REBEL MUTINIES

Dominion, Volume 30, Issue 157, 31 March 1937, Page 11

REBEL MUTINIES

Outbreaks in Morocco and Spain

INSURGENTS ALARMED Riflemen Decline to Carry On Without Pay QUELLED BY THE MOORS By Telegraph.—Press Assn.—Copyright. (Received March 30, 8.35 p.m.) London, March 30. Thirty officers and men of the Tetuan (Spanish Morocco) aircraft station were shot dead for complicity in a conspiracy against the rebel Government. The “Daily Herald” states that in addition to the Tetuan revolt, mutinies occurred among the forces of the rebel commander-in-chief, General Franco, at Lalin and Algeciras, in South Spain. All were suppressed and executions followed, but the increase of such occurrences is alarming the rebel authorities.

General Franco placed Italian officers in charge of the Lalin forces after the revolt. The riflemen refused to continue fighting without pay, but the Moorish troops quelled them. The rebellious troops at Algeciras were soldiers of an Italian regiment from Pavia.

BRITISH SHIP STOPPED

Reports of Invasion of French Territorial Waters London, March 29. It is reported from Bayonne that rebel warships, firing six shells, stopped the British steamer Magdalena near Santander, a seaport 31G miles north of Madrid, while it was en route from Lagoulette, Tunisia, to Bayonne. The vessel was allowed to proceed after disclosing its identity. The Mar Caspio (3080 tons,, laden with coal from Newcastle for a French factory at Bayonne, ran ashore after being shelled by insurgent auxiliary vessels within sight of Cape Breton. The ship is alleged to have been mach-ine-gunned after grounding. Two‘of the crew were burned as a result of steam pipes bursting. The Mar Caspio grounded at the mouth of the Adour River and broke in two at high tide. She is a total loss, including cargo worth £30,000. The French authorities have ordered a stringent inquiry, particularly regarding invasion of French territorial waters. When the Government warships Jaime Primero, Cburruea and Aim!rante Ferrand iz bombarded Malaga on March 27 they took away the steamer Cabo san Vicente with 500 loyalist prisoners aboard.

WARNING TO BRITAIN Broadcast by General Franco Loudon, March 29. The diplomatic correspondent of “The Times” says that General Franco’s headquarters at Salamanca broadcast a warning that British steamers should speedily respond to any signals from rebel warships. It is explained that foreign ships carrying arms have been hoisting the British flag in order to escape investigation. The British Government feels that prompt reply in .Spanish territorial waters is advisable, but will not tolerate the stopping of British steamers on the high seas for search.