SPANISH GOVERNMENT

Auckland Star, Volume LXIX, Issue 233, 3 October 1938, Page 9

SPANISH GOVERNMENT

Loyalists Meet While 'Planes Guard Overhead. » INTERVENTION DISCUSSED. (Received 1.30 p.m.) LONDON, October 2. The "Daily Telegraph" Barcelona correspondent says that the Loyalist Parliament met on Friday and Saturday with the greatest secrecy, first in the 9th century old monastery at San Cugat del Yalle, near Barcelona, and then in the board room of the Provincial Bank at SabadelL There were" 170 of the 470 members present. Patrols of aeroplanes manoeuvred overhead to guard against an attack. Dr. Negrin, Prime Minister, emphasised the necessity for the cessation of foreign intervention Gin order to allow Spaniards to arrange their own affaire. He Bf : 4 that there could be no armistice while it continued, but once it was withdrawn the situation would change. He had supreme faith in- Spain's power of recovery if her enemies ceased warfare before the country was exhausted. Representatives of the Catalan and Basque parties offered a full collaboration to the Government. The former Minister of Justice, Don Manuel Iruje, urged the reopening of Catholic churches. Parliament at the Sabadell meeting adjourned indefinitely after approving the Budget, estimating an expenditure of 8,403,000,000 pesetas and an income of 8,309,000,000 pesetas. British miners have agreed to support 1000 destitute Spanish children for seven years, maintaining homes erected by the Loyalist Government in Spain. FOREIGNERS IN SPAIN.' PLANS FOR WITHDRAWAL. ' (Received 9.30 a.m.) LONDON, October 2. The League of Nations has decided to send an International Commission to Republican Spain to control the withdrawal of foreign volunteers. It has appointed representatives of Britain, France and Iran (Persia) to choose the commissioners. The Friends of Abraham Lincoln Brigade, says a message from New York, has launched a fund of 150,000 dollars to charter a ship to bring bade Americans fighting for the Government in Spain. It is announced that all American volunteers will cross the French border within a month. DASHED TO DEATH. PARACHUTES CAICH ALIGHT. (Received 10.30 a.m.) BARCELONA, October 2. The rebels resumed a furious mechanised counter-offensive on the Ebro. An Italian bomber was brought down. The parachutes of the crew caught on fire in mid-aid and they were dashed to death.