The Archive · 1941

Fired on Indo-China By Quack—Court Story Ship in Mekong

Charged with fraud, a 60-year old Saigon, July 15. ovack doctor named Chang Hsiang-While a monetary conference befal lias Hu Kwung faced the First tween a Thai delegation and Indo-Special District Court yesterday and China representatives is due to start wes remanded in custody for a week at 5 p.m. tomorrow. it was revealed pending further investigations, An today that an Indo-China mail-boat accomplice was also detained by the was fired on from the Thai bank of court but a third alleged accomplice the Mekong River near Savannakhet. und that a protest had been made was released on bail by the Indo-China authorities. Two 'Accused, who was sentenced some natives are stated to, have been kill. time ago by the same court to eight ed and two injured aboard the months' imprisonment on. a. similar charge was arrested on Monday-at his is: believed! that Thailand is, ex ved that ud is ex-"office" in Lene 334 Burkill Road periencing some difficulty regarding following s complaint made by a ash compensation of capital investments taken over in the ceded ter-'Cantonese woman ritories, and that this will form one Accused was alleged to have per-subject of discussions at- the mone-formed a "spiritual" operation tary conference. through the help of Buddha on the Meanwhile. news of the continua-woman. who has been ill for some tion of Japanese press attacks against time, She paid $20 as the first in-Indo-China is greeted "with: apathy solment of $80 but she was not cured, by the general public here, but it is Instead of some medicine, the woman felt that some form of Japanese acwas said to have been given some tion is pending in' the near-future. Typical comment asserts that the apashes of incense which she was asked arent ability of Russia to stem the to cook in water with some sugar. rman invasion is causing Japan to She took the "holy" medicine but soon relinquish her ideas of a northward she realized that she had been de-move against the Soviet and to re-frauded, The police are investigating new her southward drive with a view as accused might have similarly vi. to quieting unrest in Japan owing to timized other sick persons, the present static situation, The only incentive would be the gcqyisition of advanced aeroplane abd" naval bases in the southern Pacific, it is

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