NAZI REPRISAL

Poverty Bay Herald, Volume LXIV, Issue 19339, 1 June 1937, Page 13

NAZI REPRISAL

CABINET PROMISE SPANISH PROVOCATION BOMBING OF WARSHIP TWENTY MEN KILLED RAID BY RED PLANE (Klee. Tel. Copyright-—-United Press Assn.) (Reed. May 21, 2.60 p.m.) * LONDON, -May 30. With reference to the earlier reports from Valencia, it is now staled by the German Navy Departmental Berlin Dial it was the German warship Deutschland and not the Admiral ficheer which was bombed by Spanish loyalist- aeroplanes in Ibiza harbour. Only two bombs si ruck the vessel, but many men were killed and wounded. German wireless broadcasts state that the Deutschland’s casualties number 20 dead and 75 wounded. The Cabinet met after Herr Hitler had conferred, at Munich with Baron von Neurath and Admiral Harder, the German naval com-mandor-iii-chief, all three then Hying to Berlin. Field Marshal von Rlomherg and General Goeriug were present-. A communique subsequently issued staled : “Following a recent incident- when a. Bed aeroplane bombed English, German and Italian ships in the harbour of Majorca, killing six Italian officers, German vessels were forbidden to call there. -Tim Deutschland belongs to jllie international naval control forces. Nevertheless it was suddenly bombed between 6 p.m. and 7 p.m. on Saturday. ’! lie ship was stationary in Ibiza harbour. The crew were unprotected in tlm forecastle, inasmuch as the ship was not ready for action. “One honili fell in tho middle of their quarters. A second bomb hit the quarterdeck. causing minor damage.

“The ship completely retained her lighting navigable ability and went to Gibraltar in order to disembark the injured. She did noF'fire a single shot at- the aeroplanes.

"This fresh criminal attack after the Valencia Government had twice been warned compels Germany to take measures which will he communicated to tile non-intervention committee. The incident is scarcely credible. Germany knows how to give a proper answer to this unheard of provocation by Spanish criminals.” A Gibraltar message says that the Deutschland, with her flag at half-mast, entered the Admiralty harbour with 22 dead and 60 men wounded. All British and foreign mcn-ol'-war in port flew their flags at half-mast in sympathy. The injured were sent to a hospital. The services of all available doctors were requisitioned. All the victims were naval ratings. No officers were killed.

MONTHS IN FILTHY GAOL

CAPTIVES OP REBELS

made to ciieer fascists

(Reed. May 51. 3 p.m.)

LONDON, May 30.

Lie Bordeaux correspondent of The limes says that foreign ex-militia men who were released by tho .Spanish rebel leader. General Franco, totalling 45, and including 23 Englishmen, entered France to-day.

One. Englishman was captured a I Talavera, whom 540 of his battalion of 600 were killed.

A Frenehman. who was captured in the Madrid lighting, said: "I lay for months in a filthy prison, being constantly maltreated. An officer entered every night and took out men lo lie shot. Tim victims were buried by a fatigue party. "We were mustered in the prison yard a week ago while General Franco’s brother bragginglv extolled Fascism and announced our early liberation. We did not believe him. because men were taken out to lie shot the same night as usual, hut (wo days later we were crammed into cars and taken to the Salamanca prison, where, with other captives, we were filmed and forced to say before a microphone that we had become Fascists and to cheer for the rebel cause. Apparently we were liberated on the instructions of the Italian Fascist propaganda committee.” Other accounts corroborate the Propel iman’s story.