The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1941-07-26
Trial balloon"
Seen in Proposal
To0ccupyDakar
Liberia Not Suited
is Base For Il. 5.
Military Operations
TodsY's War Msvss

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= - NHfN<t
NJ u>rTxu rnnaa
Tk< . sFu.n centrnlled rovss
rFs<@ hFoss ct Friday win - -
direct rfpre>al fnr German n<~u-
r.lian - n.ssr. Senegal. ~
nssr~~t pnsnf N rrenxh Neet
Africa u aeuth Am<Fisz
TIE papers punIIsh~d > r<r~<t
thai ne United states - eeasl1er-
lag N. eesupssian II Liberia. On
ths sn-ss south af n.h1r. ard -
nana<d tnat France ssart n~actia-
llass vita '-Eafup>an pe~~rs~ -
tabs ever ne "sadlsr<nsahi~ pro-
ssetsans - nasar. n. papers
suggested sAe arrangement -
similar - ne e.s an<tsF ~hlsn ~
vsshy Eevssnmsrs snr~~a Tn -
Ise&Hs.e eseep>tlen AZ rr~n<h
Enae-r China.
suaaGnTso< 40 nenmtr
fNTkngnT ro q. 4
The sssusssiar 10 a. asr~~t -
isfsss 10 ne United States. ~nevs
pssnr 10 regarded ~ IN prueahle
jumping OF place frv sns Nam
sneufssaa lHta ne rev werla Il
hss h>sn msntlar~a by President
Roosevelt - passntl4l mssse~
Why Liberia go picked ~ - .
rssssst for ~nss lnaks liss > lrsal
h.lloca u ant .assrsly sIsav. rlpss
has hem M hint IN washsnssrs
hal any such nave hss sven b~sn
contemplated
White fsh~sla v an unnffsei1l
r~Fa" NJ the United states. u u
not particularly suited - . has,
FOR military operations whtis u
10 strsi<kie.ily situated ~ M
south Atlantic tssa~ rsass. With :
rasst lire ato mlsss long. "a has
no ssfhofs. shleh wauid - Z
dssfimsnt 10 an overseas sspsas.
tim.
0rmGn SITES IN sOtrrW
none sufTAu1.n r0n q. y
me nnlisd states has psssnsa IL
dsfsnss easposss in the nsvsA frsm
nfssniand Ia Ireland. n tke tlms
comes when = ssmliar ssssnsson il
dssmsd necessary In ire ssasA.
thsse srs Islands aff fhs eaast
which probably would ~ sou.
.aasssd ahead II any sspsaillse 10
The sentiment.
chisf u she.s are shs Pnrtn-
knsfs Asarss ard Caps yssde
islands. Portugal hAs snprssasa
snsAsias%s avsr the possibility a.
latsrfsrsnss with ths tsiands aad
n ~ss learned ssssaliY - hes
ssns military snd naval sasess
Tiers tn resist fsssisn sn<s.esh.
nsnt.
fhs cape vsrds lsiAsss -
niiss off the eeass. flank Dahas
sffse'issly from lhe narth~sn. n
The United statss should ~ass II
isolais psksr. ihsy would - :
losinsl hsss. IN FLANK DAkar N
The Ssulh. . landing % IN esuiI.
neat Would ~ nsass>asy, h~eassss
shsrs are no more lsl4nds.
sfGeaA LEONE WOULD
M \ iImGLr oroOsGG
Rather Than fAb~ua, nssstAn
Mara I.~eae woula h = mare
pssssbis shoaes. n 10 ~ miles
sssih II pssar ana nas Ia ryee-
ts-n ~ sseslssns hashos. Ar
fsnssmsols eaala hs made with
ne Dsitisn for 10 ~ A. Ia rns
~. NJ Bermuda And ossss
.ssssfn hsmisphess rsss@nsoas.
An attempt - s<eapr f3sasr itssif
~ fssss ssnns ths rssneA are
nnliksiy 10 rive thsir saasssf.
~ossid prove . major military
operation.
n = 2sii asssaasa Ara tasrs
hAss ieen numerous Fsposts That
German tsehaseiAns are sAess.
-ssias sIsh NE rssssa 10 nss.la
40 faffbsf Qualifications me
failure n fhs Dstsaalis sapsdlfina
n hspismb4f u 1890. h4xksa ~
he British fleet. ts~ftfiss 10 Ia
strength 81 psssr fltsis iafar.
nation On lts dsfsnn mas isah3<
shrosxh the esnsofs.
skeaeAhs tHTEN Dfs0
eAte.aOAD tn Al<gGaIA
\ rsiirssd Ina rzHs ffem rAhar
% ~. Louis In nsnsssl And me
psfman. are sssa 10 ~ ssssndsns
4 Into rrsaeh Aissns 10 insufs
nss - suppslss.
washington apparently sxp>ess
ihs osrmsns 10 assss into 1s&t
Africa. Ths sssssmsal a SAM
nsf wslis ,hAI Germany ps.ns
ss~ kasfspesa ssass~st sftss shs
nsassiaa esmr@lsa SO intsrprstsd
- sasssstina thai - ~est AM
cas- nave would ~ 1Ampnnisd
~ pssesded ~ protective IN
sssasa n apsin ~ Portugal.
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