NEGRIN ACCUSED

Poverty Bay Herald, Volume LXVI, Issue 19883, 9 March 1939, Page 7

NEGRIN ACCUSED

CHAOS AFTER CAMPAIGN

NEW MINISTER’S CHARGES

CAT ASTRO PIIE A W AITE D

FLIGHT ACROSS BORDER.

(Elec. Tel. Copyright—United Press Assn ) i Reed. March 8, 3 p.m.) LONDON. March 7. The Gibraltar correspondent of The Times says that Senor Besteiro, the new Spanish Republican Foreign Minister, in a broadcast of the "whole truth” from Madrid, declared that long before the Ebro campaign the Loyalist Government was unreliable.

The resignation of Senor Azana from the Presidency decapitated the entire Republic, which lacked legal powers enabling the election of a new president. Consequently chaos succeeded file two years of gallant campaign.

The former Prime Minister. Senor Nogrin, merely relied on a possible world catastrophe to save Spain when salvation was in her own hands, said Senor Besteiro. Transfer of Treasure

Colonel Cipriano Omera censured tile Negrin Government for transferring treasure to Fance and fleeing thither, lie declared that the loss of Catalonia was the- result of treachery. A Paris message states that Senor Negrin to-day left for Switzerland. A Toulouse message states that 24 Republican leaders, including Gen-

erals Cisneros and Modesto and Colonel Lister had arrived there by

A message from Algiers states that the Spanish Republicans, seeking refuge from Barcelona, landed from the Danish steamer Ulysse, which had picked them up at sea where they were drifting in a motor launch. They claim that they hid in the woods for a fortnight after the fall of Barcelona.

Seven vessels brought to Algiers 210 other Spanish refugees and 50 naval officers who were refused permission to land at Oran and were ordered to proceed to Mersel Kebir.