Colour is given these beliefs by reports here that the French air force in Morocco is already attacking the Italians in Italy and the Germans in France.
Reports from Franco indicate the possibility that if the German demands are pressed too far, the Petain Government will fall and some Government established in North Africa. which might lead to the renewal of the alliance with Great Britain, thus strengthening the Allied front and seriously embarrassing Signor Mussolini in Africa.
Every move is being watched closely and anxiously, including the recent passage through the Straits of Gibraltar of six French warships without molestation by British guns. This is thought to indicate that the British command was fully conversant with the purpose of their sailing, and it is suspected that reports from German sources that they were proceeding to Dakar, were designed to elicit some statement from London, which would give Berlin an inkling of the real purpose of their voyage.—Reuter.
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