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"How strong is the De Gaul- Ilst movement in Indo-China?" People have frequently asked me this since I returned from the French colony. The answer is that there is no De Gaulle movement in Indo-China. There.. is plenty of-pro-De Gaulle and pro-British spirit, but it has never materialised in all -or- ganised movement.
I estimate conservatively that 60 percent of the colony's French population are pro- British or pro-De Gaulle, yel anti-British and unti-American articles are daily featured in the papers of Hanoi and Salgon.
At least 90 percent of the French are violently anti-Japa- nese and are in favour of resis- tance to Japan, yet the colony
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This puzzling situation can be explained by America's and England's refusals to sell planes and munitions 'to Indo-China and by the spiritless attitude of the Hanoi government. If Bri- tain and America bad sold Indo- China whr supplies when the French first asked for them, there is little doubt that the colony would have joined De Gaulle.
Hongkong Telegraph. Free French.
July 30, 1941.
A Neutral
at
Looks Indo-China
The following article, which appeared in a recent issue of the "China Weekly Review,” : was written by a foreign businessman, of neutral nationality, who lately returned to Shanghai after spending a year in French Indo-China.
his stay there, he During travelled extensively and visited all parts of the country. His observations are those of
an eye-witness,
been involvest. It does not matter whether the Japanese provoked the quarrel or whether only Frenchmen were hurt. The Japanese always protest and the French must always apologise. The Japanese do not re- frain from protesting in the middle of the night, and the protests are dragged out into hours and days.
No wonder, therefore, that Saigon Alvials sigh helplessly or tear the hair with despair when they see fat Colonel Salto, Saigon head of the Japanese Mission, and aly, oth Consul-General Atinoda, accompani- ed by a row of officers, enter their offlees. They know only too weil that when the Japanese caine, they will be pestered with silly, complaints and demands for apologies for many hours to come.
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Only in
case did I sed Frenchman getting the better of n Japanese in Indo-China. A Japo» nese ofteer bent in the main street of Salgon to tie his sheelage. A Frenchinan who passed by could not resist the temptation and gave the Japanese a violent kick which sent him sprawling in the dust. Before the Japanese got up the offender had This has happened disappeared, three times in Salgout and the Japa nese now take great care to tle their shoelaces twice before going out.
Rice And Rubber
the
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Everyone in Salgon knows that the Japanese will never pay for the Colony's rice and rubber which they are now shipping to Japan in large quantities. But though Indo-China of the Japanese misslor, insisted that swimming toward the British ship. alises that she is bein When the Japanese first pre- his presence in Indo-China offended However, they had misjudged the treated, she cannot do
distance and were overtaken by about it, for how could she fight the lifeboat from the French ship when Jutese alone? It is a pity that all Phone 27778-9 sented demands on Indo-China the Japaneset
In both Haiphong and Hanol, the they were only about a hundred pro-British spirit which exists in shortly after the fall of France, General Catroux was Governor Japanese are openly conducting anti- strokes from the British freighter. De French propaganda among the na- of the colony. He was
In French soldiers lett cause Britain Gaullist and the whole colony lives. Over a barracks close to hot came laich, fourues, pulside Saigon, assist Indo-China. The wovernment was fervently hoping that he flutters the banner of the rebels who in a Chinese junk. They had plan- of fado-China is to-day bitterly anti- would declare Indo-China for the deserted from the French army dur- ned to make for Singapore, but had British and anti-American and it is the government-owned papers in the Langson Aghting The hardly left when a storm overtooks French know that the tag is there, then. It is believed that they were Saigon that carry the strongest anti-
the alt drowned, as none of them knew British and anti-American articles. Catroux, who was one of the most they know that the leader of
The large majority of the natives. popular governors the colony has had Tonkin rebels lives inside the bar- anything about sailing boats, for years, asked Britain and the racks and from there conducts sub-
In February, two young aviators in Indo-China scein completely un- United States for aid against the versive propaganda, but they dare Japanese. He was refused. Without not arrest him, for outside the bar stole an old bomber, from the Hanoi interested in what happens to their pirtleld and set off for Burma, Fly. country. The northern natives have plants and
ing over the dense jungle in north- formed some anti-Japanese and anti- Indo-Chinn could not
Early this year I saw a circular ern Slam, they discovered that there imperialist leagues, but they are so unimportant, fight the Japanese,
if assisted even under the provisions of tricy copyrites by China. Catroux realised this and letter, issued by the mayor of Hal- was no more gasoline left and mude small that they
by the pro-Japanese clique which, decided that the colony was lost. lie phong to all French citizens in the a forced innding only thirty kilo. Anyway, they are easily neutralised however, will only operate as long as went to North Africa where he be harbour town. The letter ordered meters from the Burma border.
