Japan Now Knows What to Expect

Manawatu Times, Volume 66, Issue 192, 14 August 1941, Page 5

Japan Now Knows What to Expect

EXODUS FROM HONGKONG United Press Association—By Electric Telegraph—Copyright. Received Wednesday, 10 p.m. NEW YORK, Aug. 12. The New York Times’ Tokio correajoudeirt says the American and British stand in the Far Eastern crisis as expressed in the recent statements hy Mr. Cordell Hull and Mr. Anthony Eden was formally conveyed to the Japanese Government by Sir Rpbert Craigie and Mr. Grew (British and U.S. Ambassadors i:i recent interviews with Admiral Toyada. The result of these steps as well as direct discussions between Mr. Cordell Hull and Admiral Nomura (Japanese Ambassador at Washington) is that the Japanese Government has been officially informed that any action which will threaten the independence of Thailand will be a matter ,of immediate concern and Britain and the United States are prepared to meet and step J a/p an may take move for move.

As Mr. Eden warned, any threat to Thailand’s independence threatens the security of Singapore, on which hinges the whole position both ,of Britain end the United States in the Far East. There is little doubt in Japanese minds to-day what the next sten would be.

An exodus of the Japanese colony in Hongkong is under way. Japanese merchants have virtually closed their businesses as a result ,of the freezing orders.

A Domei despatch from Shanghai says the Nanking Government has prohibited all exports except to Japan.