ORDER IN CATALONIA

Dominion, Volume 30, Issue 189, 7 May 1937, Page 11

ORDER IN CATALONIA

Spanish Government Takes Over PROVISIONAL CABINET By Telegraph.—Press Assn.—Copyright. (Received May 6, 9.20 p.m.) London, May 6. It is reported from Valencia that the Spanish Government has taken over the control of public order throughout Catalonia. ♦ The situation is outwardly peaceful at Barcelona following the formation of a Provisional Government with Senor Company’s presiding over a directorate representing Anarchists, Socialists, and Catalan Leftist peasants. The contending parties are remaining under arms, but marauding bands have disappeared from the streets. It is estimated that a hundred were killed and 250 wounded in the fighting last night. The British cruiser Dispatch and the destroyer Hostile are en route to Barcelona as a precaution. The cruiser Arethusa is also on the way to Barcelona from Gibraltar in respouse to a wireless call for assistance from the depot ship Woolwich. IN FULL OPERATION Spanish Observation Scheme (British Official Wireless.) Rugby, May 5. The observation scheme in the NonIntervention Agreement, which came into effect at midnight on April 19-20, was in full operation both by land and by sea on April 30. The staff engaged on the sea observation scheme comprises nationals of 17 countries, that on the Franco-Spanish frontier nationals of 13 countries, and that on the Gibraltar-Spanish frontier nationals of three countries. A report to this effect was received by the chairman’s sub-committee of the International Committee at a meeting to-day. The sub-committee was principally engaged in considering the question raised at an earlier meeting by representatives of the Scandinavian countries of interference by either of the parties in Spain with ships of the non-intervention States. A questionnaire has been sent, to the Governments of such States, and the committee will take up the subject again when replies have been received. During to-day’s meeting the chairman, Lord Plymouth, spoke strongly about unauthorised and inaccurate reports of the committee’s proceedings which had got into circulation, and recalled that the communiques contained the only authorised account of the discussions which had taken place.