(Continued from page 1) liable information in Alexandretta. The Commission is leaving Syria.
Marshal Philippe Petain has id-dressed a message to the Vichy forces in which he says he is bllowing with emotion the "hard fihting" in Syria. This talk of "bird fighting" is significant in view of ihe fact that Vichy, either at the instance of Germany or on its ovn initiative, appears to be issuing stories of heavy actions.
Germany obviously wishes to ste Britain embroiled in war wih France and one of the means of promoting this is apparently er-aggeration of the resistance offered by the Vichy forces.—Reuter. his work as British Minister in rade during the period leading up the German entry into Yugoslavia,
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