THREE SHIPS

Grey River Argus, 24 April 1937, Page 9

THREE SHIPS

GOING TO BILBAO To Run Blockade (Aus. & N.Z. Cable Assn.) RUGBY, April 22. Instructions issued by the United - Kingdom Government to British shipowners regarding ships going to Bil- . bao, are to the effect that the Govern. > ment is not in a position to advise . shipowners that their ships are able Jt 0 enter the port of Bilbao. J Regarding other ports, such a s San. ; tander and Gijon, the Government ad. vised shipowners there was a' certain I degree of risk, and as that risk varies from day to day, they cannot give any 'long-term advice. In any event, His Majesty’s ships will afford protection Un the high seas, if called upon. Three British Ships RUNNING THE BLOCKADE. WITH A NAVAL ESCORT. (Received April 23, 11.15 p.m.) SAINT JEAN D'E LUZ, April 22. Three British food ships, the “Stanbrook,” the “Hamsterley,” and the “MacGregor, ’ are reported to be bound for Bilbao. They-sailed from here on Thursday, at 11.30 p.m., with all their lights out. It is understood that, the battleship “Hood,” escorting the vessels to the limit, of Spanish territorial waters. LLOYD GEORGE A BASQUE! CONTRIBUTIONS FOR BLOCKADE RUNNER. LONDON, April 22. “I too am Basque, as was Marshal Foch. Welsh and Basques are the same race,” says Mr Lloyd George, whose contribution of £250 towards mother foodship, probably sailing for Bilbao on April 24th. was announced by Mr Wilfred Roberts, M.P., who stafes that Captain Russell, Master of the Baekworth, at present lying at Im. mingham, met Mr Lloyd George and | he Basque representative. The Backworth was chartered by various or. ganisations arranging to send medical upplies • and food. Another £2,000 worth is required to complete tho eaigo. This sum is fully subscribed. The Baekworth may bring back women and children suffering from lack of food. The mother of three', recent, ly evacuated aboard a British destroy, er, died of heart failure owing to star, ration. USE OF POISON GAS. GOVERNMENT STATEMENT. LONDON, April 22. The Spanish Government has re. plied to the representations by Brit, ain. It- says; We will not use poison gas, unless the other side do. The insurgents have not replied. LOYALISTS CLAIM SUCCESSES. MADRID April 22. Loyalists claim they routed iusur. gents near Durango, with a loss of six hundred killed and a thousand, wounded. The Government offensive in the Cor. doba sector is strongly pressing the rebels, of whom an entire company of 170 N.C.O’s., and men deserted: the nsurgeut lines, after murdering the fficers. BOMBARDMENT OF MADRID. CONTINUED BY INSURGENTS. MADRID’, April 22. For the eleventh day in succession, the insurgents heavily shelled the capital, between two and three hundred eight-inch shells falling daily. Twenty fell in the afternoon around. Granvia, scattering a funeral procession accompanying yesterday’s! dead to the cemetery. The casualty roll s now 200 killed and 250 injured in eleven days. The North American Newspaper Alliance’s special correspondent, the author, Ernest Hemingway, at present at Madrid, declares these heavy, indiscriminate bombardments have no military objective. Despite the slight of dead and wounded and the men hosing the streets, washing atvay the debris and blood, the people are not impressed. They scatter tto avoid the bombardment, and return to their employment when the shelling ceases and trams re-commence running.