GRAVE SITUATION IN SPAIN.

Marlborough Express, Volume LI, Issue 33, 8 February 1917, Page 5

GRAVE SITUATION IN SPAIN.

CITIES THREATENED WITH

RUIN

Australian and N.Z. Cable Associatioj (Received "^;eb. S, 11.10 a.m.) MADRID, Feb. 7.

Spain's economic positi in is bocomir^g increasingly grave. Barcelona and Valencia are threatened with mm. The Canaries are reported to be on tho verge of stnrvation. There ;s m.vch unemployment in Spain, and outbursts are feared. "The GermanophUe and .Germanowned press ai'vi explo'.tiui; the situation, and are attempting to coerce the Government in supporting Germ&ny.