Show JAPAN peace move whether it was under the frowning menace of axis guns both in the west and in the far east or whether it was sincere but noteworthy at any rate was the statement issued by the indo chinese french government following the ratification of the peace treaty with thailand slam jn this peace treaty japan was the peacemaker and mediator back of her mediation efforts however was a huge fleet which was moved into waters off kofl french indochina indo china during the height of the thailand indo chinese war reports from saigon when the peace was finally terminated giving thailand huge slices of indo chinese territory along the borders were that the peace was more satisfactory than the french go government ve rement had hoped tor for it was stated that in saigon it was expected that even larger ces of territory would have had to have been made if japan had not intervened immediately foreign minister matsuoka announced that he would shatter japanese precedents by taking a trip to europe to confer with his axis partners von wiegand Wl egand writing from shanghai saw in this project a chance that japan would seek axis particularly ticul arly nazi mediation in an effort to end the japanese chinese war |