AT MARTINIQUE

Otago Daily Times, Issue 24419, 3 October 1940, Page 9

AT MARTINIQUE

FACILITIES FOR WARSHIPS AMERICA CONCERNED WASHINGTON, Oct. 1. Official sources state that- any fortification of Martinique will be considered a direct threat to the defences of the Americas and will undoubtedly cause the invocation of the Havana Convention. This follows a report from Vichy that it is intended fro strengthen the facilities for warships at Martinique. The French Ambassdor, M. Henry Haye, conferred with President Roosevelt regaining Martinique, after which M. Haye said: “The plan *'■> resume the work on the defences of the Fort de France is old. It was prepared before the war. lam sure there is nothing import ant separating the Americga and French viewpoints.” He added that they had discussed cordially American and French relations, but not Indo-China. President Roosevelt told a group of South American general staff officials, who are visiting the United States at the invitation of the United States General Staff, that PanAmericans must co-operate in,Western Hemisphere defence —one for all and all for one. In the name ot the visitors the Bolivian delegate replied that the visit was another link in the chain uniting Pan-Americans.