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Grey River Argus, 13 October 1936, Page 5

TO COUNTER RUSSIA

SPANISH INSURGENTS Expect Italian Aid (Aus. & N.Z. Cable Assn.) (Received October 12 at 11.10 p.m. ) LONDON. October 12. General de Llano, broadcasting trom Seville, said: “1 am able to announce that Italy has declared that she will see herself obliged to assist the Nationalists, if Russia supports the Marxist movement in Spain.” LONDON, October .11. The diplomatic correspondent of the “Observer” says it is now apparent that the Russian Note has killed nonintervention, and also dispersed the hope that non-intervention in Spain was a precursor to a pact replacing the Locarno Pact. RUSSIAN AID. FOR AIADRID SUPPORTERS. AIOSCOW, October 11. A mass meeting of shop assistants passed the following resolution: “We promise the Spanish workers that we will adopt the orphans of the men who perish in the- struggle for freedom.” The Council of Trade Unions report that collected over twenty-six million roubles to aid tho women and children of Spain. Four steamers are leaving Odessa to-day with 2500 tons of foodstuffs. The Trades Un’ons also ordered twenty-seven thousand warm' outfits for the children. COLUMBUS’S LAST MALE DESCENDENT. NO LONGER A ALVDRID PRISONER. (Received October 12, at 9.10 p.m.) LONDON, October 12. “The Times’s” Al'adrid correspondent says: Tho Madrid Government announces its liberation;., of Christopher Columbus, Duke of Veragtra. He is the last, direct male descendent of the discoverer of America. AN AMBUSH. LISBON, October 11. Newspapers publish a story, delayed by the Censor, of an incidert after the relief of Toledo. Believ’ng tho insurgents were occupied elsewhere. Government militia entered the anparently deserted town of Burgas, near Toledo. When they roaches the centre of the town, every rooftop and window suddenly became alive with insurgent? pouring a hail of rifle and machine-gun lire into the militia, who fled, with the Moroccans pm suing and bayonetting (hern. It is stated that se'.eial hundred were killed CHILD REFUGEES. BORDEAUX, October 11. A Scandinavian steamer landed five hundred refuge children from Spain. LONDON, October 10. The “.Manchester Guardian” savs that there is among th? delegates to the. British Labour Conference st Edinburgh. cons'derable distrust of the Russian Government’s nfotives. The Executive drafted a statement, which says:—ln the event of it being found that the agreement has either been ineffective through lack of machinery or supervision or has been definitely violated, the French and British Governments, being responsible for fhe initiation of the non-'.ntervenlion policy, should take steps forthwith to restore to the Spanish Government its right to purchase the arms necessary to mainta'n (he authority of constitutional Government in Spain and to re-estab-lish law and order in her territory.” (British Offi/’m’ W’ reins?.') RUGBY, October 10. Air. C. R. .Attlee and Air. Arthur Greenwood reported to the National Executive of the Labour Party in Edinburgh on their interview with the Chancellor of the Exochequer (Air. Neville cnamberlain), who is in charge of Cabinet, regarding the non-interven-tion policy. The executive drafted a statement which was subsequently approved by the Labour Party Conference.

The statement emphatically endorses the demand for an investigation of the alleged breaches of the non-interven-tion agreement. It continues: “In the event of it being found that the agreement, has either been ineffective owing to lack of machinery for supervision, or has been definitely violated, the French and British Governments bein< r responsible for the initiation of the non-intervention policy, should take steps forthwith to restore to the Spanish Government, its right, to purchase arms necessary to maintain the authority of the constitutional government in'Spain and re-establish law and order in its territory.” The International Committee for the application of the agreement regarding non-intervention in Spain met at the Foreign Office this morning. After a meeting lasting an hour and threequarters the committee adjourned till the afternoon. RUGBY, October 10.

The Internafiotial Committee for the application of the agreement regarding non-intervention in Spain has issued a. communique, stating that Earl Plymouth informed the meet.ng that the United Kingdom Government considered the question of incidents alleged would, if substantiated, constitute breaches of the agreement, and on October (iih they accordingly communicated the documents to the Committee, for their consideration. The Committee had a letter before if, dated October 6ih, alleging violation of the agreement by the Portuguese Government, presented by the representative of tho Soviet, and putting forward a proposal for the investigation of mutters on the Portuguese frontier. In accordance with the rules of procedure, the Chairman will at once forward the complaint to the Portuguese representative, and the Committee decided that pending the receipt of a t'eply, it would be premature Io discuss the proposal lot the appointment, of a committee investigation. 'fhe Committee also had before it a letter dated October 7th from the representative of the Soviet, slating that his Government feared lest the situation created by repeated violations of the agreement might render the agreement virtually non-existent, and they could in no case agree to throw the agreement into a screen, shielding military aid to the rebels, by some participants, .They were.' compelled.

therefore, to declare that if violations of the agreement were not immediately ended, the Soviet Government would consider itself free from the obligations arising out of the agreement. The German representative took the view that the communication by the Soviet representative was outside the competence of the Committee, ns it did not follow the rules of procedure laid down, and was .to bo regarded as purely a political move. Tn view of the fact that no concrete poposals were before the Committee on this occasion, no action could be taken on the statement made bj r the representative of the Soviet.