SEA CAPTAINS’ PROTEST

Evening Star, Issue 22953, 10 May 1938, Page 9

SEA CAPTAINS’ PROTEST

ATTACKS ON BRITISH SHIPPING APPEAL TO FOREIGN OFFICE Pum Association —By Telegraph—Copyright LONDON, May 9. The masters, of 13 British merchantmen, including the Stancroft. the Stanbrook. ■ and the Greatend. anchored in Valencia, telegraphed to the Foreign Office: “ If British ships are to trade to Spain under the non-intervention agreement it is necessary that a neutral zone be allotted in every harbour for the handling of legitimate cargo. Attacks on British shipping are now ruthless and absolutely deliberate, the latest example being the Greatend, which is now sinking. The crews of the British ships in the harbour, numbering 400, join in the protest, earnestly desiring immediate action."

PETROL CARRIER PURSUED DESTROYER TO THE RESCUE. , GIBRALTAR, May 9. The British petrol-laden merchantman Refast left under sealed orders, presumably for a Spanish Government port. Two armed rebel trawlers began a pursuit, but the destroyer Grafton went to the assistance of the vessel, whereupon the trawlers desisted. CAPTIVE REBEL GENERAL'S SUICIDE BARCELONA, May 9, (Received May 10, at 10 a.m.) The Spansih News Agency reports the suicide of the noted rebel leader, General Yague, in Saragossa Prison.