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JAPANESE COMMENCE 'PEACEFUL?

INVASION OF FRENCH COLONY

Governor General's Proclamation Seeks Support Of Citizens

TOKYO

Special to the "Telegraph" JAPANESE MILITARY HEADQUARTERS IN

ANNOUNCE THAT THE JAPANESE TROOPS BEGAN TO LAND IN INDO-CHINA AT 4,30 P.M. YESTERDAY.

Approximately six thousand Japanese troops will garrison Haiphong. Airports will be set up in Tongking Province.

An official French communique states that the agreement reached yesterday is in accordance with the principles of the Vichy-Tokyo Pact.

The agreement was signed at 3 p.m. yesterday. Admiral Decoux, the Governor General, has issued a proclamation, stating that the agreement conforms with a "realistic policy.”

He asked all citizens of French Indo China to show

"comprehension, a calm spirit and discipline.“

"Japan has agreed to recognise the integrity of Indo China,' the proclamation adds. "French

"

sovereignty will also be respected.

Indo-China Invasion Was All A Mistake Agreement Reported Signed

, CHINA.

JAPANESE TROOPS HAVE INVADED FRENCH INDO- An urgent "United Press" message, received from Hanoi at "General Maurice Martin, Commander-in-Chief of 8.45 am, stated that Japanese troops crossed the border at 10 the French Army, is supporting the agreement."

p.m.. Iwo hours before the ultimatum expired.

Was

French

The "peaceful march" into northern Indo-China by Apparently the invasion was; Agreement Last Night Japanese Army and Naval forces is also announced in an isolated incident and

The agreement between carried out by the militant South Indo-China and the Japanese wan a communique issued by the Army Department of the China forces despatched to the reached last night bit apparently the Japanese General Headquarters at 11 o'clock this border from Canton without the Japanese General in charge of the morning.

The communique venis

"in pecordance with the under- xtandings

between reached

thei

Japanese and the French Govern-

PACIFIC

authority of the

Japanese South China nemy was not informed. : Government or Japanese High He recordingly urdered his troops

Command.

the border LO TIN

at 10 o'clock, presumably in accordance with o pre- French Farranged plan. The French offered

'The

entered Japanese

| territory near Dungdung, where they stift resistance

ments on August 23 and August 30, AGREEMENT at lacked a French blockhouse

negotiations have been conducted since

the beginning of September

regarding d French nuthorities

military questions between Hongkong Included

the Japanese

on the

"An

4.30 o'clock

cement was concluded at

מן

Says Vichy

the afternoon of SPECIAL TO THE "TELEGRAPH"

accordance with this agreement units

of the

tay

curred

Japanese while the

the

Majur General Nishihara sent a An ofeial French COMMANDAGie delegate by air Instructing stated that the French troops tully Japuriose to cease operationa. restated the attack. #ghting the Japanese kdrew.

The

After two hours forres W71.

expaspust communique

the

But al 4 am, it was announces)

conlained

the

SCOUT TANKS SHOW THEIR PACES

Fast Scout tanks, manned by a yeomanry unit of the Royal Armoured Corps exercise

along the lanes and through the villages of England. ......,

U-Boat Strikes At Vessel Carrying 90 Children To Canada

Evacuee Ship Torpedoed:

bar a peptic Feared Death Toll is 300

The

agreement following provisions: --

-Three wil buses in Tongking.

The right to station 8,000 troops

in Indo-China.

right 3-The

Troute

deelm

agreement;

of passage for

Special to the "Telegraph" LONDON, Sept. 22, (UP),—A _British refugee ship has been torpedoed and sunk with the loss of 300 lives.

and

September 22 (Tokyo time) and in VICHY, Sept. 22. (Domel).--| bellef that the Japanese would we.

