DIVIDED FEELINGS.
THE FRENCH IN AFRICA. UNREST AMONG MOROCCANS.' LONDON, July 26. The Tangier correspondent of “The Times” says the situation at Casablanca is uncertain. The port is carefully guarded. The French naval authorities are hostile to the British. Vice-Admiral Ollive commanding the fleet, is very anti-Bri-tish, while Rear-Admiral Sablet, commanding the naval establishments in Morocco, is pro-British, but be was removed just before the armistice to make way for Rear-Admiral D Harcourt, who is anti-British. Discipline among the naval ratings is deteriorating. Between 12 and 20 British ships are believed to have been detained in Moroccan ports, where the crews have been interned or are under arrest.
The junior ranks of the French Air Force are generally favourable to Britain, but the higher ranks are uncertain. The order to bomb Gibraltar was very unpopular, and it was deliberately carried out inefficiently. The native situation in Morocco is disturbed. The Moroccans object to being transferred from one Power to another like cattle. The nationalist spirit is increasing, encouraged by the former Spanish zone, but the natives have no arms.
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Ashburton Guardian, Volume 60, Issue 248, 27 July 1940, Page 5
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