POPE'S DECISION
By Telegraph—Press Assn.—Copyright.
RECOGNITION OF FRANCO VATICAN ANNOUNCEMENT FIGHTING NEAE MADRID 1 SHIP RUNS THE BLOCKADE
Rec. 8 p.m. London, Aug. 4. It is officially announced that the Vatican has recognised General Francos Government, says the British United Press correspondent at Salamanca. Recognition was preceded by Monsignor Antoniutti's visit to General Franco. It was then agreed, says the ofBcial announcement, to grant General Franco's Vatican representative, Don Pablo Churruca, the status of official diplomatic representative with the rank of Charge d'Aflfaires. The insurgents launched a determined attack around Carabanchel, south-west of Madrid, which reports that Government troops counter-attacked, driving out General Franco's men from several positions. The British ship Marion Moller, which has been ten days waiting outside Santander and Gijon, succeeded in making Gijon with lights out while the warship' Almirante Cervera was cruising nearby.
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Taranaki Daily News, 5 August 1937, Page 7
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