JAPS AID REBELS.

Horowhenua Chronicle, 18 March 1937, Page 5

JAPS AID REBELS.

HEAVY ITALIAN LOSSES. ALLEGED OFFER TO BRITAIN AND FRANCE. /By Telegraph-Press Assn.~Copyright) Received Wednesday, 11.5 p.m. LONDON, March 17. The Manchester Guardian's diplomatic correspondent says that several Japanese officers are now participating in the Spanish Civil War. on the insurgent side. A Salamanca message says that General Franco's headquarters claim they obtained the text of a Spanish Government Note offering to cede Spanish 'Morocco to Britain and France in exchange for military assistance. Italian prisoners at Madrid.state that the Italians lost 1500 killed and woundfed on the Guadalajara front. FINANCIAL AID FOR PAIiTIES IN SPAIN. , CONFERENCE DEADLOCK. (British Official Wireless.) RUGBY, March 16. , A communique states that a sub-com-mittee of the International Committee for Application of the Agreement regarding non-intervention in Spain, today agreed that at present the most important task was to secure the effective establishment of the International Board with a view to the scheme of observation of the Spanish frontiers being brought into full operation at the earliest possible moment. Immediate arrangements are therefore being made for meetings of the Board to be held with a view to settling with the utmost dispatch all outstanding details in regard to the working of the observation scheme. The first full, meeting of the Board will be held to-morrow.

It is understood that the question of financial aid to either of the parties to the Spanish conflict was under discussion at to-day's meeting, and a Soviet Note to Lord Plymouth, the chairman, •was before the meeting. Russia while agreeing to discuss this question- in principle, indicated that she declined to .agree to any discussion affecting assets of the Spanish Government, including gold of the Bank of Spain. A debate ensued, but no solution was reached.

Further outstanding 'questions not directly affecting the launching of the supervision scheme were down for discussion, but the Italian and German representatives refused to proceed witn v these matters in view of the deadlock On the question of financial aid.