REBEL CONTROL

Hokitika Guardian, 21 July 1936, Page 5

REBEL CONTROL

SPANISH CITIES BLOODSHED AND LAWLESSNESS Press Association—By Electric Itsieijj apb—Copyright;. LONDON, July 20. The “Daily Man's ’ Madrid cones ponuent says: Spam is still an inferno of reueilion and savagery, after iortv-eight hours of bloodshed and of lawlessness. " u ■' iKvery important city, except Madrid; where the Communist nnlitia’ control the streets, is now under re Del mlluence Malaga has been the scene of fierce fighting. It is partly on fire. Twenty-five Loyalist workers in the British-owned Rio Tinto mine s were armed with dynamite. They were amhushed and hilled by rebels at La panoleta. FORCES JOIN REBELLION. FOREIGN LEGION’S PART.. LONDON. July 20 The eon of “Tne 1 lines.'’ estimates tne number of mutineers at le,oliU r unuer General i* ramo. The movement, is openly Monarchist.. * ; ‘ a. prominent parti‘wsis taken by the Foreign Legion, wnose Suppression ot tne Asturias revolt ill iiadi ■ aioused tne hatred of the workers’. f Ihe Legion was eimnttereil oy. the recent purge carried out by the Moroccan commaii-uer-m-chief, General domez, under instructions Iroin the Government, which removed many political suspects. The Government ordered Franco to fly from the Canary islands to direct operations against the rebels in'-Moroc-co tout on reaching Larache, he assumed their command. ' '■ The troops of many garrisons stood to arms and were uespa-tched to N cocupy strategic points and arrest leading- civilians. '..Franco declared niaitial law,’ seized the telephone and telegraph services after a= determined fight and organised resistance by anti-air-craft fire against the Government bomb ing 'pianes despatched ironic -Madrid. A loyal pilot, Gregorio Garcy, refused to obey,-- and escaped in an aeroplane to Port Lyautey, French Morocco. The crews of ttoree warships seut to overawe the rebels, joined their forces. The crew of another is parleying with the FI Arisli mutineers. The issue is still uncertain. ! Pozas, in a broadcast message announced that would be distributed to citizens and villagers desirous of forming combat squads in support of the Government. He added that insurrectionists at Melilla had been routed. Rebels at Malaga and Barcelona had surrendered. The Government had 'rescinded the state of siege proclaimed by mutineers. ARABS AND .LOYALISTS FIGHT. BRITONS WATCH THE FRONTIER. LONDON, July 20. “The Times’ ” Gibraltar correspond ent says: Fighting has been resumed at La Linea between the rebfel troops, including 1700 Arabs, who have arrived from Morocco, by transport; and Left Wing loyalists. Many Britishers, with the aid of field glasses, watched from the frontier.. They savv people falling from houses and terraces as- the rebels replied to counter attacks with artillery machine-gun, and rifle fire. The streets are reported to be littered with dead. Heavy fighting was in progress at midnight. Two Britons, a man and a won,an were wounded. Two British warships are- standing by in order to evacuate any Britishers from Spanish territory, if necessary. Hundreds of Spaniards are fleeing to Gibraltar. , : ' The Yorkshire Light -Infantry, wearing steel -helmets,, Lave assisted [the police to guard the frontier, A small detachment •of Arabs at Campamento, a village, ordered a crowd,of spectators to disperse. They refused. Thereupon the Arabs bombed and machine-gunned them, killing many. LOYALISTS ATTACK REBELS. Vi MADRID, July 20. Loyalists.: at Cadiz are attacking the rebels in order to liberate the heseiged Governor. Several regiments have mutinied in the province of Navarra. The . garrison tin the Balearic .Islands, under the Military Governor Godet, have revolted. The Rabat insurgents have imprisoned the High Commissioner at Tetuan, and also fifty notables. Mosque officials state that seventeen adults and three 'children were killed when loyalists from an aeroplane bombed Tetuan. A deputation asked the Sultan to ensure that the town would not be involved in further bloodshed. At Melilla, the victims include the general commanding the base at Nador