FRICTION IN SYRIA
OPPOSITION TO ITALIANS. [BY CABLE —PRESS ASSN. —COPYRIGHT. I LONDON, September 17. The Angora correspondent of “The Times”, says reports from .Syria, confirm the friction between the civilian and military authorities and the Italian Disarmament Commission. The period of Anglophobia after the British action against the French Fleet has passed and sentiment, except among the French reservists who. merely want to return home, is increasingly in favour of General de Gaulle. This tendency is assisted by the news that the position of the Vichy Government is becoming shaky because of differences with the German authorities. The Italian Commission is demanding the immobilisation of French aeroplanes and a guarantee that troops will not enter British service. It is also seeking a share in the political control of Syria. The Turks believe that the situation in Syria will work out in favour of Britain.• Whether the Commission is successful or unsuccessful, one thing is certain, the neighbouring States will agree that neither the Italians’ nor the Germans must be permitted to gain a footing in Syria.
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Greymouth Evening Star, 18 September 1940, Page 8
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