servation corps, numbered no the Japanese attempt to and eastward of Hanoi toward

territorial decks cleared more than 25,000 men. Of these, invade Yunnan.

the border, where the majority cruising just outside

one artillery, brigade and three jfor action.

infantry regiments were station 'Yunnan

of the colony's available 10,000 waters with their well-equipped

French regulars and mobilised

According to semi-official Chin- troops will be most useful to the civilians have taken up positions

ese reports, the agreement reach- ed in Tongkin, one artillery bri- Central Government forces as

Nishihara gade and another of Infantry in ed between' General

Cochin-Chine, guides, being familiar with local flanked by several divisions

and Admiral De Coux on Sunday: afternoon gave the Japanese army, navy, and air forces: permission to use

conditions.

of

Annamite troops.

Anti-aircraft batteries remain

has

The possibility of the Chinese taking

offensive. action is ruled out in Chungking. Chinese High Command Anticipating the possibility that already.concentrated strong forces the Japanese will make their in south-western first move from Kwangsi, the Reuter..

THE

Auxiliary Units

BOMBING OF GIBRALTAR DENIED

A despatch from Al- geciras to the official German news agency in Berlin yesterday stated there was no -confirmation of re- ports that French air- craft had bombed Gibraltar.

In Algeciras it is merely known that a reconnaissance plane on Tuesday evening was sighted over. Gibraltar. Reuter.

STOP

PRESS

Clearances of British and Allied ships for Kwong Chow Wan from Hong Kong have been suspended, it was learn- ed this afternoon.

A. Reuter message from -Washington states that Ja- pan's tactics in Indo-China will shortly result in Pre- sident Roosevelt imposing an embargo on war materials to Japan, according to the pre- dictions of informed observers.

London last night suffered one of the most Savage bomb- ings of the past three weeks, Nazi bombers raining down on the capital aerial torpe- does, screaming bombs and

bombs incendiary

by the hundreds.

In central London, a num- killed ber of people were when a huge bomb, believed to have been an aerial tor- pedo and weighing at least half a ton, blasted a building in the heart of the city.

a bay, north-west of Haiphong;| Auxiliary units comprised the Kwangsi. two railways and two highways following: In Tongkin, four light for the transportation of troops brigades, one engineers battalion, one artillery brigade of pure 5919TENTIEELKELTAI691916Q16to the Chinese border;

three aerodromes in. Tongking Annamese troops, one mixed us air bases; and passage of 25.-French-Annamese artillery bri- The offices of a big Ameri- 000 troops from the coast to gade, and one mixed French-can firm were set on fire by a Laokay, on the Chinese border Annamese transport: battalion, in shower of incendiary bombs.

peace

fled from The employees on condition that the troop trains addition to 17,789 native

their air-raid shelter when make only one stoppage between preservation troops; in Cochin- Haiphong and Laokay in their Chine, three light brigades, one-water poured into it from the journeys to the border.

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U.S. Watching

The United States is watching the situation Thai and Indo-China..

engineers battalion of pure An- namese troops, one mixed French- Annamese artillery brigade, one closely mixed French-Annamese transport between battalion. Secretary

of State Cordell Hull declared There has been no report of yesterday.

jany reinforcements arriving in The question of United States the colony since then.

It may licensing of aeroplanes to be also be mentioned that though sent, to Thai may be investi-the French Military Service. Law, gated, he added."

promulgated on March 31, 1938, Meanwhile, more factual in-required all males above 20 years formation on developments in of age to perform military ser- French Indo-China is being awalt-vice, it has never been unanim- ed before any particular steps ously enforced in Annam, Tong- would be taken regarding Japan'skin, Cambodia, Laos and Cochin- activities, Mr. Hull declared.... Chine.

He declined to discuss" · "the possibility of American, ald to the French forces in Indo-China

Tokyo.

Naval Power

hoses of firemen who were tackling the flames.

One of the world-famous churches designed by Sir Christopher Wren was dam- aged, as well as a hospital in the north of London.

Nazi-'planes roared across the city every minute of the night, and it is feared that casualties are high.-Reuter,

AXIS BENT CON TOTAL WAR (Continued from Page 1) "After weighing all the chances," he said, "It was decid- to ed that the quickest route

if they resisted," or to say whe- Indo-China, however, could de-peace was Total War. This will ther an American protest had pend more on its naval strength, soon be accelerated on all fronts." been or would be made to the French Far Eastern and Indo- And After The War Mr. Hull added he had heard China fleets, under the personal (SPECIAL TO “CHINA MAIL"). command of Admiral Jean - De The Berlin newspaper "National no official intimation that part of Coux consisting of one armoured Zeitung" declared yesterday that the U.S. Fleet. now at Hawali cruiser, six middle-class cruisers the Rome-Berlin axis is now.pre- might be sent to the Atlantic.

and four gunboats. But compared nared

of for the possibility Reuter.

with the Japanese naval strength "economic, war" with the demo- that could be mobilised at a mo- cracies, including the United Japanese casualties in the skir-ment's notice, the French fleet States, after the European war mish at Dongdang, south of Lung-could do little more than per-ends.

The Axis powers, the news- chow, on Monday, totalled about haps delaying somewhat initial 100, according to information Japanese operations.

paper declares, "are indulging in reaching Tokyo, stated a semi- There is a French naval munt.no Illusions about the intentions official Japanese report yesterday. tion plant somewhere in the of the democratic states

French colony. Its air force is It adds:"Europe can and will virtually a negligible quantity

Japanese Casualties

-Reuter.

-CLEARANCES TO INDO-CHINA STOPPED

The Harbour Office announced officially this: morning that clear ances of British and Allied ships/ been!. to Indo-China ports have suspended.

BITTEN BY SNAKE

A 19-year-old coolle, Lam Hing,

Sole Agents for Glyn & Co., 44, Old Bond Street, of Stanley Fort, was treated t

London, W

10, ICE HOUSE STREET

the Queen Mary Hospital after being bitten on the right arm by a snake at Stanley yesterday.

Printed and Published for the Proprietors. The Nowspa prise Lt

GORDON BURNETT, Windsor Hour, loria, Hong Kong.

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