SIAM MENACED

Gisborne Herald, Volume LXVIII, Issue 20625, 28 November 1941, Page 6

SIAM MENACED

AIMS OF JAPAN POSSIBLE CONFLICT ATTACK ON BURMA RD. MASSING OF TROOPS (Elec. Tel. Copyright—United Press Assn.) (Reed. Nov. 28, 2.40p.m.) WASHINGTON, Nov. 27. Authoritative sources fear that Japan’s answer to the American terms may be an attack against Thailand within a few days, says the: United Press of America. Reports reaching Washington state that the Japanese are massing troops in the north and south of Indo-China, apparently lor an offensive on Thailand and the Burma Road. Large numbers of troops . and guns have been landed at Saigon in the last five days. The Japanese, have purchased boats up and down the coast. The Japanese navy appears ready for action.

The Domei agency says that the terms handed to the Japanese envoys in Washington, offer “little hope of bridging the gap in Japanese-Ameri-can problems and little room for prolonging the conversations.”

The Bangkok radio, for the second night in succession, stressed Thailand’s danger in the tense Pacific situation and urged preparedness and the avoidance of squabbles, as it is feared that a minor incident might easily develop into a large-scale conflagration.

The Nanking correspondent of the Domei Agency says that the head of the Nanking puppet Government, Mr. Wang Ching-W*ei, speaking on the anniversary of the Japanese recognition of Lis regime, pledged wholehearted collaboration with Japan, “regardless of international developments.”' 5