POLITICAL REFUGEES
MAKE 1800 MILE, VOYAGE TX ETEHIXG BOAT FROM SP'ATN.
NOW SAFE TX PORTED AT
(U.P.A. by Flee. Tel. Copyright.) (Rec. Jan. 16. 11. p.m.)
LONDON, Jan. 1.6,
A Lisbon message states that twenty nine Spanish prisoners, implicated in the Monarchist rioting, and who escaped from Villa Cisneros, landed in Portugal after an 1800 mile voyage, in a 100-ton fishing boat, in which they eluded Spanish warships searching for them. When brought here from the fishing village where they landed, they were assured of all the facilities an hospitable nation could provide for political refugees. Don. Alfonso, cousin of the ex-King said the conditions at. Villa Cisneros were terrible. After being warned that they might be tried and sentec red without legal advice, they took advantage of the New Year celebrations and were able to get away in a, fishing boat, provided by friends. They suffered great privations owing to the boat getting lost in the, high seas and the motor failing. They sighted four merchantmen, hut were afraid to signal lest they be Spanish.
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Gisborne Times, Volume LXXIII, Issue 11835, 17 January 1933, Page 5
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