"Not only were such primary things: as pajamas' anid palais,' which are the commodities peculiar only to our country, Imported more and more each year, but Gnished shirtings and fancy piece goods for women's dresses ware finding an insatiable demand among the women fashion fons."
'The result of this, the report states, was that the importation of Japanese fatten' goods Into Thailand soared {vom over 400,000 baht in 1924 to 12,000,000 in 1997, 1038 and 1039 the Mgures felt slightly "due partly to the inability fof the mass-produced seeds to keep up with the faster strides of the fashions, and partly to the refusal of the majority of our merchants to deal in Japanese goods."
"gueh a big increase in the value of Imporied Japanese cotton has brought to a halt the possibility an Increase In the importation of cotton goods from Singapore, Hongkong, the United Kingdom and various cother small sources," the report points ca Hy List Bangkok, Jan. 7, The frst casualty list since the start of Thal-French "Indo-China. border hostilities was issued today in the form of a communique by the Streeter of police.
The communique followed a High Command communique, which said that heavy Aghting was in progress on southern frontier sectors border~ ing Indo-China and that Thal warplanes were staging attacks on Indo-China objectives, occupied French positions in. Indo China, It was said, Three Thallandets were killed on Sunday 'a Chandaburi and six French soldiers were killed in Thal territory near there, said the com-
Two Thai police were killed, two more were injured and of civlilan was killed in the Buriram vector when French attacked last Friday, the communique said.
Reports of persons injured In border fighting were not yet complete, the communique said, Meanwhile reliable French quarters here said the sudden outbreak of hos-Lullties probably would prevent Roger Garreau, new French Minister, from effecting a settlement of the controversy. M. Garreau has not yet visited the Foreign OMice since his status was raised from that Legation Counsellor recently, it was said.
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