NO PROSPECT OF ARMISTICE

Timaru Herald, Volume CXLIII, Issue 20893, 24 November 1937, Page 9

NO PROSPECT OF ARMISTICE

CAMPAIGN PLANS IN SPAIN EXCHANGE OF TRADE AGENTS United Press Association—Bv Electric Telegraph Copyright (Received November 23, 8.15 p.m.) BARCELONA, November 23. “There will be no mediation and there is no prospect of an armistice in the Spanish conflict,” according to a statement Issued by the Press Department of the Presidency of the Council of Ministers.

INDIRECT HINTS OF ARMISTICE DENIAL BY SIGNOR COMPANYS United Press Association—Bs Electric Telegraph Copyright (Received November 23, 6.30 p.m.) LONDON, November 23. The Perpignan correspondent of “The Daily Telegraph" says: “Senor Louis Companys has arrived in Paris from Barcelona by car. He denies that the object of his visit to Brussels and Paris was to negotiate a Spanish armistice. GENERAL FRANCO AGREES TO INQUIRIES RFPry TO NON-INTERVENTION COMMITTEE Uuiieu Press Association—By Electric Telegraph—Copyright (Received November 23, 6.30 p.m.) LONDON, November 22. The diplomatic correspondent of "The Times" says: "General Franco’s reply has been sent to the Non-Inter-vention Committee which ! transmitting it from the British Embassy at Hendaye to the Foreign OTce. The reply accepts, in principle, the proposal to send commission, to Spain and arrange withdrawals, but contains reservations and requests for certain explanations. There is still no news of a reply from Barcelona. It is officially announced from Salamanca that the Duke of Alba will be General Franco’s agent h. London. Sir Robert Hodgson is going to Salamanca.

BRITISH STEAMER HEI4> UP REPORTS OF ARMS RUNNING United Press Association—By Electric Telegraph —Copyright (Received November 23, 6.? C p.m.) GIBRALTAR, November 22. The British steamer Euphorbia has been released. The Euphorbia, which was stopped by H.M.B. Galatea in Spanish waters, and taken to Gibraltar, where she reported that she had been ordered to unload her cargo. The Admiralty announced that the steamer was searched under the Merchant Shipping Act, 1936, which prohibits British ships from carrying munitions to Spain.

Prosecutions in France The Paris correspondent of “The Daily Telegraph" reports that on charges of illicit arms traffic, involving a shipment of several thousand grenades to Spain, several months ago, eleven members of the Extreme Left appeared in the Lyons Court. The ringleader was sentenced to four months imprisonment, and three others to suspended sentences. The remainder were acquitted on the ground that they acted in good faith in carrying out orders and not knowing the destination of the grenades. The Judge remarked that the idealist nature of the gun running did not condone the offence.