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Henderson Daily Dispatch
Henderson, Vance County, North Carolina
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London hints at British preemptive actions in Syria against Germans amid British-French crisis; Italian editor warns of Axis action if US enters war; Vichy holds urgent meetings, Paris prepares air raid drill, Beirut claims British attack plans, Berlin offers France free hand.
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Britain Gives Broad Hint That She May Have Taken Step To Beat Nazis There.
(By The Associated Press.)
A broad hint that Great Britain may already have taken steps to beat the Germans into French-ruled Syria—prospective site of the war's next great battlefield—was dropped by London sources late today.
Amid a flurry of activity in the French capitol, pointing to a crisis in British-French relations, London quarters suggested that it was significant that British officialdom was silent on the situation in Syria.
Meanwhile, the authoritative fascist editor, Virginio Gayda, often spokesman for Premier Mussolini declared that Germany and Italy were ready to take action against the United States if the United States entered the war.
In Vichy, Chief of State Peta called an urgent cabinet meeting late this afternoon, the second of the day, after conferring with Generalissimo Weygand.
In Paris, the populace was warned to be ready for a practice air raid alert tomorrow the first since Adolf Hitler's conquering legions swept into the old French capital.
Simultaneously, the French-controlled Beirut radio charged that the British were preparing to attack Syria and declared that French forces were ready to "reply effectively."
Authorized nazi quarters in Berlin, with apparent significance, said Germany would give France a "free hand" to reply to any British attempts against her sovereignty.
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A broad hint that Great Britain may already have taken steps to beat the Germans into French-ruled Syria—prospective site of the war's next great battlefield—was dropped by London sources late today. Amid a flurry of activity in the French capitol, pointing to a crisis in British-French relations, London quarters suggested that it was significant that British officialdom was silent on the situation in Syria. Meanwhile, the authoritative fascist editor, Virginio Gayda, often spokesman for Premier Mussolini declared that Germany and Italy were ready to take action against the United States if the United States entered the war. In Vichy, Chief of State Peta called an urgent cabinet meeting late this afternoon, the second of the day, after conferring with Generalissimo Weygand. In Paris, the populace was warned to be ready for a practice air raid alert tomorrow the first since Adolf Hitler's conquering legions swept into the old French capital. Simultaneously, the French-controlled Beirut radio charged that the British were preparing to attack Syria and declared that French forces were ready to "reply effectively." Authorized nazi quarters in Berlin, with apparent significance, said Germany would give France a "free hand" to reply to any British attempts against her sovereignty.