“MADRID CANNOT BE TAKEN”

Timaru Herald, Volume CXLIII, Issue 20667, 4 March 1937, Page 7

“MADRID CANNOT BE TAKEN”

REPLY TO REBEL ACTIVITIES CONFIDENT ATTITUDE OF LOYALISTS HINT OF EARLY RETURN OF MONARCHISTS United Press Association—By Electric Telegraph—Copyright (Received March 3, 7.30 p.m.) MADRID, March 3. The Spanish Foreign Minister 'Ser. or Don Julio del Vayo) before going to Calencia said: I am more than ever convinced that Madrid is untakeable. Meanwhile the insurgents are massing at the north-west of Madrid and it is believed the capital is on the eve of a new onslaught. Government guns are desperately shelling the enemy concentration. The insurgents responded by twice shelling Madrid. Terrific Encounters A Valencia message says that fighting their way with hand grenades and dynamite, the Government forces arrived within 40 yards of the Provincial Government Building in Oviedo. Italy’s Love for New Spain A Salamanca message says: Signor Cantalubo, Italian Ambassador presented his credentials and assured General Franco of the depth of Italy’s love for new Spain. MONARCHISTS’ EYES ON SPAIN RECONCILIATION OF EXILED RULERS United Preys Association—By electric Telegraph— Copyright (Received March 4, 12.5 a.m.) LONDON, March 3. The Rome correspondent of “The Daily Telegraph” reports that the audience in a fashionable cinema in Rome were astonished to see ex-King Alfonso and Queen Victoria Eugenie, parted and estranged for many years, sitting together in the stalls. Ex-King Alfonso Was looking extremely pleased. They arrived and departed separately but the meeting is believed to prelude a reconciliation. Well-informed quarters even suggest that when General Franco has taken Madrid, the ex-King and Queen may be invited to return to Spain. AMERICA’S NEUTRALITY PLAN SOUNDLY CRITICISED United Press Association—By Electric Telegrs ph—Copyright (Received March 2, 6.30 p.m.) WASHINGTON, March 2. In the debate on the Pittman permanent neutrality resolution, Senator Borah objected to the so-called “cash and carry provisions,” which would forbid American vessels, in time of war, carrying embargoed commodities, but would permit belligerents to buy here on a cash basis, and carry their purchases in their own ships. Senator Borah insisted that this would make the United States an ally of a nation which has the greatest navy, which was Britain, and he pictured American factories and forts suffering bombardment by aircraft of a belligerent nation denied commodities due to the superior strength of the enemy’s navy. He pointed out that in case of war between Russia and Japan, the latter would have access to American shores but the former would not.