NAVAL ATTACKS IMMINENT

Timaru Herald, Volume CXLII, Issue 20586, 27 November 1936, Page 9

NAVAL ATTACKS IMMINENT

NO QUARTER IN SPAIN

PERILOUS PLIGHT OF

PRISONERS

ATTEMPTS TO INTERCEPT MUNITIONS

United Press Association—By Electric Telegraph—Copyright MADRID, November 25. A radio message from Teneriffe announces that naval attacks on Barcelona and Valencia are imminent.

Prisoners in Peril

Nine hundred and sixty prisoners, mostly former Fascist officers, belonging to General Franco’s secret force in Madrid evacuated the model prison and were sent to Valencia, forestalling General Franco’s attempt to capture the model prison and release them.

Operations Slow Down.

Beyond the rebels’ claim to have captured the important West Park In the north-west sector, there is little change in the position of the capital. The police at Cartagena allege that they have unearthed a vast Nazi espionage propaganda organisation at the German Consulate, which is a veritable arsenal. The insurgents claim to have captured near Barcelona a Norwegian steamer laden with munitions, and that they forced a Greek steamer to divert her course to Ceuta. Irishmen Support Rebels. General O’Duffy, with 40 Irishmen, arrived at Lisbon, en route to the Spanish front. Munitions Seized. The police seized a motor convoy containing 200 tons of bombs, shells and machine-guns, said to be consigned to Mexico. There are two vessels loading in the harbour, allegedly for Spain. The confiscated motor convoy subsequently proved a bona fide shipment to Mexico, for which they were loaded aboard a Norwegian steamer bound for Vera Cruz. The lorries contained empty shells and uncharged air bombs.