WOMAN "RED."

Auckland Star, Volume LXVII, Issue 207, 2 September 1936, Page 7

WOMAN "RED."

FRENCH PROTEST.

Believed Visit to Enlist Aid

For Spain. MAY GO TO ENGLAND. United Press Association.—Copyright. (Received 1.30 p.m.) LONDON, September 1. A storm of protest in Paris greeted the arrival of Senora Frriburi, the Communist, known as "La Passionaria," whose mission is believed to be to secure arms, ammunition, 'planes and technical recruits from French "Red" organisations. "Echo de Paris" demands that she be ordered from the country. The mission proposes to go to London unless banned by the Government. The "Daily Mail" political correspondent says that leading Conservatives will possibly make strong representations to Mr. Baldwin to prevent "La Passionarie" coming to England. The Labour leaders, Mr. Arthur Greenwood, Sir Walter Citrine, and Mr. J. S. Middleton, as a deputation, waited 011 Viscount Cranborne, Foreign UnderSecretary of the Foreign Office. According to an agreed statement subsequently issued, "they expressed disquiet at the present situation in Spain and emphasised the importance of effective steps to ensure non-intervention agreements being effectively carried out." Viscount Cranborne stated that the Government is alive to the importance of an early meeting of the proposed committee to supervise agreements. The British Charge d'Affaires in Berlin is supporting the French representation for a speedy reply to the joint invitation of Britain and France to Germany to sit on the co-ordination committee on non-intervention. Similar representations are being made to Portugal through the British Ambassador, who is expected to draw attention to reports of arms passing through Lisbon.

The "Manchester Guardian" Paris correspondent reports that official circles describe Portugal's attitude as intolerable, alleging that large quantities of war material, including tanks, are being shipped to rebels via Lisbon in British and German ships. LOYALIST MISTAKE. j Attack Near La Linea Repulsed By Rebels. ITALIAN" AND GERMAN FLYERS. (Received 1.30 p.m.) LONDON, September 1. Sir Percival Phillips, cabling to the "Daily Telegraph" from Seville, says a Government force from Malaga attempted to land near La Linea, close to Gibraltar, before dawn, in the mistaken belief that the territory was unguarded, but a strong force of rebels opened lire on the attackei's, who hurriedly retreated. 4: ; . General Cabanellas, head of the Burgos revolutionary junta, telegraphed a protest to the •International Red Cross at Geneva against the bombardment of a hospital bearing the sign of the Red Cross. The hospital is reported to have been bombed by a Government 'plane, killing several patients. An English Red Cross unit under Mr. Sinclair Lontit, also a Scottish ambulance unit, reached Barcelona to-day. It is stated on the best authority that at least lfiO Italian and German pilots are attached to the rebels. The Italians wear Tercio uniform, and the Germans the white tunics of the Deutsche Lufthansa Air Line.

BRITISH HOPE. MEETING OF COMMITTEE. British Official Wireless. (Received 1.30 p.m.) RUGBY, September 1. The British Government is known to share with the French the sense of <>reat importance which attaches to the setting- up of an advisory committee composed of representatives of Powers who have adhered to the agreement for non-intervention in the Spanish civil war. If it is at all possible the British Government would like to see a committee'fln session in London this week. AGAINST FASCISTS. AUCKLAND SEAMEN'S STAND. At a stop-work meeting of seajnen, held at the Auckland Trades Hair yesterday, the following resolution was passed: —"That this meeting of New Zealand seamen records its wholehearted sympathy and support of the heroic struggle being waged by our fellow-workers in Spain against the savage and brutal Fascist attack on their' popular and democratic Government The supplying of finance and munitions, aeroplanes, etc,, by the Fascist Governments of Germany and Italy in particular, is an outrage against democracy throughout the world A victory for reaction in Spain would encourage reaction in every country We urge the popular New Zealand Tn'bour Government to appeal to the Tmnerial Government to afford every „ 'ible fa'cility for the democraticallyelected Spanish Government to defeat the belligerent Fascist rebels.'