GERMAN ADMIRAL'S WIST TO REBELS.

Auckland Star, Volume LXVII, Issue 184, 5 August 1936, Page 7

GERMAN ADMIRAL'S WIST TO REBELS.

VISIT TO MOROCCO.

Deutschland Enters Port Of Tetuan.

DEATH TO "RED FLEET."

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(Received 12.30 p.m.) LONDON, August 4 "The Times" Tangier correspondent says a German destroyer cruised olf Ceuta under the eyes of the Spanish Loyalist fleet while the "pocket battleship" Deutschland entered the port, where rebel troops received the German admiral and escorted him to Tetuafi. There he lunched with General Franco. They exchanged speeches, the admiral drinking to the destruction of the Red fleet and to victory for the Nationalists. The "Daily Mail," in a leader, says that if the Communists can rely on supplies from the Soviet their victory is inevitable. It adds: "Russia's action is a European danger and challenges Germany and Italy." It is reported from Rome that the Spanish Foreign Minister, Senor Augusta Barcia, told the Chilean and other foreign diplomats that the Government will not be able to carry on and is likely to fall in a few days.

The Spanish liner Cristobal Colon unexpectedly arrived at Southampton with 4SB passengers, including Senor Rivas Cheriffe, brother-in-law of the President, Don Azana.

The liner was bound from New York to Vigo, but when she was approaching the Spanish coast she was ordered by wireless to proceed either to Southampton or to Liverpool.

Reporters who visited the ship could not ascertain the official reason for the change, but gathered that the passengers had been told an anti-Red warship was searching for the liner. Therefore it was deemed advisable for her to alter her course.

STRUGGLE CONTINUES. Loyalist Forces Holding. Their Own. EEBEL CRUISER CEASES TIRE. (Received 12.30 p.m.) LONDON, August 4. Loyalist troops report successes on the Guadarrama front, but these do not indicate that they are more than holding their own, most positions captured having been previously in possession of rebels, who took them from the Loyalists. Badajoz is asserted to be clear of insurgents.

The insurgent cruiser Almirante Cervera bombarded the port of Gijon, in the Bay of Biscay. Many fatalities are reported. The authorities warned the commander that if the bombardment was continued 2500 insurgent prisoners would be executed. The cruiser thereupon ceased fire. Government forces heavily bombarded rebels in the vicinity of Sietamo. It is believed 80 rebels were killed, mostly in a church, which was* reduced to ruins. The struggle for Madrid is intensifying. The Government claims that early yesterday a desperate battle on the Guadarrama heights around SOlllO Sierra ended in the defeat and flight of the rebels under the pressure of Government reinforcements.

All day yesterday the rebels tried to pierce the Government lines. A small force of Bed Militia bore the brunt of the attack, but managed to hold out until the reinforcements arrived, when they counter-attacked. It is stated that the rebels lost 300 dead and the Government forces 54.

A Government aeroplane bombed a rebel train between Medina and Avila. It is reported that the rebels in Avila have taken refuge in the museum, which is one of the finest in Europe. ANXIETY SHARED. BRITAIN AND FRANCE. British Official Wireless. (Keceived I' 2 noon.) RUGBY, August 4. The French Government has received the British Government's reply to its Note proposing non-intervention in Spain.

France's anxieties are fully shared by Britain, and it is understood that the reply welcomes the French initiative, to which the Government gave its agreement in principle.