BITTER ANGER

Wairarapa Times-Age, 13 March 1941, Page 6

BITTER ANGER

FELT IN INDO-CHINA JAPANESE ACCUSED OF CHEATING. AND THREATENING TO USE FORCE. ißy Telegraph—Press Association—Copyright) (Received This Day, 9.50 a.m.) SAIGON. March 12. High French authorities said the Thailand - Indo-China mediation terms had caused more bitterness and anger against Japan than against Thailand. They said: “The Japanese cheated Indo-China, breaking promises, while IndoChina kept hers. The Japanese, in September, promised to protect the integrity of Indo-China, but instead encouraged the (Thais to rob Indo-China. Japan promised to mediate, but instead shamelessly supported the Thais. Japan’s reward will soon appear and will not ’ be small. "The French resent this peace. However they could not fight, because they lacked the materials and troops. We were not fighting the Thais only but Japanese equipped and advised" the Thai forces, using Japanese aeroplanes.” The French authorities added that Japan's victory was not diplomatic, but a victory through cunningness, combined with the threat of armed force and said that when the Japanese rewards for mediation were published undoubtedly • they would reveal that the victory had brought Japan a step nearer southward expansion. The Press bitterly attacked the land cessions and also condemned the Domei Agency for bringing in false information concerning Indo-China and the negotiations. Simultaneously the papers blamed the French officials for not publishing sufficient information of the true course of the Tokio negotiations.

MENACE OF BOMBERS MORE FRENCH CHARGES. (Received This Day, 9.30 a.m.) , 1 SAIGON, _ March 12. French authorities said:' “Even while s we were fighting, nearly 100 Japanese bombers flew to Bangkok from Hanoi s in order to help the Thais, who would not have started the war without Japs anese support Every Frenchman must condemn Japan for this trick.” Declining to comment publicly on the territorial cession, an official said that, judging from Tokio reports, only land formerly under the Thais will be returned to them. He said Angkor will remain French. He emphasised the Khmere’s hatred of the Thais, pointing : out that the Khmere King sought i French protection when the French took over Cambodia in 1917. THAILAND REJOICING APPRECIATION OF JAPANESE . MEDIATION. (Received This Day. 9.30 a.m.) BANGKOK. March 12. The Government has asked all citizens to display Thai and Japanese flags during the next few days, in appreciation of Japan's mediation and negotiations in Indo-China. The Government also announced that air raid precautions were cancelled and said relations in Indo-China were again normal. NOT PRO=ANYTHING ATTITUDE OF THAI PEOPLE. SYDNEY. March 12. Thirty women and children .who were evacuated from Thailand have arrived here. Most are wives of tinmining engineers and of officials in Thailand. One woman said that everything was quiet when they left., The Thai people did not seem to be troubled by the international disputes. “They are neither pro-Japanese nor pro-Brit-Ish—really not pro-anything,” she added. ASSURANCES TO JAPAN * . ■ i GIVEN BY INDO-CHINA 1 <2. THAILAND. 1 NO AGREEMENT WITH THIRD POWER. € (By Telegraph—Press Association—Copyright) t (Received This Day, 12.35 p.m.) I TOKIO, March 12. C The "Asahi Shimbun" says French c Indo-China and Thailand have assured £ Japan that they have no intention of entering into any agreement with a t third Power which might be inimical f to Japanese interests. The assurances were delivered at .Tokio’s request after f the signing of the treaty. J A Moscow message states that a Thailand Minister has arrived to com- r plcte negotiations aimed at the estab- c lishment of normal Russian-Thailand diplomatic relations. a