LOYALIST SUCCESS

Grey River Argus, 16 August 1937, Page 5

LOYALIST SUCCESS

ON LAND AND SEA Madrid Position Recaptured REBELS LOSE NAVAL ENGAGEMENT [Aust. & N.Z. Cable Assn.] VALENCIA, August 13. The loyalist destroyer Ciscar engaged the rebel vessels Jupiter and Ciudad Decadiz, which were aecom>panied Ipy armed trawlers, off Gijon, seriously damaging the Jupiter. The Almirante Cervera arrived during lhe course of the action, but. was driven off by a Government, reinforcement, whose protection enabled four merchantmen to steam into Gijon.

i- Madrid Fighting V GOVERNMENT RETAKE POSITION. " MADRID, August I'4. I Following a Loyalist attack, the | Rebels have again abandoned BrunI ete. I * DANISH SHIP SUNK. »( I £ ' LONDON, August 13. A message from Barcelona says that insurgent bombers sank the s Danish ship Edith, thirty miles from [ Barcelona. TANKER ON FIRE TUNIS, 'August 13. ~ Thirty survivors of the Spanish Goz vernment tanker Campeador accuse Italian destroyers of attacking the e vessel. They state that twelve of the v crew were trapped in the enginef room and burned alive in blazing oil. The Italian warship Saetta circled round the Campeador and was later joined by another. A destroyer, ' which was not flying a flag, followed = They shelled the Campeador at nightfall, and continued, the shelling , as the boats were lowered. “ The Campeador is still burning, ; and a French naval cutter is guard- , ing her. The Italian Government has pro- ’ tested against the Spanish accusation concerning the attack on the Cam- ’ peador. ; DESTROYER TORPEDOED. LONDON, August 13. A Valencia message says that three t were killed and nine injured when . the Government destroyer Churruca I ■ was torpedoed by an unknown sub- .; marine. The destroyer then return- ' ed to Cartagena for repairs. TORPEDO FIRED AT FRENCH SHIP. (Received August 15, 6.30 p.m. TUNIS, August 14. An unknown submarine tried io Itorpedo the French steamer Parame off Bizerta. Crews of French steamers at. Tunis met. and demanded pro- ; ted ion.

FRENCH PRECAUTION. LONDON, August 14. The “Daily Telegraph’s” Paris correspondent says: Two bombers from Bizerta naval base are protecting French shipping in the western Mediterranean, each armed with four double firing machine guns, capable of 1600 shots a minute, and four high explosive bombs. NO MORE REFUGEES. FRANCE’S DECISION. [British Official Wireless]. RUGBY. August 13. The French Government has informed the British Government that France is unable to accept any more Spanish refugees. There are already some 45,000 Spanish refugees on French soil, and no more can be accommodated. As a number of British vessels have recently been engaged in the evacuation of refugees from Spain, the Board of Trade has informed British shipowners of the French Government’s decision. DEMONSTRATION AT VANCOUVER. VANCOUVER, August 14. A radical demonstration was made outside of the Italian Consulate here on behalf of the Spanish Reds. It was dispersed by the police. Four arrests were made. NON-INTERVENTION DEFICIT. LONDON, August 13. Despite Lord Plymouth’s threat, none of the four Great’ Powers has ' yet paid up its share to the nonintervention fund. The Australian Associated Press diplomatic correspondent understands that Great Britain is repeating ner request and will probably make a final demand. If no money is forthcoming, the ambassadors may be re- ! called from their holidays to consider , the committee’s financial position. ( ,On August 6 it was pointed out ( that very little was left in the cof-j] fers Only Britain was not in ar- j rears. 'The British Treasury was de- , termined not to provide more money f until the others paid up both their , arrears and the current subscrip- , tions, which were due on August 8. This announcement was greeted with , polite silence until Lord Plymouth pointed out that, if the position was , not clarified, the chairman’s sub-com-mittee might be called on next week £ to consider the finances, upon which ( the Ambassadors, who feared that ‘ the chances of the August holidays were vanishing, hastily announced that they would approach their Governments. and that, no doubt, the money would be forthcoming.

OTAGO MINING STUDENT MISSING. Reports have been received that Arnold Madure, until recently a student at School of Mines, Otago University. is reported wounded and missing in Spain and is presumably dead. He worked formerly at the State Mine and on a Lewis Pass job. He left New Zealand at the beginning of the year, proceeding to Europe via Canada, which was his birthplace. He joined up with the American section of the International Brigade of the Spanish Government Army (states the Wellington “Workers’ Weekly”). After serving three weeks in a French jail for attempting to evade the Non-Intervention Pact (which a.l-

lows German and Italian armies to invade Spain to attack the legal Government, but refuses to allow true volunteers to help the Government) Comrade Maclure managed to reach Spain, and became a Sergeant in the American Division, in charge of a machine-gun. While holding a machine gun post against an enemy attack he was wounded and reported missing. In the circumstances, there is no likelihood of Maclure having survived, but a cable has been sent to Spain to verify the facts, if possible.