DOES NOT WANT WAR

Waikato Times, Volume 127, Issue 21223, 20 September 1940, Page 5

DOES NOT WANT WAR

POSITION IN SPAIN CONDITIONS IN MOROCCO OPERATIONS OF GESTAPO (United Press Asn.—Elec. Tel. Copyright) LONDON, Sept. 19 Propaganda under Italian and German inspiration aims to prove that Britain alone is going to starve the French, Jews and Moors in Spanish Morocco. This corresponds to the position in Spain. Spain does not want war and is afraid of internal trouble. Spanish officers suspect a British or Allied landing in Morocco, with the object of securing the southern shores of the Straits of Gibraltar, and German propagandists are fostering this suspicion the result of which is the transfer of larger forces of metropolitan troops to Morocco. Gun posts cover practically the entire coast.

A curious situation has arisen in Spain. It is understood that Moroccan Regulars (combined Spanish and Moorish troops in the Spanish army) have been transferred to Spain. Some of them have been sent to the Asturias, a province which has never been completely pacified. Moorish troops are also believed to have been stationed in the Badajoz region.

Recruiting has reopened in Morocco for native troops, partly to avoid complaints of unemployment and food shortage among the Riffs. The Gestapo is already operating in French Morocco and also to a lesser degree in Spanish Morocco.

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