French The

Foreign Oflice sume the attack at dawn Japanese Army and Navy to- commenced peaceful marching spokesman, quoting information into the noi

northern part of Frenen said to have emanated from Bri- that an agreement had been signed Japanese troops from South Chinn Indo-China.

tlah sources, officially stated this and that fighting had been suspended through Indo-China by a delimited "I appears that some dispute oc-afternoon that an understanding for the time being,

4. Permission to land and station The French muthorities locally forces are crossing the border but it has apparently been reached be that the attack was made in violation unter of effectives at Halphons

First news of Japanese operations EL Franco-Japanese is expected that the marching witween Britain and the United of be completed without great difcul- States respecting the Pacifle. which was signed in Hanoi yester. and French resistance was contained

French #

communique Issued This agreement gave in ties in future,"

The spokesman declares that Bri-day afternoon.

milltary about midnight when the Japanese for tain

curtain and the United States have the Japanese Foreign Office Statement Meanwhile, the Foreign Office is reached un agreement regarding the facilities, including airdeids, in ultimatum was due to expire.

TURN to Page 2. Column Seven American China, sued the following statement regard-joint use of British and ing the Franco-Japanese agreement naval bases in the Pacific. at 11 o'clock this morning:

The spokesman specifically "With a view to contributing to- tioned Hongkong and Singapore wards the settlement of the China U.S. Warship For Singapore?

Affair and the construction of new order in East Asia, the Foreign Minister, Mr. Yosuke Matsuoka, dur-

#TELEGRAPH”

--

SPECIAL TO THE TSINGTAO, Sept. 22 (UP).—It is ing August, conducted basic con- rumoured that the U.S.S. Augusta, versations in a friendly spirit with M. auship of the US. For Easter squadron, will visit the Singapore

Arseno Henri, the French Ambassu Base early in October to obtain re- dor to Tokyo.

pairs which are not available uny- "During the conversations, the French side fully consented to the where else in the Far East.

It is recalled that the Augusta was grant of such military facilities in damaged off Manila some time ago. Indo-China as the Japanese Army The repairs she then underwent were and Navy deem necessary for an not satisfactory, effective prosecution of the China.

The balance of the Asiatic Fleet Affair.

salled at 8 am, to-day for Manila,

"In accordance with the basic understanding, negotiations have been conducted between the Japanese TURN to Page 8, Column Three

LATEST

Kidnapped Baby Is

R.A.F. PLASTER CHANNEL PORTS

Great Fires Raging

THE ROYAL AIR FORCE CONTINUED TO PLASTER THE GERMAN BARGE CONCENTRATIONS ALONG THE FRENCH, BELGIAN AND DUTCH COASTS LAST NIGHT, SAYS "UNITED PRESS."

American Rescued

Special to the "Telegraph"

HÄLLSBOROUGH, Calif. Sept. 22 (UP),--Marc de Tristan, 2.1/2-HOUR RAID the three year old son of Count Marc de Tristan, has been rescued

ON BERLIN

SPECIAL TO THE "TELEGRÁPN"'*

from his kidnappers under dramatic circumstances.

Great fires are raging along a wide area, completely obscur ing the Channel área.

The British attacks have been almost constant since the begin- ning of the week end.

The vessel was struck at 10 o'clock at night in a gale and heavy seas sank within half an hour.

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Many of the survivors died in life-boats during their 20 hours' wait rescuers.

The ship originally carried a crew of 225 and 191 passengers, The name of the vessel nor the date of the sinking are men. tioned in the official report.

90 Children Aboard

"Reuter" adds that 00 children and nine escorts going to Canada under the Overseas Reception Evacuation Scheme were on board.

It is feared that 83 children and

seven escorts have been lost.

BABIES DIED IN MOTHERS' ARMS

Waves Swamped Lifeboats

Special to the "Telegraph"

AT A NORTHERN PORT, Sept. 22 (UP). Survivors land-

A warship brought seven children ed to-night after a most harrowing sea adventure told a story to a northem port.

Altogether it is believed that 294 of the quick destruction of their ship after the U-boat attack.

lives have been lost.

The children emburked at a west

const port during the second week of September and were well on their way to their new wartime

when the ship was struck.

Every Precaution

home

worst

Many of the victims, they said, suffered a lingering death.

The tragedy parallels the maritime disasters in history, reports William J. Cumming. "United Press" correspondent,

3 Dictators May Meet

Franco Included SPECIAL TO THE "TELEGRAPH" ROME, Sept. 22, (Domei). The three European dictators

"Survivors whom I interviewed,” he said, "told me uf babies floating": As with the evacuee ship which in the 'sea and of dead children hald asilently by survivors in order that was torpedoed inte in August on similar voyage, when the whole com their mothers would not know that. pany of 320 children was saved and they were beyond rescue."

