CONSULAR BAG

New Zealand Herald, Volume LXXV, Issue 23233, 30 December 1938, Page 9

CONSULAR BAG

BRITAIN EMBARRASSED DIPLOMAT'S INQUIRIES REPORT TO LORD HALIFAX LONDON, Dec. 28 Tho British Minister at Hendaye, Mr. Owen O'Malley, has arrived in London to enable tho Foreign Secretary, Viscount Halifax, to hear tho result of inquiries into the diplo-

matic bag mystery, says tho Australian Associated Press. Mr. O'Malley was sent to Burgos immediately after tho incident. It is understood that inquiries so far have not relieved British embarrassment resulting from the discovery of the plot, but Mr. O'Malley reported that there was no foundation for stories of tho arrest of British Consulate officials at San Sebastian. GREEK TANKER SEIZED GENERAL FRANCO'S NAVY * PART OF CARGO BRITISH OWNED (Received December 20, 8.15 p.m.) LONDON, Dec. 29 A London-bound Greek oil tanker, the Atlas, was seized by General Franco's warships on the high seas and detained at Palma, says tho Daily Herald. Part of her cargo, worth £IO.OOO, is British owned, and all of it is insured by British underwriters. Britain is demanding the immediate release of the ship and "is associating herself with protests made by Greece.