The plane crashed, but they were it receives money from the Japanese, commander-in-chief of the the French to give in to the Japanese
unhurt and were immediately intern- Free French forces. The population regardless of the circumstances,
Though the Japanese conduct anti- he of Indo-China grieved the day
Hundreds of young Frenchmen who ed by the Stamese. However, a few left. He was the only possible man are disgusted with the Hanoi gov days later they were both lying in French propaganda among the nɛ- who could have fed a De Gnullist ernment's submission to the Japanese the Royal Air Force in North Africa, ves, they apparently do not want to kick the French out of Indo-China Indo-China. They knew his depar; have schemed to flee from the colony About half a dozen Frenchmen yet. Why should they? The French ture meant that the democracies had and join the British, but of the few managed to escape peross the Indo- run the colony well for them and refused to help the colony.
dozens who carried their plans into China-Burma burder and it
Wednesday, July 30, 1941.
Wyndham St., Hongkong Telephone: 20015
. Ti prefix "Special to the Telegraph" und Singapo, munition from Manila racks aland two Japanese guards.
Is used by the "Hongkong Telegraph to
the Telecominuni- eations Ordinance, 1956. Huch news ar bears the indication “UP”* in recolved in Hongkong on the date of publication by the United Press Associatsons, who co- serve all rights and forbid republications, either wholly or in part without previous Atrangement,
THOUGHT FOR JAPAN
The significance of the freez- ing of Japanese credits by Britain and America and sup porting action taken by the Dominions and the Dutch East Indies has not been lost on
came
Pressure On Vichy
on foreign ships.
Nephew Of Catroux
arc
Ching-wel has already made it clear. to the Japanese that it is very difi- cult to buy an effective puppet gov- crnment.
Native Uprisings
is give the Japanese the rice and rubber action, the majority are to-day fm- estimated that at least four escaped which they want. Besides, Wang prisoned in Saigon and Hanoi,
Knowing that a large percentage By asking the Germans to bring of the army would like to flee and
o Vichy, the Japanese pressure shortly afterwards made the Petoin Join the British or De Gaulle, the
The nephew of Catroux, the former Government give its consent to the Government has strengthened all stationing of Japanese troops and frontier guards and every ship that governor-general of Indo-China, who
The Communist unprisings which planes
Free French in Afrien, was charged Tokyo whose utterances to date is in northern Indo-Chine. The leaves Indo-China is searched by the to-day is commander-in-chief of the government decided to obey police before it is released.
Besides, the government refuses with inaking De Gaullist speches in broke out in southern Indo-China Vichy-and thus actually agreed to
which
in blood. At least 1,000 natives were obey Japanese orders
were men of military age permission to public and sent to France for trial, last autumn were quickly drowned tubmitted via Berlin and Vichy. leave the colony, except if they go He left Saigon on the Messageries killed in punitive, expeditions which on April the Foreign Legion conducted against
have been singular for the lack of fire and wrath which usually accompanies any unwelcome act by the restraining influences In the Far East. To save what little face she has Japan has been compelled to adopt a similar retaliatory action on lines but since we took the initiative and weighed the issues before doing so it can be presumed that the demo- cracies considered the finan- cial stake to be worth risking: or it may be that we realised the impossibility of realising our assets in Japanese territory or occupied territory under present conditions and decided to use them to some purpose at this opportune moment.
From the day Japanese troops and directly to France. The few who Maritime ship "Eridan"
are allowed to go to Amerien or 26, but hardly had the sitip left Indo- the native Insurgents. Executions of
"were"
Attempts To Flee
planes were allowed in the colony, Shanghai, must first sign a pledge China territorial waters when it was arrested Communists are still going Indo-China lost its independence.
De stopped by a British warship. The on at the rate of four a day.
"Eridan" was allowed to proceed By strengthening their troops in promising never to light for
It is quite likely that these up- only after Catroux's nephew and his northern Indo-China and by sending Gaulle or the British. squadrons of planes roaring over the
wife were on board the British craft, risings were inspired by Moscow's palace of Governor-General Jean
agitators, who for years have been Decoux, the Japanese could make
Several months ago, four young active among the natives of southern the French accept almost any de- Three young Frenchmen from Frenchmen were allowed to go to Indo-China. The attack was well Australia inade a courageous and Shanghal after they, had signed a organised, as the insurgents nearly mands.
