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VICHY

THE CHINA MAIL, JULY 30, 1941.

RESPONSIBLE

FOR SURRENDER OF INDO-CHINA

(By Reuter's Special Correspondent At Hanoi)

WITH THE OFFICIAL ANNOUNCEMENT THAT 40,000 JAPAN- ESE TROOPS HAVE BEGUN LANDING IN SOUTHERN INDO-CHINA, AND THAT EIGHT AERODROMES ARE TO BE PLACED AT JAHAN'S DISPOSAL, IT IS NOW POSSIBLE TO GIVE AN ACCOUNT OF RE- CENT EVENTS AFFECTING THE FRENCH COLONY.

First thing that emerges is that the agree~{ ment originated and was concluded in direct negotiations between Vichy and Tokyo, only details of its application being discussed at Hanoi.

Mr. Osomatsu Kato, Japanese Ambassa- dor to Vichy, and Admira. Darlan are said to have held their crucial meeting on July 19, the agreement being signed at Vichy last Tuesday.

Admiral Decoux, Vichy's Gov- ernor-General, saw Major-General Sumita, head of the Japanese military mission to Indo-China. three times before agreement was reached on its practical applica- tion.

Thereafter the Japanese moved fast while carefully guarded press announcements informed the Indo-China public of the trend of events. Major-General Sumita left Hanoi for Saigon by 'plane Saturday, leaving only a skeleton staff representing the Japanese mission behind him.

on

GERMANS

PRAISE BRAVERY OF REDS

German newspaper readers, who previously had been without speciflc| details of the operations Ther Jeen no mention of against Russia, received a

:

Naval Concessions

naval

ssio a under the

agreement Luc F is po larly flood of feature stories supposed and not official v den-about the fighting quali- ed that the Japanese wELY MIS mitted to station a H

ties of the Russian soldier.

ber of warships ^. Came

Saigon and Ca, s

Jacques,

İs

Although Camranh

-17

one

of the finear natural harbours

'Wreernered, he fights with the pa sullenness of સ trapped animal," wrote one pro- paganda company reporter. "He a tank even while

in the world, its port facilities remains in

are restricted.

Frequent references

to the "joint defence" of Indo-China]

ANTI-SPITTING FINES IN KOWLOON

Spitting in the street cost three Chinese $15 at the Kowloon Magistracy this morn- ing.

They were each fin- ed $5 by Mr. H. C. Macnamara.

The

offences occurred in the Shamshuipo Dis- trict where the men were arrested by Chinese constables.

AMERICA'S BLACK- LIST

Germans are stacking explosives The United States has under it, because his officers have issued a list of 1,834 per-

and Japan, and the anti-British told him a tank is invulnerable. sons trading in Latin-

the

campaign raging in

press and radio in Hanoi for the last few days, seem to indicate where Indo-China stands, although it is emphasised that no threat directed to any country.

Saigon The Focus

is

Centre of interest now moves to Saigon and the surrounding area, where the new distribution of military forces involved in the- "defence" of the colony is being worked out.

commission is completing. details

"The

Soviet infantry charges

port continued. "They go like a Block of

tanks as if something could be America, said Mr. Hugh accomplished that way," "this re- Dalton, Minister of Eco- sheep to annihilation, nomic Warfare, in the The German soldier is witnessing House of Commons yes- something like collective destruc- tion.

terday.

Mr. Dalton was replying to

窪

"The individual Russian Bol- dior, though, is good in earth-question as to what extent pro- works and skillful in taking gress had been made as between advantags of terrain. He scorns Britain and the U.S. in producing

a black-list of traders.

death." Another German reporter de-

The majority of these traders, ap- scribed a charge against machine- continued Mr. Dalton, also Simultaneously the boundary guns and artillery by

the British peared in Russian

statutory list, cavalrymen who, he said, ride of the recent cession of territory without saddles, grenades in their

He was consulting the U.S. by Indo-China to Thailand and hands and knives in their teeth.

Government an co-ordination of will hold discussions at Saigon,

the two lista. Herr Neumann, former Gerfire," he wrote. "finished this, des- "A couple of rounds of artillery

Cheers greeted Mr. Dalton whêņ man Consul .in Indo-China,

he added: "This perate exploit."

new departure arrived at Salgon yesterday to

will be of the greatest value to us parteipata In the boundary

in waging economic warfare, and com nieston's consultationa.

I am sure the House will wish to join with me in welcoming this striking act of American coopera- tion."

It is emphasised at Hanoi that the facilities being granted to Japan in southern Indo-China are purely tactical as the terms of the economic agreement be tween Japan and Indo-China have been and are being faith- fully observed.--Reuter.

ENEMY AIR LOSSES

A total of 7,195 enemy planes have been destroy- ed since the outbreak of war to the end of June.

Of these, 37 were downed at Igen, 3,500 over Britain, · ·924 .in Europe, 50 in Scandinavia (Nor- way), 057 on the Western Front

(to Dunkirk), 327 by the Royal Navy and 1,028 in the Middle East.

The above authentic figures, issued by the RAF., do not in cluda 'planes damaged. —Reuter,

NO LOVE

IN HAY!

Don't make love in the hayfield. That was the gist

of an appeal made one night by the Ministry of Agriculture to Whitsun holiday makers,

The land is the farmer's work- shop.

Mr. Dalton replied in the affirm- ative when asked if consideration was now being given to the ques- tion of Japanese enemy trade.— Reuter.

RUMOUR RIFE IN

PEIPING

According to a report from Pel- ping, rumours are rife causing great uneasiness.

One report states that beginning On" # recent "Sunday "a "man from to-morrow, all foreign banks. was found about to back his in Pelping will enforce control car into a field of oats,

measures. - The Yɖkolama Speciè Nearby young people who Eank has already suspended, pay. had cycled from a ce

a large townments to American and British had settled themselves snugly depositors Central News "In a field shut up for hay, some

in the middle of Italy NAVAL YACHT SUNK Remember at grass. Is Just as

important a crop jás cörn.

H. M. yacht Viva II (Captain

* Grass and the corn represent, M. A.- Blomfleld, Q.B.E., R.N.) among other things, the nation's has been....sunk, the Admiralt mille for next winter,

'announced.