IN INDO-CHINA.

Ashburton Guardian, Volume 60, Issue 304, 1 October 1940, Page 5

IN INDO-CHINA.

CONFERENCE OF PARTIES. SITUATION NOW QUIET. HANOI, September 29. Major-General Nisliihara, the leader of the Japanese mission in Indo-China during the recent discussions about military concessions to. Japan, has returned to Haiphong. Accompanied by another ranking general, he is heading a mission of 50 which will confer with the Governor-General of IndoChina (Vice-Admiral Decoux) to clarify and implement the agreement recently signed and to settle the South China Army’s invasion.

A correspondent of the United Press of America, who made a trip to the front, 70 miles northeast of Hanoi, found the situation quiet. Officers said that there had been no firing for three days, except by roaming Japanese “guerilla” bands, who-are accused of torturing to death at least 30 Frenchmen; 1 ' t ' '

INCITED AGAINST WHITES. JAPANESE AND NATIVES. HANOI, September 30. French officers said the Japanese were inciting the Indo-Chinese against the whites. Eight French soldiers attempting to escape capture are reported to have been slowly bayoneted to death. The officers said 140 French soldiers have escaped the Japanese so far. Two officers reached Hanoi on Sunday after a 75-mile walk, crossing and recrossing the Japanese lines. , The Japanese five issuing pamphlets to the natives on the new order in Asia, warning them not to resist, and at the same time requiring Europeans to show Japanese passes, without which they are unable to walk the Haiphong streets.