Bordeaux, June 26.
In a statement to Ametiean journalists, M. Prouvost, High Commis. sioner for Propaganda, yesterday asserted that 26 British divisions were to leave for France in the first months of the war. The British Government, however, he claimed, argued that, owing to' lack of arms lund barracks, it was impossible to send sumeienily trained men, Reviewing. events leading to the armistice,—M. Prouvost said the French Government on June 12 concluded that France could not escape total occupation—Reuter, Ford Refuses to Make British Aero Engines Washington, June 26.
Mr, Henry Ford has refused to manufacture aeroplane engines for Great Britain, according to an oficial announcement by the National Defenec Commission.
The commission is now secking to place the orders elsewhere.
On June 18, Lord Beaverbrook, British Minister for Aircraft Production, announced that the Ford Motor Company was to manufacture 6,000 Rolls Royce Merlin aero-engines—Reuter,
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