JAP. UNREST
ARMY IN CHINA RISING PREDICTED ANTI-WAR SPIRIT CONSCRIPTION REVISION (Elec. Tel. Copyright—United. Press Assn.. (Recci. Nov. 21, 2.20 p.m. LONDON. Nov. 20. The Chinese Army spokesman in Chungking asserted to-day that inlellifenee reports had disclosed growing disaffection among Japanese troops in China. He predicted a general uprising was certain if the war continues. The first known Japanese anti-war organisation has been formed at Subsien, in the Anhwei province. The leader of the organisation, Nishi Bashi, has been arrested. The Chinese spokesman said ihat the recent revision of the conscription regulations resulted in the conscription of 400,000 Japanese and 260,000 Koreans into the army. He added that the latest reports indicated that at least 100,000 Japanese troops were in southern Indo-China, many of them along the Thailand border. The Hanoi Government has officially denied reports from Shanghai that Japan demanded facilities for 50,000 more troops in Indo-China, Such a demand, it is stated, would exceed the Franco-Japanese agreement and hence would have to be taken up between Vichy and Tokio.
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Gisborne Herald, Volume LXVIII, Issue 20619, 21 November 1941, Page 6
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