The Government of Indo-China will be removed to Saigon next week, it was learned in Hanoi. the capital of the French colony.
Saigon. the chief town and port in southern Indo-China, is 700 miles south of Hanol—Reuter, i¢¢ rejected the former and we have replied in kind to the latter or, of the initiative of subordinates, Admiral Decoux sald—Haves, Thai Accepts Garreau As French Minister Bangkok, Jan, 8, Ending a month's tin tion in which the Thal Government refused to recognize the Vichy Government's appointee M, Roger Gar-roan as French Minister, Thal-Jand on January 6 ne cepted the Fronchman's credentials, it wat one nounced here today. Mi. Garren was appointed as successor to. MIN. Paut Leplssler, and arrived at Bang kok late in November, but could not N.E.I. Preparing "No Withdrawals"
For Emergencies Saigon, Jan, 9, London, Jan, 10, Dr. NA. C. Slotemaker' de Bruine, In Cambodia, Thal aircraft dropped Jdirector' of "ihe Netherlands news bombs on Sisophon and on another Indo-Chinese border town, Kiling agency, Ancia, today revealed. the fethetiands East Indies are preparing two people and won: for every contingency. was stated in a Saigon radio broad-'Defence expenditures were raised east today, In addition, Thal troops the 1941 budget to £55,500.000 made surprise attacks and raids on compared with 40,000,000 in 1940, Cambodian territory.
Dr. de Bruine said.
'During the night of January 7, 'He added that strenuous' efforts French aviation carried out severe were beng made to mechanize the reprisals on various parts of Thal army and said 5000 Germans were territory, the communique add: interned in the East Indies and that referring fen to the reports from 19 German ships, confiscated. when Bangkok that Thal troops had enter~ the war broke out, were working for the Allied cause. ed Indo-Chinese territory, penetrate The East Indies population Ing as far os 15 miles inland, with 70,000,000 1s so self-sulficlent there Is the French troops withdrawing.
This report is described as com~ said. no need for rationing. Dr. do Bruine untrue, He confirmed reports thatthe "From time to time, Siamese 'United States was unable at present patrols have crossed the French to full defence orders for the Indies frontier and sought to kidnap native fas rapidly as desired and therefore families and draw them into' Thal. the Islands placed substantial munl-Jand territory, "Every now and tion orders with Australia. then," the report adds, "these patrols 'Japanese polley toward the Nether-made contact with' our troops and ands East Indies ig not aggressive at hurried back to their own. territory, the present time, Dr. de Bruino said. But on no occasions have French he Believed—United Press. troops, withdrawn before the Thal attacks," [but it Is believed that the situation French circles in Indo-Ching are not entirely lost, said to have listened with interest If, for instance, Bangkok an-to the information brosdeast from rouhees that on a certain date and Bangkok, according to which the Jat & certain time the Thal army Thal government has no intention Jwould cease all hostile activities, the creating—dificulties between French people would adopt a similar Indo-China and Thailand, attitude coneémning. their reprisals, fand these measures would certainly It is pointed out that certain con Jereate 'a more friendly atmosphere. traditions appear to exist between 'Oficial personalities in' Indo-the declarations made over the [China, who" have been approached radio' from Bangkok, and the acts concerning the subject, have refused of the Thal army, which during the to make a declaration,'simply stating ast "few dive has indulged in that the hostile acts' committed by /Thailand have obliged them to take hardly sani reconcilable with, the measures, which been dictated Idea of friendly diplomatic relations, by the circumstances and that the These increasingly violent acts evolution of these measures depends are likely to call forth q particular lely on current events and on severe Indo-Chinese reprisal, Bangkok's attitude—Reuter,
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