Many of the children came fṛom' unharmed, the precautions taken by the Board werb on a scale which has London and Middlesex,

Mr A. Schules, a well-known mado It possible to transport over- seas nearly 3,000 children without publisher who was en route to New Hitler, Mussolini and Franco, will shortly meet at a conference hitherto a single casually.

"I managed to get aboard a life-

For every 15 children there was a

skilled and experienced escort in ad- dition to a doctor and nurse.

The complement of the ship was so calculated that for every child there was one, adult passenger aboard.

Tragie circumstances defeated a precautions.

Attacks on London German attacks on London were resumed.

There was a fierce dog-fight over the northern outskirts of the clly during yesterday afternoon's second air raid. Four bombs fell on The Federal Bureau of Inves-identified he was rushed to the hame south-east London district-- tigation confirms that the child of his parents.

The Countess, Jane de Trisien, Eleven bombs fell on a hospital BERLIN, Sept. 23 (Domel)-The is safe and that the kidnapper wept and laughed with joy when she la central London. Over twenty Royal Air Force in the early hours of has confessed.

was informed that her baby was en bombs fell on towns and villages in this morning emirled out a two-hour

south-east England. A number of twenty-minute raid on the heart of The kidnappor has been identifled route back home,

as Wilhelm Jacob Muhlenbrolch. He Berlin.

The rescuers took the baby and the villages were bombed at random. Diving below the curtain of snitt. is an alien. German who entered the kidnapper to the Pine River General | In yesterday afternoon's attacks on aircraft fire, the British raiders rain- United States in 1935.

The rescue was effected by two of Store. The storekeeper, Frank Brel- London, the German raiders "cloud-killed by the explosion, ed. bombs over the centre of the city.

the great posse of hunters who comeback, and his wife cared for the hopped" in effort to dodge the menced a man-hunt for the child baby unit the arrival of F.B.. nlerce anti-aircraft barrage. known::

detectives. yesterday.

The hunters captured tho A few "Molotov bread-baskets"

• Kidnapper Detained

kidnapper when, jost on a blind road, were scattered for the first hour of Kidnapper and child were found he asked the way. They recognised last night's alarm. in the motherlode country near the child and beat the kidnapper Into The Germans appear to be using Pincerville.

The kidnapper is under submission the butt ends of a new weapon. On several occasions guard.

a sulphurous yellow-glow has filled "The baby gurgled happily and The kidnapper is described ax the sky, the light lasting lower than asked for "mumale" when he was being a man of about 40 years of age, any shell-burst but for n or less rescued. Immediately the child was and badly dressed.

time, than the usual nares

The extent of the damage is not yet

A number of children are believed

There was a terribly heavy ses which swampod many boats and de feated gallant efforts at rescue.

"Deed Will Shock World"

York, said:"

boat in which there were six Lascars, to discuss Totalitarian strategy a mother with her Baby and a boy during the forthcoming winter, aged fourteen years,

according to well-informed quar. "All died from exposure.

..

"I had to take the baby into my tera:

lap in order to prevent the mother from becoming completely hysteriaal, The conference will follow the I pretended the baby was alive-I Rome talks between Ribbentrop and even pretended to feed it with bolile the mother carried. The in- Mussolini. fant was dead.”

Waver Swamped Boats The ship was torpedoed six hun- dred miles from land. ARNA, Rudolf Olden, editor of the "Ber- Mr. Geoffrey Shakespeare, Under- liner Tageblatt" before Hitler came Secretary for the Dominions, who into power, was drowned with his met the warship bringing survivors, wife in his arms.

Ribbentrop entrained at Rome at 6 o'clock this evening, following com- pleton of his misalon.

He left in an armoured train

United Press quotes well. Rame quarters a decla has Iesued the following statement Dr. Gallinsky, the newly-appointed Seat VII AM NOT

am full of horror and indigna- Polish Charge d'Affaires to Washing will: dancentrate TURN, to Page 2, Column. Seven TURN to Page 2, Column One Gibraltar

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