ONLY CONCLUSION

Nelson Evening Mail, Volume LXXI, 19 June 1937, Page 7

ONLY CONCLUSION

A NATIONALIST VICTORY STRIFE IN SPAIN VIEWS OF GENERAL FRANCO [United Pre|B Apeociatipp r ßy Electric •’ ' Telegraph-Copyright) LONDON, 18th June. “The Times” corrspondent interviewed General Franco, who was questioned op the possibility of ending thp wap by negotiation assisted by fgfeigp mediatiop. " He' dpclafgd "he ardeptly dgsjred |hp cppplpsion of thp wgf, sparing* loss of life and destruction, |i speur-

pd by a IJatiopalist victory. Gepprpl Franco added: “Britain should appreciate thp fact thfll tflfl jmmensp m?NP ri tt gf Spgpigfds living in the ?RP®« jypp arp suffering fpqm demagogic tyranny, hope fpr Übgfatipn by a Nationalist triumph. Moreover the Red Government is responsible for thousands of crimes for which it merits punishment Consequently the only conclusion we cpn acpnit is pur vietpry.”

FATf of BILBAO

BASQUES LAST STAND PROGRESS OF" NATIONALISTS LONDON, 18th June. The “Daily Derio correspondent says that thp Nationalists continue to progress north find south of Bilbao, but the defenders’ cpprpgppijs resistance in the ppntre g ijj|fgpt attack op the city. An s h occupied Las Arenas at tfie harbour entrance tp hut apaft fropl thp b|afgipg of a few large" buildings, Las Arenas suffered little.

The Carlists, advancing from Galdappno, rpached ’the'fpac| jpnctiop at Dps Caminos, where they are only two and p half m}lqs ffom Bilbpo. Thp yveljjlnown arptfiifnitipp wprks gf have jappß wf gcifpjl Thp Basques grp st’RJ hgldißd hills' guarding peepsp tp °R Mungia Derio rgad,’ yrhjch artillery and aifefaft hgißbafcigd day. ’ ' •

' Nationalist capfprgd vessels containing ' Bilbao refugpp?; The vessels were takgn to Sgji .Sebastian.

O ? DUFFY } S IRISH BRIGADE

ON WAY HOME • LISBON, 18 th. Jfine. General O’Duffy and offieprs apd men of the frisk volunteers arrivpd

frpm Capprgg op 17th Jipe, apd ppjoarked'fpr pjpbjih.'

REFUGEES AT SOUTHAMPTON

SELECTED NEWS BROADCAST

(Received 19th, .June, 9.45 a.nq.) LONDON, 18th June. itVpile ppt tfgsjgpg tp'a}3pm'tl]p %ildren unnecessarily,' tjqe authorities at the Basque refqgpg camp near Southampton, realising that the prominence giveji to l}padjijgs made the cpildrep reajjsg gbgt sppething was wrong, decided to broadcast selected news by means of loudspeakers last night to children numberipg 280 Q. They will receive ' additicpal broadcasts’later.

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PFCIJfATRp RY 4IRPRAFT MACpiNE-fIUNNED >IND KQIVJBEp NOTHING MORF GHASTLY SINCE J “ WAR COMMENCED [Received 19th June, 10.20 a.m.) LONDON, 18th June. TJqe Rasque delegate in London received a message from the Bilbao Goverpment emphasising the ruthlessness pf the rebels’ bombarding defenceips? fugitives on the Santander road, which conduct is more indefensible bepapse there are no troop movements thereop. Ten thousand tons of lqigh explosive shells jiaye fallen op Bilbao in 2$ hopes, inflicting non-combatapt casualties beyond computation. A woman who lost her children ip the darkness found th,e corpses riddled with machine-gun bullets just before a shell blew her to pieces. 3We appegf g.R humanitarians in all civilised countries to aiieviate the suffering and terror of helpless innocents.”

The ‘Manchester Guardian’s” Bilbao correspppdent says there has be. e P nothing mope ghastly in the course of the Wpr th a h th e guns apd bombs of a foreign enemy decimating refugees fleeing to Saptapder, where pitiable fugitives’ ngrves are torn to shreds by daily bombing. Fifteen Henkels flying'low appeared when the head of a colupp reached Irauregui. Fugitives threw themselves flat but the airmen merci-

lessiy machine-gppped and bpmbed apd killed and wounded women, children ppd old pep, sweeping pp and dpwp frie road for two and a half hours.