IN INDO-CHINA

Waikato Times, Volume 127, Issue 21183, 5 August 1940, Page 8

IN INDO-CHINA

JAPANESE PENETRATION ! DEMANDS ON FRANCE | GRIP BEING TIGHTENED | (United Press Assn.—Elec. Tel. Copyright) (Received August 5, 3.15 p.m.) NEW YORK, August 4 The Shanghai correspondent of the New York Times says that Japan i already is de facto controlling Indo- | China and is extending its tighten- j ing grip even on the leased territory i of Kwangchowan, which is under j Japanese domination. It is officially stated that Japanese j inspectors control Kwangchowan Harbour, and have already reduced the traffic to China 80 per cent. I Large groups of the Japanese [ Navy, Army and aviation experts, j also a commission representing the Asia Development Board, are in ! headquarters at Hanoi and Haipong. i It is understood the Japanese have I demanded from the French:— (1) The right to move troops across Indo-China in the event of Chunking armies appearing on the Yunnan border. (2) The right of a base for naval planes at Haipong. (3) The right for military and commercial planes to fly over IndoChina. (4) The Japanese Navy to control incoming and outgoing tonnage in northern and central IndoChina ports. (5) The work on French fortifications to cease. (6) The French Government and businessmen in northern and central Indo-China to consider Japan as the most friendly Power and fully support Japanese trade development. Highways Surveyed Already Japanese military inspectors, ostensibly controlling cargo bound for China, have surveyed all highways from Indo-China to Yunnan. As their position in Indo-China is solidified the Japanese are rapidly reaching a position from which they could easily attack Yunnan and Szechuen, in which the Chungking Government is developing essential war industries. If these areas are invaded Chungking will probably be forced to remove north-westward. Presumably Lanchow would be the next wartime capital. DYKES TO BE CUT ACTION IN COSTA RICA HINDRANCE TO JAPANESE (United Press Assn.—Elec. Tel. Copyright) (Received August 5, 3.15 p.m.) SAN JOSE, (Costa Rica), Aug. 4 The Government has ordered the dykes to be cut on extensive Japan-ese-owned cotton plantations in the Pacific zones. This action is officially for drainage, but it could be a precautionary measure to render the areas usless for aviation.