Show J Japanese Resume Border Fight With French in Indo-China Indo By C C. YATES DANIEL l HANOI French Indo-China Indo Sept 24 Iff Japanese Japanese forces are again attacking French positions near Langson SO 80 miles northwest of Hanoi and 12 miles inside the border of French Indo-China Indo French official sources sources reported Tuesday night The new thrust the French said followed 12 hours of comparative inactivity during which the French troops were Under orders to fire only If fired upon Thus it was said the French colonial authorities gave the Tokyo representative General every opportunity to toI I f halt th the Japanese South China commands command's threatened land sea and air onslaught against northern Indo-China Indo without further blood blood- shed Informed French sources said sale S General had hastened from aboard a Japanese minelayer to conf confer r with leaders of the Japanese troop ship armada armada armada ar ar- ar- ar mada in Tonkin gulf v was said to 10 have persuaded persuaded persuaded per per- the armada commander to halt his advance toward until could go on to Halnan Hainan island to discuss the situation situation situation sit sit- with General Ando com corn Continued on p Page ge Three Column Fh 5 I. JAP JAPAN AN RENEWS RENES FRENCH ATTACK I v Continued From Page One manding the Japanese South China army anny A Domel dispatch from Tokyo also Iso reported all quiet along the Indo China border Tuesday The dispatch estimated the Japanese had ad suffered about casualties in n previous fighting Residents of Hanoi and all northern north- north ern rn Tonkin were awakened early Tuesday when 12 Japanese planes circled over the city The Fren French h said aid their antiaircraft batteries withheld fire and the planes left without incident Grave Situation The French authorities described the he situation as one of extreme gravity despite General Nishih Nishi- Nishi h lara's laras ras ra's efforts to av avert rt further fighting It was emphasized that the present present pres- pres ent nt fate of northern Indo-China Indo hinges largely on the Tokyo representatives representative's representatives representative's rep- rep ability t to o restrain the South China forces which the French said apparently are operatIng operating ing ng independently Preparations for resistance con- con scale Full-scale mobilization has put ut every bodied able-bodied Frenchman in n Indo-China Indo into uniform Private Private Private vate motor trucks have been requisitioned requisitioned and during the night many of these rumbled to the north carrying carrying carrying car car- troops to bolster the frontier and coastal defense system TOKYO Sept 24 Blazing JP-Blazing MP Blazing guns of Japanese forces pushing into nto French Indo-China Indo under an agreement advancing their domination domination domination domi domi- nation of southeastern Asia were reported Tuesday to have claimed the he lives of Indo-Chinese Indo troops who resisted the entry at an undisclosed undisclosed undisclosed un un- un- un disclosed point The Japanese captured prisoners prisoners prisoners pris pris- including several French officers officers officers of of- as well as a quantity of arms and ammunition it was added added add add- ed in the report which was carried carried carried car car- ried by Domel Japanese news agency Among more than French and Indo-Chinese Indo troops killed a broadcast said was a Lieutenant Lieutenant Lieu- Lieu tenant Colonel Loubert commander command command- er of the Dong Dang garrison All resistance there made apparently as a result of delay in transmitting transmitting transmit- transmit ting ing orders said has ceased and ind troops in the vicinity have been disarmed by the Japanese A French broadcast from Saigon Indo-China Indo heard in Shanghai said fighting between French and Japanese forces in northern IndoChina IndoChina IndoChina Indo- Indo China still was in progress at 10 a. a m. m Tuesday and that two Japanese Japanese Japanese Japa Japa- nese planes had been shot down |