1941-06-06 — Page 3

WARNS

GOVERNMENT

VICHY French Territory

May Be Taken Over

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. Cordell Hull, in

A FINAL WARNING

TO VICHY

a statement yesterday, declared official Mr. Cordell Hull's state- reports indicated Vichy had adopted a policyment on the United States of collaboration with other powers "for the purpose of aggression and oppression.”

Mr. Cordell Hull stated: "We are therefore under- taking as speedily as pos- sible to assemble every

attitude to Vichy is re- garded by political obser-

would at once place France in vers in Washington as a substantial political and mill-

document of the first

tary subservience and would also make her, in part, an in-importance and a final

c'rument of aggresalon against

many other peoples and nations. Warning to V hy that if material fact and circum- This could only be utterly ini- it bows to erlin and

other stance calculated to shed mica to the just rights of

follows the path Darlan countries, to say nothing of its this allegeduumate effects on the liberties, has indicated, France of the French people of France.”

will sacrifice American Government."

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After reviewing Unit States relations with Vichy since the armistice, Mr. Cordell Hul! said United States

been policy "has based on assurances by the French Government that there was no tentium on its part to exceed the striet limitations imposed" by the urmistice."1

true interests and welfare of the

Very Much Concerned

In another part of the state- ment, which was made to rep › L a question at his daily press con-

It would be with great reluc- tance that the Government of the United States would make any move against France, be-

ference, Mr. Cordell Hull said: cause pro-French sentiment in "We have received some prelim-the US. is enormously strong. inary reports from Admiral Leahy the US Ambassador in Vichy).

I appears

certain, however.

Mr Cordell Hull said the Unit- that if Vichy insists ot colla - Textual elaboration of Mr Co-ed States, through Admiral Leahy horation with Germany against deli Hall's refer mee to Pranen- Thave "consistently com eyed to Britum. German collaboration being "- the Fernch Government our unby the United States Govern mical," wi as follows.

"Scarcely Believable"

it severance of relation;,

derstanding of the differaltres. of

ment will follow and France the position and ou determina will be treated as part and parcer tion to be of every assistance w of Germany Reuter. could involving then problem to, the ut fumate bent lit at the French

"It would seem scarcely beley- cle that the French Government : geople at Vichy should adopt a policy of collaboration with other

power Ci

"But." M Cordell Hull added

for the purpose of aggre, sive op- "we have mad clear to the French pressum despite inhcations ap- pearing in our preliminary report, "Such action would not only be yle'ding priceless rights and interests

require beyond the ments of the harsh armistice but

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According to some circies In Ankara, Franz von Papen, the Nazi Ambassador, has already asked the Turks to make a de- claration of neutrality in the event of hostilities on their bor- ders, but others state that

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Admiral Darlan's recent anti- British speech and the references to the Darlan Governmen In the German communique havo not helped German diplomacy in Ankara, since the Turks are still bitter about Admiral Durlan's claims to Adana (Cilicia).

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