Evening star., 1940-10-16
Arms for China
Will beHa|ted,
Japan Warns
Gen. Sumitu Voices
Aim on Eve of Burmo
Rood Reopening
By the Associated Press.

BY the Associated Press.
HANOI, French ndo-China, Oct
16.-Maj. Gen. Raishiro Sunita
chief of the Japanese military mis-
SIGN in Indo-China, declared today
that Japan is resolutely deter
mined to prevent war materials
supplied by the United States or any
third power from reaching Chang
Kai-shek's armies"
Sumita spoke on the eve of the
reopening tomorrow of the Burma
Road. lifeline for supplies from
abroad for the Chinese armies.
The Japanese leader. in an inter-
view. declared the japanese all
force would make the utmost effort
to strike a fatal blow to China S
supply lines from air bases newly
acquired in Northern Indo-China
but added, don't believe any of our
blows will fall until the war sup
plies for China have passed through
British Burma and actually entered
Chinese territory
Removal of Forces Abandoned.
CDomei. japanese news agen-
cy, declared in a broadcast from
Toxic that plans to remove Jap
anese land forces from Northern
Indo-China had been aban-
doned.
Quoting japanese military
authorities, Domei said Chinese
military pressure on the North
Indo-China border presented
urgent reasons" against the
withdrawal These japanese
troops. mostly infantry. drove
into Indo-China from the Chi
nese province of KwangSi last
month and occupied Langson
and other towns after bitter
fighting with French forces. The
French declared this invasion
violated the agreement by which
limited forces were to enter by
sea.
'
nese troops in the Langson area.
Domei said. Until today it had
been planned to take them by
rail to Haiphong for embarkation
on transports.
CDomei quoted the Toxic For
eign Office as saying japanese
forces were continuing their ad-
vance into the interior of Indo-
China in accordance with the
French-Japanese agreement0
Early Blockade Doubled.
The representative of the Japa-
nese high command in French Indo.
China said he personally did no'
believe Japan contemplated ar
early blockade of Hong Kong, Brit.
ish crown colony, and other Brit.
ish centers in the Southern Pacific
in an effort to force Britain to re-
scind her decision to reopen the
Burma road.
Sumita said he considered the
military facilities obtained in North
ern Tonkin Province 'vitally i'm
portant" to the success of Japan:
campaign in China But he said ht
personally did not believe Japan hao
sought bases and special facllitie!
in AMMAN and Cochin-China il
southern Indo-Ch:na although
such decisions are DIP to Toxic"
The veteran artillery Otficel
echoed the puzzled reaction of Jap.
anese elsewhere to the United State!
Government advice tC Americans Il
leave Japanese dominated areas O.
the Far East.
IF both the Uniten States anc
Japan spent the same huge sum-
they now are devotjng to prepara
tionS for possible future conflict OF
promoting trade between the TIVE
countries, there would be no con
ceivsble question Of war said Su
mita. IF only the United State
would understand Japan's position.
He declared that every question
between our countries could ant
must be settled upon understandin!
and acceptance of tho principle tina
Japan is the stabilizing force in thu
Far East"