A GRAVE TURN

Ashburton Guardian, Volume 56, Issue 278, 5 September 1936, Page 5

A GRAVE TURN

THE INTERNATIONAL ASPECT.

HINT BY ITALIAN GOVERNMENT. STRONG STEPS MAY BE TAKEN. SAFETY OF HER NATIONALS. (United Press Association—Copyright.) (Received This Day, 9.5 a.m.) ROME, September 4. The international aspect of the civil war is again taking a grave turn. While nothing is known of the report that the cruiser Pola is carrying a landing party of infantryi Black Shirts for Barcelona, it is hinted that Italy will be compelled to take strong measures if the Catalan Government will net give satisfactory assurances for the safety of Italian Nationals.

POLA TAKES LANDING PARTY. MORE WARSHIPS SAILING. (Received This Day, 9.40 a.m.) ROME, September 4. It is now confirmed that the cruiser Pola departed for Barcelona with a landing party as is customary in ships sent to foreign waters. More warships are reported to he sailing from Italy.

ITALIAN CITIZEN KILLED. SIXTH VICTIM IN CIVIL WAR, LONDON, September 3. The Italian shot at Barcelona, Umberto Fasanelli, the father of seven young children, was the sixth Italian to be killed in Catalonia since the civil war began. The Rome correspondent of the “Daily Mail” says that Fasanelli was shot in the presence of his wife. The 10,000-ton cruiser Pola is reported to be already en route for Barcelona.

NEW GOVERNMENT FORMED. SOCIALISTS AND COMMUNISTS. (Received This Day, 9.35 a.m.) MADRID, September 4 The Socialist leader (Senor Caballero) has formed a new Government, consisting of six Socialists, two Communists, one Republican Unionist, one Catalanist, two Left Republicans and one Basque.