GERMANY AND SPAIN

Greymouth Evening Star, 8 August 1936, Page 7

GERMANY AND SPAIN

ANGER OVER MURDERS

DRASTIC ACTION THREATENED

[BY CABLE —PRESS ASSN. —COPYBIGHT.]

(Recd. August 8, 8 a.m.) BERLIN, August 7.

Berlin newspapers, which have shelved all other questions, even the Olympiad, to direct attention to Spain, indicate Germany’s rising anger over the Barcelona murders. "Morgenpost” says: The death of four citizens who died for Germany, spurs us anew in the cry against the blood terror off Bolshevism. They have not died in vain. Germany regards the horrible new Communist violence with fright and indignation. “Lokalanzeiger” says: The Bolshevist mob are growing a danger to the whole of Europe. The question of forming collective security against Bolshevism is becoming imperative. Germany demands satisfaction and the punishment of the guilty.

NAVAL REINFORCEMENTS

(Recd. August 8, 8 a.m.) PARIS, August 7.

“L’Oeuvre" spates Germany’s protest against the murders of Germans in Barcelona may threaten the occupation of Minorca, and a. blockade of Barcelona. Hitler has decided to send two more cruisers and some destroyers to the Spanish coast. It is also reported that the steamer Usuramo left Hamburg on July 31 with twenty-eight bombing planes and pilots for Lisbon.

MAY RECOGNISE REBELS

LONDON, August 7.

The “Daily Mail” understands that Germany may decide to recognise the rebels as the legal government of Spain, as a result of the murder of German subjects. Mr. Vernon Bartlett, diplomatic correspondent of the “News-Chro-nicle” states that German warships have not confined themselves to landing officers to talk to General Franco. but have also unloaded considerable quantities of munitions.

VOLUNTEERS FOR GOVT.

(Recd. August 8, 8 a.m.) PARIS, August 7.

“Le Jour” states that, shock battalions, half Frenchmen and half foreigners, are forming, and some have already started for Spain to help the Government. Five thousand Red volunteers mobilised in Soviet Russia have also started. The French Communists will house them at Toulouse, Bordeaux and Perpignan, whence they will be drafted across the frontier.

NON-INTERMENTION PROPOSALS

LONDON, August 7.

The French Government has completed a draft agreement of non-inter-vention in Spain, which will be submitted to the Powers.

The Paris correspondent, of the “Daily Telegraph” says that the provisions of the agreement include a prohibition on exporting aud authorising the transit of war materials consigned to Spain, also the suspension of delivery of war materials proceeding on account of orders placed before the outbreak. The signatories pledge themselves to exchange information about measures adopted to give effect to the agreement.

The correspondent adds: “There is reason to believe that the British Government has already approved the draft. The prohibition applies to warships and military, commercial and tourist aeroplanes."

ITALIAN ALLEGATIONS

ROME, August 7

The Italian casts doubts on the sincerity of France, and gives prominence to a report that Vickers Armstrong is supplying the Spanish Government with large quantities of arms and munitions, in spite of categorical denials through the Spanish Embassy in London.

CADIZ CAPTURED?

PARIS, August 6

The Spanish Government is reported to have captured Cadiz after fierce fighting. Before fleeing from the town, the rebels destroyed most of the monuments and public buildings. The rebel troops from Morocco include the dreaded Tercio regiments, which fight with knives in their teeth and commit acts of great brutality. COLD-BLOODED SLAUGHTER LONDON, August 7. Reports of terror in Spain continue to pour in. “The Times’s” special correspondent on the Franco-Spanish frontier reports that rebels are little, if at all, behind their opponents in the art of coldblooded slaughter. The well-known wrestler, Zybszko, was performing in a circus at Madrid when the civil war broke out. He is reported to have been killed.

MADRID’S RAID TEST.

MADRID, August 7.

In order to carry out an air raid test all lights were extinguished in Madrid to-night. No motor-cars were allowed on the streets.

BRITISH PLANES FIRED ON.

LISBON, August 6.

The pilots of two British flyingboats which arrived at Lisbon, report that Spanish Government warships fired on them while passing the Straits of Gibraltar.

LAND AND SEA FIGHTS

PARIS, August 7.

The battle on the Guadarama front is rather manoeuvres than actual fighting. The loyalists invented a new method of attack. A loaded motor lorry with high explosives, including a melinite set steering wheel, started driverless. It ran down a straight road into the insurgents. A. time-fuse fired the explosives. The detonations lasted half an hour. The Government battleship Jaime heavily bombarded Algeciras for three and a-half hours from a mile and a-half at sea. Thousands of spectators at Gibraltar watching from the roofs and windows, saw the shells exploding in various parts of the town and harbour. One hit the insurgent

gunboat, Dato, setting it afire. Shore batteries replied, many shells falling close to the Jaime. The Dutch liner Dempo. proceeding through the Straits, reported that one hit the Jaime.

STRUGGLE FOR BALEARIC ISLES.

(Received August 8, 12.30 p.m.) LONDON, August 7.

The warship Jaime Priraeiro, which is almost stationary opposite Algeciras, is firing seldom, and has obviously been hit, probably below the waterline. Pumps are discharging much water. The cruiser Eduardo Dato is blazing fiercely, and is apparently sinking. Three cruisers are bombarding Ceuta. It is reported from Gibraltar that the Jaime Primeiro disabled all fortifications at Algeciras. Later it was stated the report that the Jaime was? hit was unfounded. A number of fires are visible on the hillsides around Algeciras, and it is thought possible the flames will reach the ammunition dumps. It is reported from Hendaye that after twenty-four hours’ bombardment of Gijon by the rebel warship Almiranto, the town is in flames and practically destroyed. The fate of 2,500 rebel prisoners there is unknown. The Spanish Government believes the failure of the rebels to- launch an effective offensive in the south is due to lack of petrol, therefore the Government is making extensive preparations to capture the Balearic Islands, for Palma holds large supplies of petrol, oil and a huge ammunition depot. It is officially stated that eleven seaplanes, three submarines and a converted trans-Atlatnic liner will operate against the Islands, 13,500 men being enlisted for tho campaign. Two seaplanes dropped ultimatums at Majorca, warning the citizens;

CHURCH LOSSES.

LONDON, August 7.

The Archbishop of Westminster (Most Rev. Arthur Hinsley) has made a statement lamenting the murders of priests and nuns in Spain, and the burning of churches in the “cruel anarchy.” He has ordered prayer to be said daily in the diocese of Westminster.