SPANISH REVOLT

King Country Chronicle, Volume XXX, Issue 4873, 21 July 1936, Page 5

SPANISH REVOLT

PLIGHT OF TOURISTS ARRIVAL IN BULLET-HOLED CARS. “RESTORATION WILL TRIUMPH." GENERAL FRANCO’S WARNING. (Press Association. —Copyright.) (Received 11.10 a.m.) London, July 20. The Spanish Embassy has been officially informed that the revolt has been suppressed and that the position of the Government is strong. It is hopeful of soon crushing the revolt. The British cruisers Cairo and Plymouth will go to Spain if British subjects are imperilled. French tourists crossing the frontier and travellers reaching Hendaye say many French and English tourists are stranded in Spain owing to the stoppage of communications to the French frontier. Some who crossed by car arrived in bullet-holed cars after running the gauntlet of the rival factions. The Spanish Embassy in London knows nothing of the experiences of a party of sixty-four Britishers who went to Barcelona for the People’s Games. Fifty Killed at La Linea. A Gibraltar message reports great excitement at La Linea, near Gibraltar, where five thousand British subjects work. Bodies are still lying in the street after last night’s engagement between Moorish rebels and the Left Wing loyalists. Fifty are reported killed and a hundred wounded at La Linea.

An . Oran (Algeria) message says General Franco has telegraphed the Prime Minister protesting against the unprecedented conduct of the Government in ordering airmen to drop bombs, which have injured innocent women and children.

“The Spanish restoration movement will soon triumph and we shall demand an explanation of your conduct," he said. “The measures we will take will be proportionate to your resistance. We invite you to cease and not to cause useless bloodshed.” General Franco signs himself as chief of the military forces in Africa.