Such conditions, it was said, are not. apt to appeal to the British people although they are faced with what the American Ambassador, Mr. Joseph Kennedy, calls the "greatest siege in the history of man."
Typical British comment after glance at fhe. Franco-German terms was, "If the Germans get the French fleet under their control, I wonder just how long anyone thinks it will be before the Germans start using it against us?"
There was the firm hope here, however, that the French fleet would not surrender to Germany. Meanwhile, Britain is counting on the remainder of the French Empire outside. France to continue to fight, as promised by French leaders in many parts of the world, particularly in the Middle East—United Press.
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