QUIET IN INDO-CHINA.
FRENCH SEEKING ESCAPE,
NEW YORK, Sept. 29. A message from Hanoi (Jndo-China) states that the Japanese representative Major-General Nishihara, and another ranking general, have returned from Haiphong, heading a mission of 55 persons, to confer with the Governor (Admiral Decoux) in order to clarify and implement the agreement to settle the question of the South China army’s invasion.
A correspondent of the United Press of America made a trip to the front, 70 miles north-east of Hanoi, and found the situation quiet. Officers said there had been no firing for three days, except by roaming Japanese guerrilla bands, who were accused of torturing to death at least 30 Frenchmen. French officers state that the Japanese are inciting the Indo-Chinese against the whites. Eight French soldiers attempting to escape capture are reported to have been slowly bayonetted to death. The officers said 140 French have escaped from the Japanese so far. Two officers reached Hanoi on Sunday after a 75-mile walk, crossing and recrossing the Japanese lines. The Japanese are issuing pamphlets to the natives on the “new order in Asia” warning them not to resist. They arc requiring Europeans to show Japanese passes with-' out which they will be unable to walk the -Haiphong streets.
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Manawatu Standard, Volume LX, Issue 260, 1 October 1940, Page 7
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208QUIET IN INDO-CHINA. Manawatu Standard, Volume LX, Issue 260, 1 October 1940, Page 7
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