MADRID CHURCHES

Grey River Argus, 11 August 1937, Page 5

MADRID CHURCHES

RE-OPENING PROMISED Protest Over Bombing Ships [Aust. & N.Z. Cable Assn.l VALENCIA, August 9. The Minister for Justice (Senor Manuel Irujo) announced that the Government resolved to make liberty of worship, which was a constitutional principle, a reality. He said anti-clericalism could not be prevented in the early stages ol the civil war, but the Government was now reopening the churchey as speedily as possible. HENDAYE, August 9. The British Ambassador, who has been residing at Hendaye since the outbreak of the civil war, sent a Note to Salamanca, protesting against the bombing of British shipping. GIBRALTAR, August 9. British warships have been instructed to keep the closest wireless contact with all British merchantmen in the Mediterranean. LONDON, August 9. “These modern Corsairs must be stopped,” declares “The Times,” com-, menting on the bombing of the tanker, British Corporal, last week. The newspaper adds: “There is clearly a strong case for the authorisation of warships of all nations to lire on any aeroplanes seen attacking merchantmen on their lawful missions. The Powers should stamp out this new form of piracy which makes the seas round Algiers as dangerous as they were a century ago, when they were notorious for the depredations of buccaneers.”