London, May 21.
The tension in France as a result of recent events is considerable, reports the correspondent of the Independent French news agency on the French frontier, This feeling has been increased by the ban on Swiss newspapers, which are no longer permitted to cross the frontier.
The public is above all sceptical of the lack of news regarding negotiations with Germany and the suppress sion of all freedom of opinion. In private conversation, Marshal Petain is said to have shown some pessimism and expressed the doubt whether French people would accept his new policy.
Governmental circles excuse their policy by saying that famine is threatened, while it is doubtful whether the United States is ready for war. Officially, the principle is maintained that there wil} never be military collaboration with the Axis on French War material sent from Syria to Iraq has not gone through Turkish territory, according to a usually reliable source here, which reveals that war material was sent by rail to Al-
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