With the breaking off by the Petain Govern ment of diplomatic relations with Great Britain, comes the story that French aval units opera: ting out of Cosablanea are engaged in raids tupan British shipping. If this demonstrates any thing at all 1 clearly shows that the French fleet {iy being used in Germany's cause, and that the Petain Government is indeed fulpiling the in= structions of its German masters. It is to De expected that the British Government will order the Navy: to take' action against these Preach units, and the deplorable spectacle of men, who but a short while ago were Allies, now Mghting each other, and endangering "the cause for which they' struggled, and for which Britain continues to fight will be witnessed. There ear question about it now. The French Navy will either have to be completely immobilized destroyed, for it can now be regarded nothing but an enemy force. Tt should not take 4 very tong time to round up these units operating out of Casablanca, and it Is very. obvious that such action should be taken as quickly as possible. The vessels involved in these raids Appear to be those four which were reported a8" passing Gibraltar and going. westwards, sharily before the British Government made to immobilize the French Navy. of course, not return to Casablanca al Petain, in which event they fannoyanes value' for some weeks to come. the meantime the situation at. Alexandria still Femaing obscure. It was reported that the crews fof the French vessels were to hold a plebiscite {o decide what should be done, but if that has been held, no' news "has as yet emerged {qucing, the results, On the other hand the fact that British and French crews have been fra~ ternizing ashore scorns to Indicate that the dis posal of the French units in the Egyptian port should occasion nothing so painful as was Wite messed lust week at Oran.
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