CLOSE WATCH.
BRAZIL AND THE WAR. MEXICO STANDS FOR THE ALLIES RIO DE 'JANEIRO, 'June- 11. < It’ is sCmi-offieially' stated in Quito that Ecuador is severing contact with the Italian Military Mission winch has been quartered there for T 5 years, and is replacing it with a United States Mission. The Mexican Minister for the Interior (Senor Manuel Tellez) summoned the publishers and managers of all the capital’s newspapers to an unusual meeting-in which he unequivocally expounded Mexico’s foreign policy as pro-Allicd, and one of co-operation with the United States. He particularly mentioned and supported the French cause. The Brazilian President (Dr. Vargas) proclaimed Brazil’s neutrality in the conflict between Italy and the Allies after a speech in which lie defended the ways of “vigorous peoples who must follow the route of their aspirations,”
A Buenos Aires message says it is reliably stated that Argentina and Paraguay have strengthened their frontier garrisons recently without explanation. The Argentine Ministry of the Interior confirmed the report that precautions were being taken unofficially. All the Argentino borders, particularly that with Brazil, were* under a closo watch.
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Ashburton Guardian, Volume 60, Issue 210, 13 June 1940, Page 5
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