The disclosure that Germany is sending small torpedo-boats through France to the Mediterranean was made in the House of Commons by a member whd asserted that the boats navigate the Rhone through France and through Marseilles to the Mediterranean.
He asked whether the Government had protested to Vichy. Mr. Anthony Eden, Foreign Secretary, in his reply did not deny the accuracy of the assertion, but said that he did not consider a protest to Vichy was the best course in the circumstances.
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