FIRMER STAND TAKEN.
THE FRENCH IN INDO-CHINA. EFFECT OF AMERICAN ATTITUDE. HANOI, September 12. The French seem to be taking up their courage as a result of the statemepnt on Indo-China by the United States Secretary of State (Mr Cordtll Hull) in which lie Avarned Japan against aggression. There lias been almost total mobilisation. Business men in uniform drill each, day and French naval guards surround the GoA’ernmeut building. The evacuation of Hanoi is A r irtually at a standstill.
Coinciding with this return of confidence, the French are reported to have obtained Japanese, assuratnecs, that the Japanese army at Canton AA'ill refrain from further threats fqr the duration of the negotiations wlhieli will be resumed on the return of the Japanese militarv mission from Tokio to-morrow.
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Ashburton Guardian, Volume 60, Issue 290, 14 September 1940, Page 5
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