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THE CHINA MAIL, NOVEMBER 6, 1940

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PETAIN'S DIFFICULTIES Lord Halifax On French Flirting With Axis

PRESIDENT ROOSEVELT

WHO LEADS NARROWLY

FUTURE OF ITALIAN

FAR EAST SUBMARINE May Depend RUNS INTO

On Election

TANGIER

Report

has

reached

With the United States presidential election re- sults expected in Chung-London that a second Ita- king to-day, Chinese in-lian submarine, chased terest in the event is by British destroyers, has mounting-

taken refuge in Tangier

In a leader on the subject the

It is assumed that, in accordance

Sympathetic Understanding And a Warning

SYMPATHETIC understanding of Mar- shol Petain's difficulties was expressed by| the Foreign Secretary, Lord Halifax, in a speech in the House of Lords yesterday on the current diplomatic situation.

The Foreign Secretary declared, however, that whatever Marshal Petain may hope to gain for France by entering the path of co- operation with Germany, "we cannot believe that a government headed by a man of ĥon- our like him would commit France to a course which would be a stab in the back of her for- mer ally.

"We have repeatedly rejected enemy suggestions for an agree- ment at France's expense. Is to too much to hope that the French leaders may see clearly, as German plans are unfolded, that the cause of French survival is the same as our own and that

the

NAZIS AND FRANCE

any action that would aggravate (SPECIAL TO "CHINA MAIL") c. difficulties--and course we should have to meet

which of