REPRISAL THREAT
VICHY AUTHORITIES
BRITISH BOMBINGS IN SYRIA
SITUATION WORSE
LONDON, May 21
High authorities in Vichy today declare that if Britain continues to bomb French aerodromes in Syria France will inevitably carry out reprisals.
The Cairo correspondent of "The Times" reports that the internal situatioh in Syria* is becoming worse.
In Beirut, the correspondent states, the electric power station has broken down, putting the lights and tramways out of action. The rationing, which was already severe, has been considerably tightened up.
A systematic campaign of arrests has begun, roping in French officers and officials and Syrian politicians in Beirut and Damascus who are suspected of sympathising with the de Gaulle movement. The Government has started mass dismissals as part of the political purge.—U.P.A.
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Evening Post, Volume CXXXI, Issue 119, 22 May 1941, Page 9
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124REPRISAL THREAT Evening Post, Volume CXXXI, Issue 119, 22 May 1941, Page 9
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