THE WAR IN SPAIN.
ILLICIT TRAFFIC IN ARMS. FRENCH LEFTISTS CONVICTED. (United Press Association—Copyright.) (Received This Day, 12.40 p.m.) LONDON, November 22. The Paris correspondent of the “Daily Telegraph” states that on charges of illicit traffic in arms, involving the shipment of several thousand grenades to Spain several months ago, 11 Extreme Leftists appeared at the Lyons Court. The* ringleader was sentenced to four months’ imprisonment, on three others sentence was suspended, and the remainder were acquitted on the ground that they had acted in good faith, carrying out orders, not knowing the destination of the grenades. The Judge remarked that the idealist nature of gun-running did not condone the offence. BRITISH SHIP RELEASED. (Received* This Day, 9.45 a.m.) GIBRALTAR, November 22. The British steamer, Eupharbia, which arrived her© under naval escort; it being reported that she had been ordered to unload her cargo, has been released. DONATION TO RED CROSS. BRITAIN GIVES £SOOO. (Received This Day, 9.40 a.m.) LONDON, November 22. The Government has given £SOOO to the International Red Cross at Geneva for the relief of victims of the Spanish war.
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Ashburton Guardian, Volume 58, Issue 37, 23 November 1937, Page 5
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