Indications were that the Japanese would open negotiations with the French in an attempt to find some basis whereby the Japanese army which invaded Indo-China from the north last week could continue its march toward Hanoi without resis ance.
If the French authorities are forced to submit to such Japarse demands, it was believed, the capital probably will be moved southward outside the zone of Japanese occupation and to a position to organize effective re~] sistance against further Japanese aggression.—United Press. ces London, Sept. 30.
The "Daily Telegraph" declaring that the object of the Italo-German-Japanese pact was to frighten America says: "There has been a surge of resentment. Far from restricting the despatch of armaments to this country the pact is giving fresh stimulus to the policy of rendering all material support and assistance."
The "Daily Express" declares that while tke pact's open purpose. is to bluff America into withholding aid from Britain, its secret design is to ring Russia with powerful foes.—Reuter.
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