(Continued from page 1) tion in this important transition period, the Batavia government has adopted appropriate counter-measures and is ready to conclude friendly ments with world nations relat-to industry and foreign trade, he Vichy, Sept. 8.
Chinese troops violated the frontier of Indo-China on September 5, according to a semi-official French d patch from Hanoi.
"They were driven back by our covering troops after a lively en ment in which we lost one man killed and six wounded," the French dispatch claims.
The conference of French Japanese authorities at Hanoi it adds, is continuing satisfactorily and direct negotiations are also proceeding between the Vichy and Japanese Governments in an atmosphere of the greatest. cordiality.—Reuter.
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