| Show l AID TO D ITALIAN ITALIAN- TROOPS MASS MASSON MASSON ON BORDER OF OF- COLONY IN NEW HEW AFRICAN CRISiS Paris Dispatches Warship as F Fears rs for Safety of I Djibouti Mount French May Display Strength Near Libya Libya- Fro Frontiers tiers PARIS Dec 27 AP The AP-The The French gover government ment today ordered ordered or or- or dered a warship to speed to Djibouti str strategic Red sea port while dispatches from Africa reported Italian troops were concentrating concentrating con con- on the frontier of French of which bouti is the capital The ton 1959 escort vessel DIber ville of the French east M Mediterranean fleet left Beirut Syria for fore forthe forthe the e port which has been the subject of Italian agitation for French t territorial concessions In In informed quarters the D DIber Iber Iberville ville yule was believed to be the advance guard of naval and military re reinforcements reinforcements reinforcements re- re being sent to East Africa in response to an appeal understood to have been made by bythe bythe bythe the governor of French See Djibouti Menace Concerning reported Italian concentrations concentrations concentrations con con- on the frontier frontier frontier fron fron- tier French colonial officials expressed expressed expressed ex ex- ex- ex pressed fears that this might be the start of a campaign to threat threaten n Djibouti French port on the Red sea sea which is the only rail outlet for for- Italy's Ethiopian empire empie Travelers reaching Egypt from Djibouti said dispatches to the French pr press ss reported that the governOr governor governor gov gov- of Djibouti had demanded and obtained troops and naval re reinforcements reinforcements reinforcements re- re from France Foreign Foi office offic officials aTs sa aid d they I I were unable to confirm or deny denyi i these reports s. s Previously the political cal al commentator Pertin x had published reports that seasoned I Italian troops had replaced native levies in that part of Ethiopia bordering bordering bor bordering dering on French d. d May Slay Show Show- Strength The fears for Djibouti were re reported re- re ported to have hav inspired a a. plan to show Premier Mussolini what formidable formidable formidable for for- for for- forces France can can muster il in n Tunisia bordering on on his own Libya Premier inspection trip tripo to o Tunisia French French- protectorate next month is to be made macic the occasion occasion occasion occa occa- sion for an impressive display of Frances France's f fa fast a s a t motorized forces there here there informed inform d persons said Direct messages from Djibouti said strict measures to maintain order had been taken in the Red sea port Travelers said Italian residents of Djibouti had attempted demonstrations and demon counter by natives to declare loyalty to French rule had bad followed From Cairo came reports the Egyptian government was informed important Italian troop movements had been reported from the southern southern south south- ern era part of Libya and particularly in the region of the the oasis on the Libyan-Egyptian Libyan fron iron tier Egypt Threatened I This region is in dispute In-dispute and diplomatic dip dip- negotiations now in progress progress progress ress are expected to result in its being awarded shortly either to Egypt or Italy Egyptian officials therefore interpreted the reported Continued on Page Faga Two Column Two FIRMS FIRM'S OFFICIAL F AGES QUIZZING Continued from rage One McCall continued it have been een best to circularize them and to h have ve checked these accounts re receivable receivable receivable re- re No it was not a customary thing McGloon m replied said he had made checks on the inventories only in inso inso inso so far as t to satisfy me personally that hat the transcript was all right by y reviewing the inventory sheets and getting a verification from a responsible officer He looked over photographic copies of his hi's 1926 audit and conceded conceded conceded con con- ceded the inventory of the stock on hand was only and that the he total of the inventory and accounts accounts accounts ac ac- ac- ac counts receivable represented only half of the total assets Coster who got control of McKesson and Robbins through a million million dollar dollar loan in 1926 committed committed committed com com- suicide December 16 in his Fairfield Conn home when he was unmasked as the of 1913 and a former informer in the New Tew York county district attorneys attorney's office At the federal federa building it was announced announced announced an an- a special grand jury would be impaneled next Tuesday to take takeover takeover takeover over the investigation into financial financial financial finan finan- cial affairs of the corp corporation ration and activities of Coster and the three brothers who joined him in inthe inthe the he concern Katherine who was secretary secretary secretary sec sec- to Robert Dietrich youngest of the brothers was questioned questioned ques- ques today by Gregory by-Gregory F. F Noonan acting U. U S S. S attorney 1 |
