WILL ANSWER FORCE WITH FORCE
Received Sunday, 7.55 p.m. - BELIZE, Feb. 28. Admiral Tennant, referring to tlie dispatch of Marines to the Quatemala border, said: "We- don't intend to initiate any action but if the Guate tnalans act we rvill rcplv with all our force. " Hq said the border area wa: quiet. The chief danger appeared tq b an air attack. The (xovemor, Sir Kdward Hawks worth, to avoid anv mishaps, has issuec a coninurnique stating> that during tlu ■nilitary exereises the population ruigh' lear smaUarms lire. No alarm shoule >e felt l>ecause the shots would only b :ailors and soldiers training., •Tlie Trnited Press represenfative say 'ie has yet to find anyone in Britisl. Tonduras who supparts Guatemala b claims.
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Chronicle (Levin), 1 March 1948, Page 5
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