But while Indo-China received the Indo-China a few weeks ago. They for De Gaulle or for the British. tacked police stations and seized spectacular attempt to fee. from pledge that they would never fight seized the Saigon airport. They at- y-in Upon reaching Shanghat, they took-arins-according-to-best-Communist. a pro-British and pro-De Gaulle Phnom Penh, capital of
the first ship to Hongkong, where tactles. Also, they cut telephone
wires and blocked roads. spirit continued to prevail among the French of the colony, whose hatred when they got together and
to flee, Ona moonless night they
While the Japanese are most ar- But the French struck quickly and of the Japanese has been growing ancaked to the royal boathouse and stronger day by day. For they know that the Japanese are working stole the private motor-bont of the regunt toward the French in northern hard. The few planes which the hand-in-glove with the Germans in King of Cambodia. They stored the Indo-China where Japanese troops French possessed bombed whole vil- for Singapore. When they had al- Indo-China also suffer from the un- eign Legion attacked the natives with making Vichy accept Japan's free for boat up with gasoline and set off are stationed, Saigon and southern lages out of existence and the For- quent and ever more-far-reaching most reached the sea, the theft was compromising Japanese attitude. By tanks, armoured cars and artillery. discovered and a speedboat manned sending planer over Decoux's palace The Foreign Legion troops who took force part in this punitive expedition clain by armed sailors overtook them just in Hanoi, the Japanese con as they were leaving the mouth of Salgon to accept almost any demands that they killed about 4,000 natives, file Mekong.
they make. Similarly, the Japanese but this number is probably exag
On New Year's Eve I had dinner
please In Saigon, although they have About two months ago, two petty can afford to be as arrogant as they gerated, with eight French officers in a small officers who were on their way from no troops there. town in northern Indo-China. When
Japanese blows with her hands down leave from they joined the British army.
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release our pent up forces for opera- tions on the western fronts, we have been deterred by our principles 25 well as the stern and unyielding withdraw- attitude of Amerten from Jug our support from Our brother sufferers in China. Though the material loss to ourselves has been grent and may be greater we shall not regret it in the long run but nobody now can say with confidence that Japan's ambitions are not Insatiable in their sphere as Hitler's are in Europe.
It is not a question of Indo-China alone. That unhappy misconception of the French people has never borne itself in the courageous manner of the Czechs but it is really Czecho- Slovakia all over again-bul this time without the Munich.
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However, this Communist uprising must not be confused with a nation- the clock struck twelve one of the Marseilles to Saigon, decided to flee
Every petty sallor's quarrel, in alist move. There night be such a officers stood up, lifted his glass, and when their ship passed
freighter. They jumped out into Salgon results in strong official Japa- move in southern Indo-China, but it sold in a subdued volce: "Vive the shark-infested water and began nese protests, if any Japanese have is not strong. The cultured natives were all educated in France and they Gaulle. "Vive De Gaulle, Vive
are loyal to the, French, The un- Grand Bretagne" they all answered
educated farmers do not care whom In low voices.
under. The native city
The Hanol government's concilia- tory attitude toward the Japanese has disgusted the population, though many realise that without help from abroad, resistance
hopeless. Though the majority of the French population would love to tear the arrogant little Japanese to pieces, the government continually submits to outrageous insults by the Nipponese. In Haiphong I once saw a French woman being slapped half a dozen times in the face by three Japanese soldiers. Two French officers were watching while the Japanese slapped her. Though it was beyond doubt tho the Japanese had provoked
quarrel
that with the lady, she was order.) ed by the French Government to apologise to the Japanese. At least two dozen Frenchmen have been
severely wounded by the rough Japanese in. Hafpliong and Hanol. Although the Japanese were in the саве, the wrong in almost every bruised Frenchmen were ordered to apologise.
An American Journalist, Melville Frenchi Jacoby, had to leave the colony because General Sumita, head
that
In
knottoj Far East are not so only the sword can undo them. If the period of waiting is spent bullding up big forces. In Indo- China they can have only one object: further aggression. We have shown that we will meet violence with violence and it is with general relief by all Britons and Americans n the Far Eant-those who will faco the frat terror unafraid--that their
While both sides will operate the. freezing of credits with tolerance in see how far the issues will be taken. herself with Japan must concern amelioration instead of consolidation Mother Countries will this time not if the fast-binding problems of the back down before threats.
GRIN AND BEAR IT
By Lichtyllers do not love the French, but
"I'm getting an honorary Doctor of Humane Lotters degree for my notablo, and constructivo contribution to liboral thought and education for 1940-how much did you givo»
the school?"
there is little doubt that they would rather remain under the French than be suppressed by the Japanese..
Apple Without Core And Seeds
HUNTINGTON PARK, Calif,—Mrs|·| Libble Wilcox; who likes to experi- ment with trees and flowers, has dls- ¡covered a coreless, secdicns apple.
The US Department of Agricul- ture says it is the first of its kind and is experimenting with blossoms seeking the secret of the fruit lo which there is no waste.
The tree grow from a seed - Mra Wilcox planted. It is 10 years old and always has borne coreless, gred- less fruit, she said. The apple is red and exceptionally large, averag- ing more than a quarter pound.
Mra Wilcox sent specimens to the Agriculture Department last year. perts wrote that they Horticulture
experts had seen, coreless, seedless pears but
rarity in apples.
nover such
blossoms.
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