AMERICAN TROOPS IN LIBERIA
Germans Evacuated (Received October IS, 9.50 p.m.) LONDON, October 17. United (States -troops have arrived in Liberia. A United -States representative left Liberia yesterday after extensive discussions with President Bai’clay. The subject of the discussions was not disclosed, but probably tho German Consul-General and: his staff will be requested to leave Liberia. Other Ger-
mans were evacuated iira Vichy plane via the Ivory Coast some weeks ago.. It is understood that Liberia will shortly announce her co-operation with the United Nations.
A Vichy admiralty communique says that an air battle occurred over French West Africa, in which' the French naval pilot, Captain Dailliere, of the Dakar air base, was killed. Unconfirmed reports say he was shot down on a reconnaissance flight over the West African coast, south of Dakar in the direction of Freetown. Paris radio declared that all the information available pointed to the United Nations being on the eve of opening a second front in Africa. The immense riches of the Belgian Congo were at stake,-also the French North African colonial empire. General Smuts’s visit to London, it said, had some bearing on tho opening of the second front in Africa.
With a coastline of about 350 miles, Liberia, the negro republic of Africa, extends from igerra Leone on the west to the Ivory Coast on the east. Running inward, with a width in some places of 200 miles, the republic covers an area of about 43,000 sq. in. . Monrovia is the capital and chief port. The soil is fertile, the forests producing ebony, mahogany, teak and other valuable woods. Gold, tin, copepr, zinc, diamonds, and other minerals exist. _ The republic was constituted m 1847 as the result of efforts to settle freed slaves in Africa, and its constitution is modelled on tliat of the United States of America. It was an original member ot the League of Nations. The population is estimated at 1,000,000 to 1,500,000, including about 12,000 Americo-Liberians,
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Dominion, Volume 36, Issue 20, 19 October 1942, Page 5
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327AMERICAN TROOPS IN LIBERIA Dominion, Volume 36, Issue 20, 19 October 1942, Page 5
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