The Waterbury Democrat., 1941-07-29

The government had already re- duced the daily gasoline allotment for taxicabs to seven gallons for August.
 City Bank Closed
 The Rational City Bank remained closed to day while finance minis try officials checked its books un- der the freezing order. The bank holds l7000 900 Yen (about $4,250,- 00O) in American deposits. including more than S,00o,0o0 Yen ($2,00o, ,000) belonging to American motion pie ture companies.
 The Domei News Agency reported in a Washington dispatch that Admiral Kichisaburo Nomura. Jap- anese ambassador. had ordered Min ister Kaname Wakasugl. of the ern- bassy staff, to return to Japan at once to report direct to the foreign office on the situation between Ja- pan and the United States. The dis- patch said that Wakasugi was ex- pected to board the Asama Maru at San Francisco August 8.
 Tn . statement which indicated the vast scope of Japan's expan. sionist program. FAlmio Yamada, chief of the research department of the Institute of the Pacific. com- posed of Japanese diplomats, poii- ticians and export business men, said today that the Great East Asia co-prosperity sphere which Japan intends to establish" would mean large living sphere cover ing Japan, Manchokuo, China, French Indo-C China, Thailand, Ma laya, Burma. The Netherlands East Indies and the Philippines.
 Free Aslatic Races
 "The sphere aims at freeing the Asiatic races from the yoke main. tained by forces outside Asia" he said. He added that the task was difiicult because of the China sit- uation and the rights and interests of foreign powers.
 A Domei news agency dispatch said the Nanking regime, which Ja- pan set up in occupied territory in China, had issued a decree today freezing the American and British assets.
 The government here ofscialiy froSe ali Netherlands and Nether- lands East Indies assets today and the assets of Britain's Hong Kong, and four Dutch-capital firms were placed under freezing rsgula ions. Eighty foreign firms are no-y af- fected including 30 American firms.
 Japanese admitted that the Netherlands East Indies action in freezing Japanese credits and sus- pending foreign exchange opera tions, thus automatically cutting on Japan's supply of oil except by special arrangement, was a heavy blow.
 The finance minister formed a special commission of experts to consider further cointer-measures against freezing orders against Ja- pan, and at the same time, news- paper dispatches reported, a "a. panese mission to French Indo- China was planned to establish basic industrial and economic plans for Indo-C China"
 ThaiIand Is Next
 Koh IGllii, chief government spokesman, refused to give a direct reply to questions whether Jauan. facing the immediate stoppage of oil. tin, rubber and other yitaily necessary war industry supplies from the Netherlands East Indies, would seek an agreement with Thailand similar to that Japan negotiated" with the Vichy French government for Indo-C China.
 It was announced that tlaa mnw- ernment had now frozen the assets of the United States and all itg 1ng- sessions, Great Britain, Northern Ireland, Canada, Hong Yonx. tIle Netnerlands and the Netherlands
 Japaa Being Deflsa
 Japan must now leave nothing ynoone to cope uith tho immediate issues afssing from the Dutch ao- ton and ct the same f,Fne must undertake to snnaah the evil dream Of the Dutch authorities who aFe wearing the skin Of tne British Lion and the feathers os tho American Eagle to defy Japan" it sAid.
 New1papeFr generally adopted an mnaRieg koHse toward tleq United states end Great Britain because of fhe M@thesianog aflI6m.