SPANISH TURMOIL

Poverty Bay Herald, Volume LXIII, Issue 19128, 24 September 1936, Page 5

SPANISH TURMOIL

DEFENCE OF MADRID KEY BATTLE OPENING RIVAL VICTORY CLAIMS DEPERATE REBEL BIDS (Reed. Sept. 24, noon) (Klec, Tel. Copyright—United Press Assn.) LONDON, Sept. Zo. A report from Madrid states that it is widely recognised that the actual battle for Madrid has begun. Government forces were successful near O'viedo, and also defeated a rebel column from Avila, which was attempting to drive a wedge between the loyalists on the Guadarrama Range and in the Tagus Valley, but the insurgents are making a most desperate effort be twecn Santa Olalla and Torrijos, where they arc following earlier rebel successes.

The Madrid-War Office announced late to-night that the insurgents were re pulsed with heavy losses, including the destruction of a Moroccan detachment. A Seville report says that General Franco states the insurgents occupied Torrijos after n violent attack assisted by aeroplanes, and that the loyalists retreated 1 to Toledo.

Subsequently, aeroplanes flew over the Alcazar in Toledo announcing' the victory and encouraging the survivors to continue their resistance until the arrival of General Yague's column in 48 hours. PROTEST FROM BRITAIN The Foreign Office has protested to Madrid against the seizure by workers of the '"British-owned Spanish Great Southern Railway, the British manager and accountant, of which have been obliged to leave the country. At Madrid, Senor Salazar Alonzo, the Fascist leader who was condemned to death for participation in the revolt, to-day faced a firing squad in the model prison. His eyes were not bandaged at his own request, and he himself ordered the riflemen to fire. He fell dead.

It is reported from Perpignan, in France, that the anti-Fascist committee at Puigcerda arrested a French businessman named Fortuny and a French newspaper woman named Jacqueline Caillou and two Italians, Pasquale Daliga and Giovanni Passant, on charges of facilitating the secret passage of Italians to Spain and fraudulently exporting capital. PORTUGUESE ACCUSED PLEA FOR SANCTIONS SPANIARD AT GENEVA GENEVA, Sept. 2*. While the League is wrestling with the Abyssinian dilemma, another difficulty is looming, on account of the Spaniard, Senor Delvayos, having placed his name at the head of the roster of speakers for the purpose of telling the Assembly the Spanish Government's story about alleged contraventions of the agreement for nonintervention in the Spanish conflict. ' Some members attempted to restrain Senor Delvayos, who replied that nothing would deter him. Senor Delvayos is expected to demand sanctions against Portugal and the placing of an international commission on the frontier of Portugal to prevent the passage of munitions to insurgents. RELATIONS SEVERED DECISION OF URUGUAY NEW YORK, Sept. 22. According to .a dispatch to ths Now York Times from Montevideo, Uruguay has formally severed diplomatic relations with Spain on the ground that the Madrid Government is unable to guarantee the lives and property of foreigners. Three sisters of the Uruguay viceconsul at Madrid were assassinated by Red militia men. PROTEST FROM ITALY TREATMENT OP CONSUL ROME, Sept. 23. Italy has protested to the Catalan Government because Communists searched the Italian Consul-General, Signor Rossi, though he was immediately released unharmed. AID TO LOYALISTS SOVIET £284,000 FUND MOSCOW, Sept. 3. A second nation-wide appeal to aid the Spanish loyalists resulted in the collection of £284,000.