It is officially declared that Ger-awaits developments but it would be against all German military mot to have reckoned with British invasion of Syria and not io have taken steps to go to General Dentz's assistance. Syria means too much for that.
The Berlin correspondent of the "Dagens Nyheter" writes that if France—meaning Germany—decides that she is incapable alone of resisting the British and Free French, then Germany will intervene first with her air force.
It is noteworthy that the Germans have apparently quitted Sicily and are now based on Greece and Rhodes, which are more suitable beses for an attack on the eastern Mediterranean.
'The writer' continues that the Germans consider the Crete campaign has proved the possibility of sending troops, also armament of respectable weight, by air.
The military correspondent of the "Stockholms Tidning" remarks that the operations against Syria did not come as a surprise. The British land forces are assured of air support from good bases, including Haifa.
The British Fleet, commanding the seas, will bind a portion of the defending forces to the coastal regions. The next few days will show when ther the British have hesitated too long, he adds.—Reuter Honolulu. June 10.
Mr. King Chou-mui, Chinese Consul-General, today disclosed that more than 100 American pilots had volunteered for service in China since May 30, when the U.S. Army indicated that it would permit expert ail men to resign from the Army Air Corps and fly for China.
He said that the majority of the pilots had applied from the Hawaiian Army airfields, although a sprinkling of civilian fliers was included among the volunteers. "I asked all whether they were going merely for adventure," he said.
"Almost invariable. they replied that they wish to go because they feel China is fighting Democracy's war?"
The Chinese Consul-General said that he had not yet received instructions as to how to handle the volunteers, but that he had asked the Chlnese Military attache at Washington regarding the next move that he should make—United Press.
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