SITUATION SURVEYED.

Manawatu Standard, Volume LVI, Issue 196, 20 July 1936, Page 7

SITUATION SURVEYED.

11 £I3ELS HOLD STRATEGIC • AREAS. BOMBINGS BY AUTHORITIES. Received Julv 20, 10.40 a.m. MADRID, July 19. The position is generally believed to be as iollows: — The military rising in Morocco, which spread to many parts of Spain, has been generally overcome. Airmen bombed several towns where garrisons rebelled, including Seville, Couta. and Melilla. Five generals have been degraded. There is no rising in Madrid, but desultory shooting at Tangier. The rebels still hold the key points at Tetuan, Melilla, Earache and Ceuta. The territory adjoining Tangier is all quiet at present. British refugees from Earache say there is severe fighting. The Government are using the weapon of the general strike to kill the insurrection. Orders have been broadcast to the Trade Unions to strike in any area where the Fascists have declared a state of war. As an instance,! the railway unions have ordered their members to join the proletariat in the defence of the liberty of the republic against criminal Fascist subversion. The Government announce -that civil servants at Malaga, Seville and other centres are supporting the Government. A message from Barcelona savs that Senor Louis Compa.nys, the President of the Government of Catalonia, was all night in the building which was attacked by rebels. A destioyer has arrived at Malaga to protect the narrow seas between Spain and Spanish Morocco, where foreign legionaries' and Moorish troops still control many parts. A Gibraltar message states that the rebel troops are marching to Seville after disembarking, at Cadiz. A broadcast from Seville, as might be expected, considering it is in the hands of the rebels, says the Government led by Senor Barrio is as bad as the previous one. The new Minister of War will be shot as soon as possible. A destroyer bombarded the barracks at La Linea and white flags were hoisted. A ship arriving from Algerciras reports that the rebels a.re gaining ground. An official announcement savs the rebel troops attacked the prison at Barcelona to-day. They were repulsed by police and warders. At Cadiz the rebels are besieging the offices in which the Governor-Gen-eral is housed. An English woman, Mrs Bower, when returning to Gibraltar from Algerciras, was wounded in the shoulder when rioters shot and wrecked her car.