SPANISH WAR
THE SUBMARINE INCIDENT. (United Press Association —By Electric Telegraph—Copyright). PARIS, Sept. 20. The police connect the men attempting to seize submarine C2, with the Paris bomb outrage on September 12. ‘Morendain was already wanted lor questioning on this affiair, so was the Spanish Nationalist, who was shot dead.
Morendain has been crossing the Franco - Spanish frontier regularly. When fuses and detonators were recently found in his car, he was arrested. but he broke his bail. Morendain was also suspected of the attempt at' Bayonne on 'September 3. to blow up the French Government steamer. Maria Amalia, which was loading food for the Basques.
Toncoso, Military Governor of Trim, one of Franco’s right-hand men. was taken into custody by the French police on the International bridge, between Hendaye and Trim, in connection with the C2 attempt. Toncoso heard that Morendain was arrested. Ho hurried from Iron to ask tor his release. He adopted a violent attitude and declared. “If you arrest me, it will be a virtual declaration of war. Every French Consul in Nationalist Spain will be arrested as a reprisal. The police, however, taking him to Brest, claim that he admitted lie instigated the C2 attempt.
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Hokitika Guardian, 22 September 1937, Page 5
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