FRENCHMAN SHOT

Inangahua Times, 8 December 1937, Page 3

FRENCHMAN SHOT

BY SPANISH SOLDIERS WHEN AIDING A REFUGEE PERPIGNAN, December 7. Returning from a dance accompanied by his sister and a young Spanish friend, who had taken refuge in France, Sebastian JUanole, a French farmer, aged 18, was shot dead hy Spanish Carabineers just inside the French frontier near St. Laurent de Cerdarae. The Carabineers had told the refugee to follow them across the border, but he ran. Juanole intervened and was shot.

REAL SITUATION IN SPAIN MADRID, December T. “When we return to London we will convene a public meeting and acquaint the British people about the real situation in unbeaten and invincible Republican Spain, * ’ declared Mr Attlee in a speech at the Madrid municipality reception in honour of the visitors. ‘ ‘Anyone believing the cause ol the Spanish Republic is lost was either badly informed or of bad faith.” “Our whole attitude will henceiort be based on our conviction of the final victory of the Spanish Government,’ said Mr Attlee.