Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1940-09-25
French Renew Gibraltar Attack;
Dakar Fight Still on London Says;
japan oHa|t |ndo-China Advance
Colonial Officials
Willing to Fulfill
Terms of Pact
BY c. YATES MCDANIEL.

Associated Press Foreign Correspondent.
HANOI, Indo-China, Sept. 25.-
The military situation along So
mile frontier section 80 miles
northeast of Hanoi was obscured to-
day after Japanese advance forces
cut communications between the
Indo- Chinese capital and Langson,
center of the northern border de-
Tense line.
Informed sources said the Toxic
government had ordered Gen. Teizo
Ando, commanding Japan's South
China Army, to halt the attack
commenced the night of Septem-
Der q.
The Indo- China government is
sued a statement reafhrming its
willingness to carry out the Vichy-
Toxic pact and the more detailed
agreement reached September %
with Japanese representatives.
Accord Violation Charged.
The statement also reaffirmed
Indo-China's determination to op-
pose with force all efforts of the
japanese South China Army to push
across the northern frontier of Indo-
China in what the government said
was absolute violation of the &C
| cord granting Japan limited mill
tary rights. The French insist they
agreed to permit japanese to enter
only by the port of Haiphong.
The government said the agree
ments contained formal Japanese
guarantees to respect Indo-China's
territorial integrity and French SOW
ereignty over the territory and that
the pact precisely limited" the mil
itary facilities granted Japan.
tDomei, japanese news agency,
In a broadcast from Toxic. quot
ed the foreign office spokesman
there as saying latest reports
from the japanese South China
army command justified the
conclusion that hostilities would
not be continued any longer"
tDomei said the Japanese high
command was anxious TO avoid
further delay in getting its troops
into Indo-China for a drive into
Southwestern China. since the
japanese have information that
Chinese troops already are massed
in large numbers on the Indo-
China frontiers and any delay in
making contact with them by the
japanese would be intolerable at
thic mint in tho tiNrc ~
In an earlier broadcast Domei
reported that the South China
command had announced its de-
cision to send more troops to
Haipong by sea-
Gen. Issaku Niishihara. who nego-
tiated an agreement Sunday with
French officials for Japanese mill
tary privileges in Indo-China, sped
by minesWeeper from Haipong to
Hainan Island to see Gen. Ando.
Troops Already on Barges.
Observers at Haiphong said Japa-
nese troops already had been loaded
on barges and RATS off the mouth
of the Red River when Gen. Nish-
ihara persuaded their commander
Yesterday to delay a scheduled land
ing for an onslaught at the Hal
phong area until he could talk with
Gen. Ando.
French official sources, who de-
clared the Japanese South China
Army appeared to be acting indie
pendently, said the japanese troops
resumed their drive late yesterday
at Langson, II miles within the
northern border.
In a clash at this same point
Monday, it was announced there
were 20 French and native casualties
while several japanese were taken
prisoners.
Colonial authorities continued
precautionary measures. Schools in
AMMAN, coastal area of the colony,
were closed and the population was
urged to support a passive defense
by remaining calm.
"Non-essential' residents of Ha-
moi, Haiphong and other cities in the
potentially endangered area were
removed to places further in the
interior.