BRITONS INSULTED

Hokitika Guardian, 21 September 1937, Page 8

BRITONS INSULTED

FASCISTS IN TANGIER. LONDON, September U. Britons in Tangier, capital of the international Moroccan zone, opposite Gibraltar, are being subjected to insults following a violent Fascist 'rising. Fascist Moors, Spaniards and Italians machine-gunned a waterfront cafe. Later there was street fighting in the native quarter. One man was killed and three others were wounded seriously. Leaders of the English colony told a representative of the Daijy Telegraph that it was unsafe to venture out of doors without a revolver. “We are stopped in the streets by armed Moors, who try to force us to say ‘Arriba Espana’ ‘(Up Spain ), which is the rebel war cry,” they say. “Britain’s prestige is sinking lower and lower. Tangier is on the edge of a serious outbreak uuless action is taken soon.” Britons in the town are forming a self-protection association. The-chief cause lor concern appears to be the spread of Italian influence, and the activities of French and Gorman agents. Thousands of anti-Bri-tish pamphlets are being distributed from the headquarters of General Franco, the Spanish rebel leader. The British cruiser Penelope is extending her stay in the port. The German pocket battleship Admiral Scheer and two Italian destroyers are in the harbour.