Indianapolis Times, Indianapolis, Marion County, 25 November 1943 — Page 7

Day of Liberation By Allies. By A. T. STEELE i Copyright, 1043.5 1 he aputy Tones robin. TA. —French Indo-China, though compliant to Vichy and the Japanese, has no enthusiasm for the Japanese hew ‘order ‘and will welcome liberation by the allie forces when it comes.

When news of Italy's capitula-

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Indo - China, Frenchmen in

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Italy’s predicament. . Japan's unpopularity in Indo3 China rangés all the way from the 3] burning hatred of many French- ~ men fo the passive dislike of the native population, which blames .. the Japanese for its“economic difficulties. The native peoples, who . had suffered much from French repression and exploitation, at first welcomed the Japanese. Now

; ] they like the Japanese no better 4 than they. like the French-—possi-

Yet Indo-China has suffered Jess from the war than ‘probably any other country in the socalled “co-prosperity sphere.” The colony produces more than enough food for its own needs, and the French administration, unable to import manufactured goods from France, has reversed its former imperialistic policy of discouraging local industries. CN. : B 2 8 = - ) 3 “a SUFFICIENT number of | small enterprises have sprung up .to- ‘provide the ‘people with a few of their barest needs, though | there are shortages in almost : every line, Imports of textiles | , a -~ and other manufactured prod- | . ucts from Japan, in return for Indo-China'’s rice, are very limited in amount. - Vice ‘Adm. Jean Decoux, the |

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- governor-general who sold out | worsted Indo-China to Japan, is generc You'll ~ ally unpopiilar, though even his : ‘ worst enemies will give him credit | at means for his extraordinary capacity for |

and ‘De. According to escapees from. Indo1 Racy QERLNNGI attitude toward the Japanese, as ' a result, probably, of allied vic- | tories. These victories have improved French bargaining power. The turning of the was evident recently during negotiations for the annual. renewal of the Japan-French Indo-China

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SUCH REPORTS as are avail- . able indicate that. the Japanese demanded an allotment of 1,600,~ 000 tons of rice for the current year, an increase of 400,000 tons over what they received last year. . But the French held out for the original figure, insisting that Indo-China could not spare mbre. The Japanese became insistant. Adm. Decoux is said to have then intimated that if they per- ~ sisted in their demand he might. be obliged to reopen the border between China and French IndoChina. .

At the prospect of a breach in their China blockade, the Japa--nese withdrew their additional demand and the smaller figure was

agreed upon. The French doubt that the Japanese will be able to provide enough shipping to mové even . this tonnage. Militarily the Japanese do more Or less as they please in IndoChina, but, in return for French compliance, they are permitting the French colonial administration to carry on pretty much as | ; before. : = s 8 7 BY SO DOING, the Japanese are able to save themselves a polit= : ical headache at a time when ' their hands are full elsewhere. "But no one supposes—the French least of all—that the Japanese are through with Indo-China. Annam, for instance, is the most important of the several states re : ~ that make-up the Indo-China J = * union, and the Annamese ‘are the : preponderant element in the ; population. % = ~The Japanese make no secret : of their desire to see the deposed NR ~ emperor of Annam—who for some 3 ; 2 years has been an exile under : . Japanese protection—returned to - _ his throne, The present young - emperor is a faithful- French satellite. : elements, nota-

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