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THE CHAIL MAIL, APRIL 10, 1941.

CHINA MAIL

-WINDSOR HOUSE

THE BLOCKADE

Marshal Petain, while confirming British con- fidence in his mood and motives by re-stating that it is a matter of honour for France to do nothing| against her former ally.. has furnished no good reason for relaxation of the blockade. Demand of most British observers is that more rigid enforce- ment is essential, be rause Marseilles has been permitted to become a dangerous leak. And there is ground for sus- picion that the evidence of British unwillingness to make things more dif- Heult for Marshal Petain has encouraged the Nazis. through Admiral Darlan, to agitate to secure # widening of the gap. When Marshal Petain, therefore, proclams that Admiral Darlan has his fullest confidence, the chances of practical mea- sures to meet the problem. are small indeed.

The precedent of the last War, when supplies; were sent into occupied | Belgium for distribution

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DEM

BALKANS

THE WATCH ON THE SIDELINES