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·No. 91,956.

FRIDAY, SEPTEMBER 27, 1940

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BUTTER

TENSE

SITUATION

Uneasy "Peace" In Indo-China: Japanese Now Consolidating In Langson Region VIOLENT Fear Of Created

JAPANESE PEERS ROUSE ARMY'S IRE

[SPECIAL TO

Incidents

(SPECIAL TO “CHINA MAÏL”) JAPANESE ARMY ELEMENTS DISPLAY- {ING LACK OF PATIENCE WITH THE POLICY OF DIPLOMATIC PENETRATION IN INDO- CHINA CONTINUE TO CREATE A HIGHLY

MAIL"] |DANGEROUS SITUATION, ACCORDING TO The House of Peers AUTHORITATIVE REPORTS FROM HANOI. should be boycotted, says

It is now revealed that the "peaceful the Tokyo Kokumin

settlement." Shimbun in an article

In the Langson region is on ex-| criticising the・・ Upper ceedingly uneasy one. Fighting actually House for lack of enthus ceased only when the besieged Langson gar- iasm over the new struc-rison, heavily outnumbered and running short ture in Japan. - -...

of ammunition and supplies, surrendered. The Upper House, says the paper, has no intention of co- Between the French forces on,. Fifteen Annamites were killed operating with the Government in) establishing the new structure but the Hanol side of Langson and when Haiphong was attacked by

three waves of "bombers- yester is sitting the fence, ~*

the Japanese commanderno day morning, but there were no

CHATHAM

ROAD MYSTERY

A young Chinese woman, Lük Sin, of No. 50, Cheung Lok .Street, was admitted 0 Kowloon Hospital in a serious condition, early this morning.

The woman was found at 2 a.m. lying in Chatham Road with a fractured skull: It is suspected that she fell from a motor

cor

The House of Peers should be agreement has been reached, and fatalities in Hanoi. The Japan- OSAKA POLITICIAN

made the object of national attack as a hindrance to the new struc-military activity continues, though ese have apologised for the in-

tural set-up, the Army organ con- on a reduced scale. cludes. Havas.-

|cidents," explaining the attacks |as...."à · mistake”... and, the French

ARRESTED

BOMBING IN GIBRALTAR

(SPECIAL TO CHINA MAIL")

·· It was reported in Alge- ciras yesterday that the, bombing of Gibraltar by French warplanes was ex- tremely violent.

Unconfirmed reports state that AA guns were silenced after be- ing machine-gunried from the air, and that a petrol depot was set on fire, though the damage was only small.

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Several fires are said to have

broken out in the arsenal, Two antmunition depots blew up and a barracks, sustained a direct hit,

burying soldiers in the debris.

A tanker and two cauxillary craft caught fire him one of them sank. Many small ships are stat- éd to have arrived in Algeciras after the bombing......

Gibraltar reports that most, of the bombs fell harmlessly in the. harbour or on-barren.rock...: One. small ship in harbour was hit and sank.

One of the Erench bombers was brought down, it was stated in Vichy yesterday; the crew, were

The Invading force, now have accepted the apology. reported. to have been sub- It is noteworthy, however, that MOGULS STUMPED stantially Increased, and con- although normal facilities for (SPECIAL TO "CHINA MAIL") saved. It was also announced in

sisting of practically the en- disembarking troops at Haiphong

Vichy that Gibraltar would not (SPECIAL TO "CHINA (MAIL") | tire Fifth Division, appears to were offered to the Japanese,

Daikichiro. Tagawa, 70-year-old be raided again unless another The movement to japonise base- be consolidating in the Lange they actually effected what is member of the House of Repre attack against French territory is ball by shedding all English words son region.

officially described as "an offen- sentatives, and well-known prest-carried out. Havas. and phrases pertaining to the The French authorities are pro-sive disembarkation" "south." of dent of an Osaka mission school, game has struck a serious smag, ds ceeding cautiously, "doing nothing Dason in the early morning. has been indicted by the Osaka the baseball, moguls are stumped unavoidable to increase the ten- in their search for the Japanese sion. The official attitude apa tense situation still prevails, reports. Tagawa is suspected of

· No-resistance was offered, but district court and will come to

trial shortly, the Tokyo "Yomiuri" WEATHER FORECAST: Moderato equivalent for “safe” and “out" pears to be that of hoping for

westerly winds, freshening Havas

having spread false rumours: he lator from north, and north- was released on bail. Havas.

east; fine generally.

the best whilst fearing the worst.

DIRECT CHALLENGE TO JAPAN: U.S. EMBARGO ON SCRAP

AN EMBARGO on the export of scrap

Seeking An Incident

Authoritative quarters refer to differences between the Japanese Navy and the Army, certain ele- ments of which persist in execut- ing certain early aggressive or- ders from the War Office, in spite of later instructions which Tokyo repeatedly sends out and makes efforts to get obeyed.

·WEDDING GIFTS THAT LAST A LIFETIME

Why

not

give a canteen or cabinet of Mappin & Webb's Developments: suggest de» liborate": afforts by these ele Prince's Plate and Cutlery? ments to create a serious inci-Prince's Plate has a world-wide dent which will force the lasua

for the Japanese expansionist reputation for Design, Quality and hot-heade and destroy the Value-instances daily occur limitations of the Nishihara where it has been in hard use for Agreement.

... Later, as long as thirty years. Japanese troops who landed at

in rickshng!

eron was announced in Washington by Pre- pason have arrived in Haiphong sident Roosevelt yesterday.

The embargo is regarded in official quar- ters as a direct challenge to Japan.

It is also considered to be

of bringing econo

against all

Including Germany Italy!

The embargo marka a dötinite

the spirit özuthei ity Act; which was based the "principle of impara timilty #treatment between all belligerents, a shut yonically enough. It is imposed under the pawera delegated to the Prest tional Deforce Act (påised" fast;

“Important Announcement”

agree

President Roosevelt used these munique issued in

Reuters, state that a joint.com-

Tokyo powers once before to place an day on the Indo-China embargo on all high test aviation ments, says Japan has petrol, but he felt insufficiently France she will respect French secure, politically at that time to sovereignty and the territorial exclude Britain from its terms

integrity of Indo-Chind. Mr: Reuter.

Suma, the Foreign Office spokes- man, refused to reveal if any

Beautiful cabinets are alw

kept in stock, but any size or style can be made to order.

MAPPIN & WEBB's

PRINCE'S PLATE & CUTLERY

Britain Not Included limitations have been placed on The Only Lasting Substitute For Sterling Silver -

«Later: President Roosevelt -has issued an Order for the restriction", "of

the scope of Japanese military activities.

Meanwhile a special conference

exports of scrap iron and steel, of foreign correspondents...in LANE CRAWFORD, LTD.

which will permit them after Tokyo is scheduled at an un- dent by Congress in the Na: Oct. 16 to be exported only to specified time-to-night for tan

(Continued on

important nnouncement." Reuter

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