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Grey River Argus, 18 December 1940, Page 6

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MORE MURDERS By Chinese [Aus. & N.Z. Cable Assn.] SHANGHAI, December 16. Chinese gunmen shot dead the french Consular Judge, Edouard Dhooghe, presumably because he turned over the Chinese Court in the French Concession, to Wang Chingwei supporters. In the Hongkew area of Shanghai, the latest, victim was a Japanese medical student, who was shot in the back, allegedly by a Chinese, while vaccinating anoiner Chinese. He was the thirteenth Japanese serviceman t-n be shot by Chinese in the Jap-anese-controlled areas of Shanghai, in recent weeks. Marooning hundreds of foreign office-workers and snoppers, the Japanese authorities this afternoon suddenly stopped all ingress and egress from Hongkew, which is the Japanese occupied portion of the International Settlement following the murder of the Japanese student. JA"PS BOMB BURMA ROAD (Received Dec. 18, 1.20 a.m.) HONG KONG, December 17. The Domei News Agency corres-p pondent at an air base somewhere in Indo-China reports that Japanese naval air units, for the second consecutive day on Monday bombed the Kinghuo bridge on the Mekong River on the Burma road. He said there was a great resulting tie-up of vans. JAPAN’S NEW U.S.A. AMBASSADOR (Received December 18, 12.25 a.m.) TOKIO, December 17. The Information "Bureau spokesman said that Admiral Nomura is leaving aftqr Christmas for Hsinking, and thence goes to Peking, Nanking, and Shanghai on a two weeks’ tour. ‘ Thereafter he goes to America to

tak e up the office of Ambassador. He sails from Yokohama by the Tatuta Maru on December 23. The spokesman said there were fantastic Shanghai reports from Tokio that Prince Konoye, Prime Minister, atad. Minister's. Oikawa and Kobayashi had resigned. FRENCH REPRISAL ON SIAMESE. HANOI, December 16. The French made a reprisal raid on Sunday night on the Thai towns of Muk, Lakhon and Kemmarat, despite bad weather. SIAMESE CLAIM. ” FRENCH REJECT PEACE OVERTURE. (Received Dec. 18, 12.55 a.m.) BANGKOK, December 17. A Thailand communique said,: On Sunday, the French bombed. Nakornpanom and Mukadahan. These raids are regarded as replies to a peace appeal on Sunday from Bangkok. Therefore it is believed the Thai Government will retaliate as soon as possible., The communique claimed that the French were mass burning villages on the east shore of the Mekong River because of a suspicion of the loyalty of the villagers. It claimed that the French were doing their utmost to suppress an independence movement through punishments, including mass drownings of chained natives. (Received Dec. 18, 1.22 a.m.) BANGKOK, December 17. A Thai communique said that Jrench planes on Sunday bombed Nakornpanom, where Thailand antiaircraft guns shot down one raider They also raided Mukdahan.