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BUTTER
HULL WARNS
VICHY GOVERNMENT
A FINAL
French Territory GENERAL
WARNING May Be Taken TO VICHY
Mr. Cordell Hull's state- ment on the United States attitude to Vichy is re- garded by political obser- vers in Washington as a document of the first importance and final warning to Vichy that if it bows to Berlin and
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THE U.S. SECRETARY OF STATE, MR. CORDELL HULL, HAS INFORMED FRANCE THAT FRANCO-GERMAN COLLABORATION IS "INIMICAL” TO THE RIGHTS OF THE UNIT- ED STATES AND OTHER NATIONS.
In what seemed a warning that French possessions in the Western Hemisphere might be taken over by the United States and other American nations, Mr. Cordel! Hull, in statement yesterday, declared official follows the path Darlan reports indicated Vichy had adopted a policy has indicated, France of collaboration with other powers "for the will
sacrifice American purpose of aggression and oppression." friendship.
tance that the Government
of
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Mr. Cordell Hull stated: their position and our determi.ia- tion to be of every assistance we
It would be with great reluc- "We are therefore under-could in solving their problems for the United States would make taking as speedily as pos- the u timate benefit of the French any move against France, be- sible to assemble every people," the U.S. is enormously strong. material fact and circum-"we have made clear to the French | stance calculated to shed Government that a basic policy of
cause pro-French sentiment
It appears
in
certain, however, that if Vichy insists on
"But," Mr. Cordell Hull added,
this Government was to aid Bri-
colla-light on this alleged tuin in her defence against those
boration with Germany against course Britain, a severance of relations by the United
of the French same forces of conquest which had
invaded
and are subjugating France."Reuter.
States Govern Government.”
ment will follow und France After reviewing United States will be treated as part and parcel relations with of Germany.-Reuter.
Turkey Worries Nazis
Vichy since the
armistice, Mr. Cordell Hull said United States policy "has been based on assurances by the French Government that there was no in- tention on its part to exceed the strict limitations imposed" by the armistice."
Textual elaboration of Mr. Cor- dell Hull's referance to Franco- German collaboration being "ini- mical," was as follows:--
"Scarcely Believable"
"It would seem scarcely believ- able that the French Government
British
Credit
For China
An Anglo Chinese at Vichy should adopt a policy of export credit agreement
collaboration with other powers
The attitude of Turkey for the purpose of aggressive op- of £5,000,000 was signed to the possible outbreak pression-despite indications ap- in London yesterday.
of hostilities in Syria is the main preoccupation of Nazi diplomats in Ankara.
pearing in our preliminary reports.
"Buch action would not only It may be recalled that it was. be yielding priceless rights and announced in the House of Com. Interests beyond the require. mons early last December that the ments of the harsh armistice but extension of credit to China was would at once place France in decided upon in principle by the substantial political and mil British Government in concur- tary subservience and would; rence with the Governments of also make her, in part, an In the Dominions concerned that the strument of aggression against credit be made available for pur many other peoples and nations. chases in the Sterling area. "This could only be utterly ini- the mical to the just rights of other bor-countries, to say nothing of its vonultimate effects on the liberties, Papen has made no such sug-true interests and welfare of the gestion yet but is waiting until people of France." the actual outbreak of hostilities
According to some circles In Ankara Franz von Papen, the Nazi Ambassador, has already asked the Turks to make a de- claration of neutrality in évent of hostilities on their ders, but others state that
Admiral Darlan's recent anti- Very Much Concerned
in
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ot
the above agreement is regarded
The successful conclusion
Britain's continued confidence in in London as further evidence of the Chinese National Government In Chungking and also in the ulti- mate success of China's heroic
Central News.
resistance against aggression.
"NOTHING TO REPORT"
British speech and the references to the Darlan Government
--In another part of the state- the German communique have ment, which was made in reply to not helped German diplomacy in a question at his daily, press con Ankara since the Turks are still "We have received some prelim- "ference," Mr. Cordell "Hull said: bitter about Admiral Darlan's inary reports from Admiral Leahy claims to Adana (Cilicia). Me
(the U.S.. Ambassador in Vichy); Some German commercial and Mr. Cordell Hull said the Unit=| A communique. issued by Bri agricultural experts have arrived ed States, through Admiral Leahy, tish G.H.Q. in Cairo yesterday In Ankara but no negotiations have "consistently conveyed to stated: "There is nothing of im- with the Turks are yet under the French Government our un-portance to report."British.
Reuter
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Over TALKS OF
ANOTHER A.I.F.
REASON FOR PRESIDENT'S NEW POWERS
The reasons for Pre- sident Roosevelt's re- questing power to seize property were explained by Mr. Henry Stimson, Secre- tary of War, to a press conference in Washington yester- day.
They were needed, he said, to relieve machine tools bottle- necks, aluminium shortages and Ger- man patent (controls on vital defence pro- cesses and should not be delayed by any "frivolous objections" by Congress.-Reu-
ter.
The "Fighting First" Division would be one of the first units of the United States army to move if America decided to send an expeditionary force abroad, it was learn- ed yesterday in Washing- ton.
General Marshall, Chief of Staff of the Army, addressing the House of Representatives' Ap- propriation Sub-Committee, said that the First Division was "a task force of first priority and as such gets 100 per cent. issues of new equipment that become available."
Certain other units would also get priority "because they are among those selected for possible use in certain eventualities."
The First Division is virtually at war strength, stationed Camp Devens, Massachusetts.
American Army's took the German prisoners in the last war. -Reuter.
ADMIRAL ESTEVA
IN VICHY
at
It
first
Admiral Esteva, Resident-Gen- eral in Tunis, arrived by 'plane in Vichy last evening, according Radio to a report by the Swiss quoted by Reuter.
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