Stampede To French Border Expected

Northern Advocate, 25 January 1939, Page 7

Stampede To French Border Expected

(Received 10 a.m.) LONDON, January 24.

France Is reinforcing her frontier guards in expectation , of a stampede of refugees from Barcelona, which was discussed by the French and Spanish Republican Foreign Ministers, M. Bonnet and Senor del Vayo, says a Paris message. An exodus of between 1,500,000 and

2,000,000 is expected after the fall of

There are elements in Barcelona whose entry France regards as undesirable, but she does not want to be inhospitable to persecuted people and, consequently, it is not expected that the frontier will be entirely sealed. African Colonists. Alternatives are the creation of concentration camps or the reception of a number of refugees on shipboard, after which they would be conveyed to African territory pending settlement.

The French authorities are investigating a train derailment near Cerbere, a Catalonian frontier station, where the line was torn up shortly before a consignment of flour was due to pass from France to Republican Spain. Bombing Continues. A message from Barcelona states that the French cruiser Suffren has arrived at Caldetas. where it will remain at the disposal of the French Ambassador. A cablegram from Valencia says several foreign ships were hit by shrapnel, and eight houses were destroyed when ’planes dropped over 100 bombs this morning.