The Archive · 1940

Airway Services Suspended

Hongkong, Sept. 26.

"The Imperial Airways announce the suspension of all their services from Hongkong to French Indo-China until further notice owing to the Indo-

China situation.

This follows their announcement yesterday of the suspension of all thei vices other than airmail which now presumably been suspended Reuter. army Earlier the French government announced that fighting had continued throughout the day yesterday on the Dongdang front French reports said that officials both in Tokyo and Vichy were unable to understand the reason for the border fighting, They believed it was the result of local friction and did not constitute general military opera tions, according to the French pri French reports said that numerous barges loaded with Japanese troops d appeared off Haiphong yesterday. French officials were said to have sent them a warning: the Frene would re tu the Hanoi agreement signed last Sunday.—United Press Langson entered ngson, Sept. 26. entered Langson order city 150 kilometres north-of evening, after Liew Oka, met Major-General Menoullat, Commandant of the Indo-Chinese forces in the Langson district, at 3.20 o'clock yesterday afternoon.—Domei

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