ROME REPORT

Dominion, Volume 30, Issue 174, 20 April 1937, Page 9

ROME REPORT

Recall of Volunteers From Spain GERMANY AND ITALY General Goering to Visit Signor Mussolini CONDITIONAL AGREEMENT By Telegraph.—Press Assn.—Copyright, London, April 18. The Rome correspondent of the “Daily Telegraph” says it is reliably reported that Signor Mussolini and Herr Hitler have agreed to propose the recall of Italians and Germans from Spain, provided other volunteers are withdrawn. Recall would be popular in Italy, he says, as the war has dragged on beyond the most pessimistic expectations. General Goering, the German Minister of Air, will discuss details when he visits Rome during the week-end. It is officially announced that in Saturday’s aerial bombardment in Madrid 71 persons were killed. The owners of the Mary Llewellyn have ordered the master, Captain “Potato” Jones, who is a part-owner, to discharge his potatoes at Alicante and load a return cargo for Cardiff. The British ship Thorpe Hall, from .Bilbao, docked at Puerto Musel, east of Gijon, within three miles of which she was escorted by British destroyers. The Spanish rebel warship Espana stopped the Finnish vessel Aranda en route to Santander and turned her back into French waters. The loyalist merchantman Mar Caribe grounded at Cape Matifu, Algeria, after being bombed by a rebel aeroplane. FORCES OF SPIRIT •‘Government Will Win in the Long Run” (Received April 19, 8.10 p.m.) London, April 19. The Dean of Canterbury, Dr. Hewlett Johnson, who recently visited Spain, in the course of a sermon, said: “There may be greater mechanised forces, supplied by Germany and Italy, on the rebel side in Spain, but on the Government side there are forces of the spirit which will win in the long run. It is totally wrong to say that the Spaniards and Russians are irreligious. It does not matter what they say; it is what they mean in their hearts,” he declared. INTEREST IN COMMONS Questions on Bilbao Blockade (British Official Wireless.) Rugby, April 17. The Chamber of Shipping has advised ship owners to incorporate in any charters or bills of lading in respect of trade with Spanish portjs clauses which provide, inter alia, that the master of a ship shall not be bound to sign bills of lading for anj T blockaded port or any port which be or his owners, in their discretion, consider dangerous or impossible to reach. Parliamentary interest in the situation arising from the Spanish insurgent attempt to blockade the Basque ports continues unabated. There are 12 questions on the House of Commons Order Paper for Monday concerned with the position at Bilbao and reported sailings of British merchant ships in disregard of the Governmeut’s caution to them. The Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs, Mr. Anthony Eden, will be asked to say in what form the instructions were sent to British warships to accompany up to the limits of territorial waters any merchant ship proceeding to Bilbao contrary to the desire of the Government. He will also be asked if naval reports confirm the existence of an effective blockade. Other questions will afford an opportunity of a general statement on the situation. The correspondent of “The Times” at St. Jean de Luz reported on April 15 that three of the four merchant captains in port were named Jones, and in order to avoid confusion, they had been nicknamed in accordance with their cargoes, such as “Potato” Jones? “Ham-and-Egg” Jones, and “Corncob” Jones.