The Archive · 1938

Republicans Veto Transfers

Paris, Nov. 15.

A motion rejecting all discussions upon the eventual cession of colonies or mandated territories, was unanimously voted today by ihe Congress of the Rightist Republican Federation Party. The Party will vote against any Government that will engage in negotiations upon this subject, the motion adds.

Gen. Tilho, colonial military expert of the geographic section in the French General Staff, stated that in the Cameroons and Togo, Germany would have "two magnificent strategic positions giving I'aly and Germany the greatest chances of beating France and Great Britain.""—Havas.

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