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JAPANESE IN
INDO-CHINA
Chinese Warn of
Malaya Battle
NEW YORK, Mar. 23 lA.A.r.J.
Warnings are : being -issued by
Chungking , newspapeis that
Japanese moves in : Indo China
should be considered ?<as a pre
paration for an impending battle
in Malaya.
The "Takung Pao" speculates
on a direct naval assault on. Ran
goon, and adds: — "We have rea
son to expect an action in the
Indian Ocean."
A Paris report states : that the
Japanese have launched a major
attack against the Frencn in east
ern Tongking (Indo China), but
are meeting determined . resist
ance, mainly . from- sharp
shooters.
Toklo claims that a . -shelling
duel between three British de
stroyers and Japanese shore bat
teries off the southern Andaman
Islands (Bay of Bengal) on March
19 resulted in a destroyer being
sunk and two heavily dnmaged.
Nightmare Rule
Japanese home-front broad
casts, says a "New York Times"
correspondent, reveal Japan,
under American bombings, has
become a nightmare of regimen
tation, shortages, black markets,
desolation and general disruption.
Local broadcasts, of air raids al
ways have a happy ending, with
the Americans forced to flee, and
an appeal to exert the fullest ef
forts to prevent the spread oi
fires. However, the general tenor
of the broadcasts indicates that
home-front morale has been
strengthened by. bombing.
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