ARABS EXPRESS REGRET

Press, Volume LXXII, Issue 21866, 20 August 1936, Page 11

ARABS EXPRESS REGRET

Math ok Jewish nurses AT JAFFA JERUSALEM, August 18. ~ he first Arab expression of refor violence since April comes -* national committee at JT/* deplores the atrocious resulted in the death or^r.J! ewish nurses when comine Jaffa hospital. It Santo* w «atever the race of the sucha deed could come only aaen devoid of human pity.” of Jaffa must re- . in their houses for 21 hours ( . to-day, partly as a t for the murder of the II partly to prevent clashes rabs and Jews. Military ents have drawn a corona town, and the serWfs and passenger trains ®a and Tel Aviv has been

REBEL ARMIES MEET OMINOUS DEVELOPMENT FOR GOVERNMENT INSURGENTS ADVANCING ON MALAGA (UNITED PEESS ASSOCIATION—COPYBIGHT.) (Received August 19, 11.30 a.m.) LONDON, August 18. The correspondent of “The Times” on the Spanish frontier says that the clearest fact emerging from the Spanish situation is the steady increase in merciless cruelty and repression on both sides. Claiming the latest massacre as a reprisal, 1000 persons are reported s to have been executed in Madrid in two nights, mostly at the Labour headquarters. The rebels deliberately burnt alive prisoners at A 1 Aharal in Andalusia, and committed other atrocities. An ominous development for the Government is the arrival at Valladolid of 1000 crack Foreign Legionaries from Morocco, completing the junction of the northern and southern armies. These are the first instalment of Tervio troops who fought their way through from Algeciras and Cameras northwards. General Mola has arrived at Valladolid with a mechanised column from Burgos. He reviewed the desert fighters before their departure for the northern front. They include the men whose brutal suppression of the miners’ revolt in Oviedo in 1934 earned them undying hatred. They drill with admirable precision and wear khaki uniforms, but normally they go into action stripped to the waist. Cheering thousands, including girls carrying flags and boys dressed in fascist uniforms, gave them an ovation. Government Success The principal Government success was an engagement at Medellin, 40 miles east of Badajoz, with the rebels who are moving northwards. The loyalists routed the powerful hostile column by five successive swoops with four bombing aeroplanes, the rebels, besides those dead, losing 30 lorries and 300 prisoners. The insurgents, however, hold all the roads between Seville and Merida. In the north Irun still holds out in spite of five successful rebel onslaughts. The fort at Guadalupe is blocking the rebel advance, not only to Irun, but to San Sebastian. A former Premier, Count Romanones, is among the Government hostages. Government forces at Santander seized the 500-ton steamer Tlburon, which has been fitted up as a privateer to obtain supplies for the Almirante Cervera. An aeroplane located the Tiburon and employed bombs to silence her guns, and put the engines out of action, after which pursuers boarded her, losing several men 'from rifle fire. Her commander. Lieutenant Montajo. and the crew will face a court-martial. In the south the insurgent columns are approaching Malaga from two sides. On Majorca In spite of denials issued by radio from Seville it is repotted that the loyal troops at Majorca are well supplied with machine-guns and artillery. They are gaining ground and are enlisting many islanders. They have occupied 25 miles of coastline, and dispersed the rebels at Port Cristo with the aid of aeroplanes. Captain Bayo predicts the subjugation of the island by August 21. An experienced observer who has just returned to Gibraltar from Madrid, declares: “The Government militia comprises some of the brav- | est men I have seen, but their position is difficult, as hardly any are properly armed. The insurgents, with a good supply of ammunition, guns, and well-trained men, are certain to take Madrid.” Typhoid has broken out in San Sebastian, where the water, which is drawn from wells, is being rationed. The Government defeated the rebel forces advancing from Badajoz, and also captured Belchite, south of Saragossa, inflicting heavy losses on the rebels. Authoritative reports received in Paris suggest that the entire Government forces which landed at Majorca on August 16 were wiped out, and the communist outbreak quickly suppressed. The rebels are confident that they will be able to repel further attacksThe Government claims that its victory at Medellin was much greater than was at first realised. This was chiefly due to the wonderful work of the bombers. It is reported in Paris that the rebels are considering moving their headquarters from Burgos nearer Madrid to Valladolid. The Hendaye rebels have resumed the bombardment of Fort Guadalupe from the sea. ITALIAN AIMS IN CIVIL WAR I THREAT OF FASCISM TO BRITISH EMPIRE EUROPEAN SITUATION VIEWED BY SIR ABE BAILEY LONDON, August 18. Sir Abe Bailey, the millionaire South African mine owner, in a letter to the “Daily Telegraph,” emphasises the danger of a fascist victory in Spain from the viewpoint of the British Empire. “I have little or no sympathy with the Spanish Left parties, but I do not share the view of many Conservatives in England that the junta of ambitious generals would restore order more successfully than their opponents. On the contrary, I fear that the success of General Franco would bring Signor Mussolini’s dream of transforming the Mediterranean into an Italian lake nearer realisation, and that it would give Germany that foothold in Morocco for which she nearly plunged the world into a war in 1911. “Signor Mussolini’s ambitions are perfectly clear. He is contemptuous of British opposition, and he has lost no time in fomenting another quarrel in the west of the Mediterranean. He gave General Franco the means of securing a smashing success, on which the rebels; fortunately for Britain, erroneously counted. ' “Herr Hitler’s policy is more obscure. At present he does not wish

to quarrel with Britain, as Germany plans to defeat those standing in her way one by one, leaving the most formidable to the last and thus avoiding the error of 1914.”