MINORCA.
The .'Balearic Islands have long' been thought - .strategically important, ' and Admiral Mahan is said to have regarded Minorca.as the strongest.naval position in the Mediterranean. It is to Minorca, .which has been held by. the Spanish Government throughout the .civil war, , that a representative of General Franco has been conveyed in a British warship. The object, now' reported to have been achieved, waste secure the peaceful surrender of the island—to Spanish forces as distinct from Italian: The anxiety of the British Government, and also the French, to bring this, about, can be seen when it is considered that, even though the civil war may be virtually .ended, a large area in central .; Spain, including the capital, Madrid, has not, .surrendered. The: British Government's , acti,oh throws.a curiousi light on the trtate ■ ' of mistrustful tension'existing between the Powers in the Mediterranean.
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Auckland Star, Volume LXX, Issue 34, 10 February 1939, Page 6
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