BILBAO BOMBED

Poverty Bay Herald, Volume LXIII, Issue 19131, 28 September 1936, Page 5

BILBAO BOMBED

REBEL PLANES ULTIMATUM DELIVERED. MADRID FACING CRISIS AZANA SEEKS REFUGE DOUBTS OF ARGENTINA (Elec. Tel. Copyright—United Press Assn.) (Reed. Sept. 2S, 11.30 a.m.) LONDON, Sept. 27. To-day's reports from Madrid, state that Spainsh Government troops counter-attacked, supported by aircraft, and forced the rebels two. miles back from Torrijos, after they had approached within two miles of Toledo, capturing the villages of Villamiel and Yargas. • " The. loyalist counter-attack resulted in -the annihilation of 400 -Moors by aerial bombardment' and the destruction of two rebel bombing pljui6s. Senor Julio del Vayo, the Foreign Minister, has sent a memorandum to the League substantiating the charges of foreign aid to the Spanish rebels. " A ,San Sebastian message reports that insurgent planes dropped hundreds of bombs on Bilbao on Friday, setting fire to many buildings, including the administrative headquarters, and damaging the British consulate* There were hundreds of casualties. It was stated • that - the bombardment would be repeated till the city surrendered.. . ;,::..'• I ••- A further message from Madrid states that a loyalist, Captain Mellado, with a record of bringing down 16 rebel aeroplanes, was killed "in an aerial battle with five fighting rjlanes. According to a dispatch sent to the New York. Times from '.Buenos* Aires, Senor Azana, the Spanish-President, had to take refuge in the "Argentine embassy.

Sources in close touch with the Argentine Government-, declared, however, that the Presidentwas not at the embassy, but .with several ..Qther officials asked for asylum on tire cruiser Yeinticineo de Mayo. The reports declare that the situation .i'u~the capital is .chaotic. The Argentine ment gave no indicatioi£"whether it would grant the request of the Spanish President. NON-INTERVENTION PLAN FRENCH POLICY-DEFINED ALL POWERS APPROVE (British Official Wireless.) Reed, 12 noon RUGBY, Sept. 27. The. French Foreign Minister, M. Delbos, in the League Assembly, referiug to the policy ot non-intervention in Spain, in reply to' the speech, of the Spanish Foreign Minister,,; Senor del Veyo, said that France had uot lightheartedly initiated that policy. The Government had weighed the dangers of ' rival intervention in the furnishing of arms and the fatal consequences of inevitable incidents. - ; """ . '.". Further, he said, this initiative was approved by all countries, no matter what their regime, .which were addressed by .France. It was proof that all had the same consciousn-ess of peril, and also mast have the same "loyalty in observing tlio engagements which they undertook.

•Referring to the proposed "London Conference of the Locarno Powers, he said the French Government was still ready to reach any agreement,, which would guarantee the security of all interested countries, lexcluding any .ulterior motive of dominion or of encircling a nation, or of ostracism, and which would) contribute to the peace of Europe. The consultation had now commenced, and he sincerely hoped that it would be completed by the co-operation of all States which were now absent from their deliberations. He was glad to note that the necessity of regional ententes was being increasingly recognised.