1941-02-28 — Page 24

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HONGKONG TELEGRAPH

INDO-CHINA READY TO FIGHT

FROM PAGE ONE

bank towns, along the Mekong" o declared that the French will ini- tiale no new proposals; therefore, the Thailanders and Japanese must net

LONDON *p* Contact

Feb. 27 (Reuter) Conversations between France and Thailand have now entered decl-

Jervis Bay Casualties

February 28, 1941.

Britain & Bulgaria

-> FROM PAGE ONE.

requisitioning schools, automobiles, livestock, and carts,

Announced Finally, he said, the Bulgarians

are mobilising when they are menaced by no one. He declared SPECIAL TO THE "TELEGRAPH"

that the press in Sofin was in German LONDON, Feb. 27 (UP)-The hands and the police were largely Admiralty announces that among the under German control, while many! Jervis Day casualties were 34 officers Important military personages. were missing, presumed killed.

under German influence. They

....

Include the Commander,

sive stage, according to a Vichy re-Acting Captain B. 5. F. Fogen, Landing At Castel

port quoted by the Swiss radlo.

The report says that the French Cmdr A. W. Driscoll, Licut-Cindr G. Lieutenant A. H. W. Bartle, Lieut- Ambassador in Tokyo has had several E. C. Wood, Surgeon Lieut-Cindr T. Interviews with Die Japanese For. Evans and Lieut-Cmdr

The report adds that the French Government has received a note con- tainlug the Japanese proposals which That would be prepared to accent,

K, M.

Rosso Described

eign Minister, Mr Yosuke Matsuoka,

SPECIAL TO THE "TELEGRAPH" while talks are proceeding almost Morrison...

ANKARA, Feb. 27 (UP)-It is re- dally at Vichy between the Japanese

ported that the British landing at Charge d'Affairea and the French convoy in the Atlantic last November hour bombardment by British des The Jervis Bay was protecting a Castel Rosso was followed by a four Foreign Ministry,

when a German surface raider at-troyers, in the midst of which Axis tacked the ships. The Jervis made a heroic effort to draw the fire withdrew, but reappeared later sup

Bay planes attacked the destroyers, which of the raider and succeeded to such ported by British planes which pro- good effect that she herself was sunk. ected the disembarkation, But of the convoy of 38 ships, only

Greek Joy four were lost as the result of her courageous action. Captain Fegen occupation of the island of Castel LONDON, Feb. 27 (Reuter).—The was posthumously Victoria Cross.

awarded

Rosso in the Eastern Mediterranean by British forces is holled with enthusiasm by the Greeks, according to the Athens radio.

to

as a

Evacuze Ships Ready TOKYO, Feb. 28 (Domel)-It is understood that the Foreign Ministry, following Wednesday's instructions Mr Yasushi Hayashi, Consul- General at

and Mr Fujio anol Minoda, Consul-Geners! at Saigon, to advise Japanese residents in French Indo-China to prepare for evacuation against possible precaution complications of the Franco-Thal dispute mediation conference in Tokyo, has ordered evacuee ships to stand by at Haiphong and Saigon.

Following the entry of Japanese troops into French Indo-China last year the number of Japanese nationals residing in Indo-China in creased from 200 to about 400, of whom about 200 are in Hanoi, capital

.tho

PILOTS IN BURMA VOLUNTEERS TO COMPLETE

In

The newspaper, "Estin," refers to Island to see the sunlight of freedom Castel Rosso as the first Dodecanese COURSE IN INDIA

and adds:

order to realise what RANGOON, Feb. 27 (Reuter) Rosso, remember that of the

Fasciat

tyranny has meant for Custei to complete the Burma Volunteer Air barely 1,300 now The first batch of Acting Pilot Officers inhabitants of unmixed Greek blood, 12,000 Unit Training course have gone to island. The rest have been driven remain on the India for mure advanced training, into exile. Whole communities of says a communique.

fugitives from Castel Rosso now Another complement of pilot exist in Greece, America, Australia

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Awaits_Vichy's Reply

SPECIAL TO THE "TELEGRAPH" TOKYO, Feb. 28 (UP)-Reliable, Japanese sources stated this morning that the Japanese Government is ex- pecting a final reply by midnight to- day from the Vichy Government, which has refused to accept the Japanese mediation plan.

However, it is stated, because of the difference in time the reply might be received to-morrow.

Japanese Leaving Singapore

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TOKYO, Feb. 28 (Reuter).-No official advice has been given Japanese to evacuato Singapore, They are leaving of their own accord, said the spokesman, Mr Ishil to a question to-day.

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