TOLEDO IN RUINS

Otago Daily Times, Issue 22999, 30 September 1936, Page 9

TOLEDO IN RUINS

REBELS ADVANCE ON MADRID THE OUTSKIRTS OCCUPIED (United Press Association) (By Electric Telegra’ h—Copyright) LONDON, Sept. 28. Reports from Gibraltar state that 13 German airmen have arrived after having delivered aeroplanes at Seville. Toledo is now in ruins. The rebels claim that General Mola’s forces have occupied Lacanada, commanding the whole of Madrid. NON-INTERVENTION POLICY (British Official Wireless) RUGBY, Sept. 28. The Portuguese representative was present at the fourth meeting of the International Committee for the application of the agreement regarding non-interventior in Spain. The committee agreed that it should at once lay down as a matter of principle that complaints regarding alleged breaches of the agreement should only be considered in a complaint submitted on behalf of the Government of one or other of the countries that are parties to the agreement. The committee was confident that no Government would take it upon itself to submit a com plaint unless it had taken steps to ascertain that in fact there was some substance in the complaint, and that the complaint was of sufficient importance to justify, its being brought before the committee, though it would clearly be impossible for such Government to determine beyond all possible question whether or not a breach of the agreement had been made. The committee agreed that upon receipt of a complaint the chairman should communicate it to a representative of the Government of the country against which it wac levelled, with a request that the Government should supply the committee with such explanations as were necessary to establish the facts. On receipt of the observations of the Government against which the complaint had been preferred the committee should take steps to establish the facts. DEFENDERS OF THE ALCAZAR LONDON, Sept. 29. (Received Sept. 29, at 10 p.m.) Fighting continues on the outskirts of Toledo. It has been officially announced that only 80 of 1200 defenders of the Alcazar were killed in the siege, but 500 were wounded.