The Archive · 1940

US, Pressure Likely

'The stage has been reached where Japan must show "real concern" regarding the developments in Ameri-ea's Far Eastern policy, the "Yor mini," leading metropolitan. verna~ cular' daily, warned in an editorial today.

'The newspaper ascribed the recent American demarches regarding the maintenance of the status quo_in French Indo-China, as well as. the repotted tightening' up of export re~ sirietions on steel, serap "iron and petrol into a virtual embargo te the American understanding whereby the United States is freed from the excuse to consider the possible transfer of Mts fect to the Atlantic following British assurances that the British navy won't be scuttled or surrender~ ed to Germany even if the British Tales become tenable. declared that it was whether American pressure would not be increased with {he progress of the Indo-China negotiations between Major-General Iseaku Nishihara and Vieo-Admiral Jean Decoux and the Netherlands East Indies conversations soon undertaken by Mr. Ichizo Kobayashi, Japanese Minister" of Industry" and Commerce.

"or cover it cannot be determined what form this pressure will take, ax Wimay differ from a serap iron and petrol embargo that was applied be-Tore the undertaking with Britain over the Atlantic issue" the daily warned.—Domet North China Council Gives Sum for Reliel Peiping, Sept. 13. The North China Political Couneit has contributed $50,000 toward relief work in Honan, Chen Ching-chai, governor of the' province, declared upon his arrival in' Kaifeng=-Havas.

{all of Canton in October, 1938, in the hope of turning over tothe Chinese at the first opportun Good treatment was given to them by the Japanese at the beginning, but afterwards the unit did not receive Sulllelent salaries and supplies. - This, is, however, not the reason for the mutiny, insisted the manifesto. Colonel Long" and. his troops are now part of the Chinese garrison stationed hear Waichow, while the contingent 600 men at Chungshan have also rejoined him.

Arrivals from Shayuchung statea that there was no. possibility for petrol and contraband to eross the: border, as junks and steamers were searched carefully by the Hongkong police before cargo and passengers Teached Chinese territory.

About G5 Japanese Women ana children left on the Kamakura Mfaru for Japan, They were not ordered to return home by the local Japanese consulate, which has no information are Hoihow and Swatow.—Reuter.

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