FRESH ATTACK ON SHIPPING

Timaru Herald, Volume CXLIII, Issue 20815, 25 August 1937, Page 9

FRESH ATTACK ON SHIPPING

BRITISH STEAMER UNDER FIRE ITALIANS ACCUSED OF OUTRAGES United Preen Association —By Electric Telegraph—Copyright PORT VENDRES, August 23. The British steamer Noemi Julia, bound to Barcelona from Susa (Tunis), reported that she was bombed off Ajaccio by two aeroplanes. The captain of the Noemi Julia declared that a plane with a death’shead on the fuselage, circled for 10 minutes, almost touching the ship, and another with the same insignia, trained her machine-guns on the ship for 17 minutes. Later the bomber dropped two bombs in the sea 30 feet astern. “I protest emphatically. The cargo was harmless. We were flying the British flag, and there were two nonintervention observers aboard.” STRONGEST PROTESTS ALLEGATIONS AGAINST ITALIANS United Press Association—By Electric Telegraph—Copyright GENEVA, August 23. The Spanish Government telegraphed protesting against the ‘‘attacks on Spanish and foreign merchantmen, including British, by Italian warships in the Mediterranean,” of which it is alleged it possesses proof. It adds that the tension in the Mediterranean is aggravated by the open assistance afforded the rebels by Italian naval vessels, and says that the whole Mediterranean, from Marseilles, Barcelona to the Dardanelles, must be considered a zone in which a general conflagration may be produced at any moment.

ADVANCE ON SANTANDER EARLY OCCUPATION ANTICIPATED United Press Association—By Electric Telegraph—Copyright (Received August 25, 12.20 a.m.) SALAMANCA, August 24. The insurgents claim to have captured a large number of villages in continuation of their sweeping advance on the Santander front. Insurgent airmen report that Santander is wide open and columns of guns are pouring out. It should be possible to enter in two or three days. Deserters reported the closing of all shops in Santander in view of the general mobilisation. MANY BODIES FOUND GRAVE OF THOUSANDS OF MOORS United Press Association—By Electric Telegraph—Copyright MADRID, August 23. The Republicans, draining the Lake Casa de Camp sector of the city, report that they found in the mud the bodies of 3000 Moors, who evidently perished in the November attack. AMBASSADOR RESIGNS CAUSED BY ILL-HEALTH United Press Association—By Electric Telegraph—Copyright BERLIN, August 23. After holding office for six months, General Pilhemlfaupel, Ambassador to General Franco’s Government, resigned on the ground of ill-health.