| Show 4 War Prisoners Get More Food LONDON May 5 INS INS For For Foreign eign Secretary Anthony Eden told commons Tuesday that the posit posU tion of British prisoners at Hong Kong had been somewhat im Im- Im proved He said he had received information information tion that the prisoners prisoner viere were re receiving receiving receiving re- re more food but ad ed that living conditions still still wre tr most unsatisfactory He disclosed that food d ships are ready to be sent fo Lo o both Singapore Singapore Singa Singa- singa-I singa pore and Hong Kong with supplies for British prisoners as soon as Japan agrees to permit safe pas I sage Acting in jn n behalf of the United States and all the united nations the British struck after two key Japanese admirals visited Vichy and were and dined by the collaborationist chief of government government govern govern- ment Pi Pierre rr Laval and Marshal Henri Philippe Petain Petal chief of state S 'S Vichy had previously surrendered dered Indo-China Indo to the Japanese It was understood that a series of f urgent transatlantic telephone conferences between London and Washington preceded the landing The joint of the admiralty and war office announced announced announced an an- the arrival of the fleet off Madagascar and the landing landingS S on Pa Page e Two wo Column IX I-IX I LAVAL RECEIVES STIFF STIFF S1 SI NOTE y Continued from Page One I state department and handed a I. I note which bluntly informed Vichy that the united nations were as one Gives Blunt Blont Warning Any warlike act permitted by bythe bythe the he French government against the government of Great Britain or the government of the United States would of necessity have to o be regarded by the government of the United States as an attack upon the united nations as a whole the note said This was taken here t to mean that hat a complete break in Amer Amer- Vichy lean relations or even a declaration of war would follow any warlike act permitted by the French government It was not cl clear ar whether resistance at Madagascar Madagascar Madagascar Mada Mada- gascar would be so construed The president of the United States has been informed that Madagascar has been occupied by British forces This occupation has the full approval and support of the government of the United States the note said May Hay Force Laval's Hand Diplomats said the Madagascar move with the United States' States approval approval approval ap ap- ap- ap might force Laval Lava to make whatever moves ha hB contemplates now now now-at at the convenience of the united nations Franco-American Franco relations have hUng in precarious balance for weeks and have been tottering rapidly since Laval's r return turn to power American Ambassador William H. H Leahy is en n route home recalled for consultation President Roosevelt had served notice that the United States would seize French territory in any part of the world to prevent its ts use for military purposes by bythe bythe bythe the axis That warning in his fireside address address address ad ad- dress a week ago and the move against Madagascar revived speculation speculation spec spec- here that the United States might be contemplating a similar move against Martinique Such speculation was discounted however however however how how- ever by the fact that Martinique in n the Caribbean is not menaced by the axis |
