SPAIN CHARGED

Greymouth Evening Star, 18 October 1946, Page 8

SPAIN CHARGED

SHELTERING BELGIAN QUISLING NOTE TO UNO COUNCIL NW YORK, Oct. 16. -Belgium has sent a Note to the Security Council charging -Spain With sheltering the Belgian quisling "Leon. Dagrelle, saying .this is likely to cause a genuine disturbance in (Europe ana •to threaten, the security of the victor-. ious democratic nations. .* The Note said the Spanish Government had notified Belgium that Degrelle had left Spain on September 24, but Spain had refused to give details or to say by which frontier or by what means Degrelle had left, thus justifying the assumption that he had not left, but was hiding in Spain with the consent of the authorities. The Spanish Government’s .persistent silence could be -regarded as complicity with the Belgian traitor. In any case, it clearly revealed the Spanish Government’s intention to cover up Degrelle’s flight and prevent his arrest. This was a further example of the Franco Government’s friendship with Germany’s war-time allies. The Colombian Foreign Office recently asked the police to search for Degrelle, who is reported to have entered the country secretly. THE SPANISHAND PERSIAN CASES NEW YORK, October 16. The Security Council decided in closed session to keep the Spanish and Persian cases on its agenda. The decision prevents the General Assembly debating either issue. The United Press says the action represents a victory for Russia and Poland in the Spanish case. They consistently opposed all attempts to drop the issue from the agenda. The Western Powers had hoped to remove the Spanish case and have it considered by the General Assembly. •