The Ypsilanti daily press. (Ypsilanti, Mich.) 1928-1962, 1940-11-19

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by December al the latest. II so.
the proceeding will not be eXclu-
sively this country's II viii be
Pan-American But well do the
actual occupying
The idea isn't TO deprive France
OF It's West Indian possessions. per-
manently, but only TO police them
while the war lasts and, even after
that. 10 prevent their transfer by
the French to German manage
ment in effect, though perhaps not
n L.
Guessing again, the Washington
administration is said TO have in
formation that arman aviators
are being quite numerously snug
gled onto the two Islands, particu-
larly Martinique. from the Mexi-
can east coast. from Central Amer
lea and from the northern South
American mainland The islands,
10 be sure. are blockaded by the
British, now that France is under
the Nazi thumb Still. the patrol
cant be maintained strictly enough
to guard against landings, few
men at time. II they have the
nerve TO ferry themselves over in
small craft and put into out-of-the-
way places on the insular fringes
It It Isn't -Haethad- by which any.
thing like an army can gam a
foothold on either Martinique or
Guadeloupe.
German Pilots:
What's said tc worry our ravy
de artn Mt is the report that the
81 'ose1ly incoming Germans are
s. led airmen. Now, at Fort-de-
France, Martinique, are lo0-odd
AaeFiean-made airplanes. which
the Reynaud government bought
In the United States before the
French capitulated to Herr Hitler.
Assembling them at Fort de-
France. the Reynaud outfits plan
vas O. get them across the Allan
tic on the plane carrier Bearn, to
cooperate wi = ne Brit sh But
before the Bearn could make its
getaway from Martinique. the
Reynaud government had folded
up and the Petain government
subservient TO Berlin. had succeed
ed il at v chy The British there
upon corked up the Fort-de France
harbor. the Bearn can't leave and
the planes are stranded Even II
they could fly across the ocean
there's been nobody to man them
Naturally. the AXIS wants them
and the assumption Is that the Pc
tain government, willy-nilly, is &C
gu escent.
And it's Washngton's theory, u
It's guessing is good that the Ger
mans are trying to get enough OF
their own flyers onto Martinique TO
do the flying Il also Is suggested
that they may not all hy to Eu-
rope that some OF them may take
exploratory SCOTS over the Pana-
ma canal. possibly with a supply
OF bombs 10 spill on the big ditch
For obviously the Axis would feel
safer II Il could close that short
cut for the American feet out OF
the Pacific into the Atlantic.
The planes unquestionably are
Frances The Reynaud govern
ment paid for them and the Petain
government inherited them from
the Reynaud government.
Nevertheless. it's understandable
that Washington. not to mention
Britain greatly prefers to keep
them stalled on Martinique Ac-
counts are that they're deteriorat-
ing rapidly. with no satisfactory
accommodations TO shelter or care
for them. and that soon they'll be
unfyable Fine Let 'em go on de-
teriorating. is said to be our navy
department. attitude.
Natives Near Starvation
The populations Of Martinique
and Guadeloupe are understood TO
be dead willing TO have Pan-Amer-
tea take over control Of their des-
TIMES Blockaded as they are, they
are near TO starvation. Sugar and
rum are their principal products,
but they can't i've exclusively
upon sugar and rum, they want
foreign markets for en-. In order
&c be able TO buy bit OF other
stun And. bottled up as they are
they can't get any exports out OF
imports in The story is that their
governor general himself IL dis
pc - invite Pan American &C.
cUuatiOn.