COLONIAL CHIEFS

Wairarapa Times-Age, 7 June 1941, Page 5

COLONIAL CHIEFS

GATHERED AT VICHY PRO-GERMAN OFFICIALS. MANY LETTERS OF PROTEST. LONDON, June 6. France’s colonial chiefs are gathering at Vichy. They include General Nogues, of Morocco, and Admiral Estebat, of Tunis. The “Daily Telegraph” says that M. Boisson, Governor-General of French West Africa, has arrived in Vichy, probably as a direct result of America’s interest regarding the German infiltration a£ Dakar. M. Boisson, who was responsible for the hostile action at Dakar against the adherents of General de Gaulle last September, Would certainly assert that he has the Dakar situation under control and that the Germans are not seeking to extend their influence there, but reliable information in London reveals that the contrary is the position. At present there is no evidence of any curtailment of Admiral Darlan’s manoeuvres for collaboration with Germany, but the Vichy representative of the British United Press declares that hundreds of letters from French men and French women are pouring into the United States Embassy there, expressing opposition to France’s cooperation with Germany. Supporters of General de Gaulle are also circulating leaflets reprinting President Roosevelt’s recent statement in which he said he refused to believe that the French would freely accept the collaboration with Germany. ANXIETY IN TURKEY PRECAUTIONS ON SYRIAN FRONTIER. LONDON. June 5. The Ankara correspondent of the Associated Press of Great Britain reports that the Turkish Foreign Minister, M. Saracoglu, in an interview with the German Ambassador, Herr von Papon, expressed Turkey’s anxiety over the landing of German troops in Syria. M. Saracoglu is reported to have told the German that Turkey is ready to take further security measures on her south-eastern frontier.