SPANISH SITUATION

Manawatu Standard, Volume LVII, Issue 156, 3 June 1937, Page 9

SPANISH SITUATION

SAFETY ZONES EXTENSION. PROPOSAL BEING EXAMINED. OPPOSITION NOT EXPECTED. (United Press Association—By Electric Telegraph—Copyright.) Received June 3, 11.55 a.m. RUGBY, June 2. The British Government will continue in close consultation with the other Governments concerned in the endeavour to restore the situation in Spain. An examination of the proposal for'the extension of the system of safety zones in the Spanish ports and roadsteads is proceeding and is generally considered to offer a basis of solution which may prove aecentable to all concerned, lhe principle has already been accepted by centra! i ranco, who some months ago indicated safety zones on the eastern coast of Spain, and the Valencia Government, after tlie recent I'alma air raid agreed, in response to the British request? to respect "the. zone. It is not expected that approval to the extension of such zones to cover practical needs in view of the more recent nick ent, will meet with serious opposition. .',-"• + A more optimistic feeling is present in London in consequence of the exchanges of views which have so tar taken place between the representatives in" London of the Powers mainly concerned.