MASS EXECUTIONS.

Auckland Star, Volume LXVII, Issue 171, 21 July 1936, Page 7

MASS EXECUTIONS.

DEATH TO LOYALISTS. Government Claims to Have Suppressed Revolt. COUNTER-SUCCESS CLAIMED. United Press Association.—Copyright. (Received 12 noon.) LONDON, July 20. The British United Press Tangier correspondent says a leading resident of Tetuan says he witnessed mass executions of Loyalists and high officers who had refused to join the revolt. The Madrid correspondent of the same service, says the Government announces that the military revolt in the capital has been crushed. The Government suspended all banking transactions throughout Spain for 48 hours and declared a moratorium on all debts for the same period. No amount exceeding £55 can be withdrawn from banks. In a wireless broadcast from Ceuta, Morocco, it was stated that General Mola, at the head of 15,000 rebels, had entered Madrid, but Madrid broadcast an oflicial announcement that all barracks have surrendered to the Government, including the chief rebel stronghold, Montana Barracks, which Government 'planes previously bombed. A Tangier message says Spanish Morocco is now quiet owing to the intervention of the Siiitan, who expressed disapproval of the bombardment of Ceuta, Melilla and Laraielie, in which Moorish lives were endangered. It is reported from Gibraltar that the rebels made great progress during the night and secured possession of many more towns, particularly in the southern peninsula. It is significant that they captured many aerodromes and now threaten to bomb Madrid from the air failing the Government's unconditional surrender within two hours. Listeners last night heard Senor Godet broadcast advice to Barcelona rebels to follow his example and surrender. The Ministry of the Interior claims that it is crushing the movement in Catalonia. Senor Godet surrendered unconditionally. He was mainly responsible for the fall of the dictatorship with the airman Ramon Franco, whose brother, Francisco Franco, is leading the present revolt. FEARFUL PLIGHT. REBELLION AND SAVAGERY. (Received 11 a.m.) LONDON, July 20. The Madrid correspondent of the "Daily Mail" says Spain is still an inferno of rebellion and savagery, after 48 hours of bloodshed and lawlessness. Every important city, except Madrid, where the Communist militia control the streets, is under rebel influence. Malaga, the scene of fierce fighting, is partly on fire. Twenty-five loyalist workers in the British-owned Rio Tinto Mines, armed with dynamite, were ambushed and killed by rebels at La Panoleta. Owing to incendiarism in Malaga, which is in rebel hands, the destroyer Shamrock is proceeding at full steam from Gibraltar to succour British subjects. Six Spanish warships assembled at Tangier and placed the officers under hatches.