OFFICIAL REPORT.

Wairarapa Age, 22 July 1936, Page 5

OFFICIAL REPORT.

REBEL FORCES TN CAPITAL SUPPRESSED. ALL BARRACKS SURRENDERED. LONDON, July 20. The Spanish Embassy has been officially informed that the revolt In Madrid has been suppressed, that the position of the Government is stronger, and that it Is hopeful that it will soon crash the revolt The British United Press agency at Madrid states that the Government announces that the military revolt in the capital has been crushed. The Government has suspended all banking transactions throughout Spain for 48 hours and placed a moratorium on all debts for the same period. No amount exceeding £55 can be withdrawn from the banks. In a wireless broadcast from Ceuta it was stated that General Mola, at the head of 15,000 rebels, entered Madrid, but Madrid broadcast an official announcement that all the barracks have surrendered to the Government, including the chief rebel stronghold, the' Montana barracks, which Government aeroplanes previously bombed. It is reported from Gibraltar that the rebels made great progress during the night and secured possession of many more towns, particularly in the southern peninsula. It Is significant that they captured many aerodromes and now threaten to bomb Madrid from the air if the Government does not surrender unconditionally within two hours.

The British cruisers Cairo and Orion are standing by at Plymouth to go to 8pa ’“ jf T, B - n . t ' sh sub i ects are imperilled. The British United Press agency at Tangier states that a leading resident of Tetuan says that he witnessed mass executions of loyalists and high officers who refused to join the revolt. A message from Oran says that General Franco telegraphed to the i nme Minister protesting against the unprecedented conduct of thTXem !” en ! m °[ derin g airman to drop bo “ b s, which ln J ured innocent women and children. “The Spanish restoration movement will soon triumph and we shall demand an explanation of your conduct,” he declares. “The measures we will take will be proportionate to your resistance. We invite you to cease and not to cause useless blood- * G L enaral Franco signs himself A ? blef „ of the Military Forces in Africa. ’ ’

Owing to incendiarism at Malaga, which is in rebel hands, the destrover Shamrock is proceeding at full speed from Gibraltar to succour Britons. BRITONS IN SPAIN. AIR FORCE MACHINES TO THE RESCUE. (Received Tuesday, 5.5 p.m.) GIBRALTAR, July 20. Air Force machines may be employed to rescue British subjects stranded in Spain. These include 600 to 700 motorists.

NAVAL AND OTHER AID. (Received Tuesday, 8.10 p.m.) LONDON, July 21. The British destroyer Shamrock is speeding from Gibraltar to Malaga to rescue two hundred British subjects. The cruisers Cairo and Orion are ready

to sail from Plymouth. An augmented force of British troops, with fixed bayonets, guards the gates of Gibral tar, on the Spanish frontier. The British Embassy at Madrid has notified that it is open to shelter members of the British colony. The “Daily Telegraph’s” Mendaye correspondent says the garrison at Pamplona is marching to Madrid with heavy artillery. GIBRALTAR CROWDED OUT. (Received Tuesday, 8.10 p.m.) GIBRALTAL, July 21. The Government has placed old barracks at the disposal of refugees and firms are offering their warehouses. Nevertheless hundreds are compelled to sleep out.

CITIES REGAINED. SEVILLE & MALAGA IN HANDS OF GOVERNMENT. (Received Tuesday, 8.10 p.m.) MADRID, July 21. The Government has taken over the offices of four of the principal Conservative newspapers and placed them in the hands of staunch Republicans. The latest reports state that the Government forces have retaken Seville and Malaga. Fighting is still proceeding at Cadis, La Linea and in the Canaries. The bodies of two colonels and sixteen other officers were found after the fall of the Montana Ban racks at Madrid. It is believed they committed suicide. MANY TOURS CANCELLED. (Received Tuesday, 10.55 p.m.) LONDON, July 20. Many British tourist agencies, on the advice of the Foreign Office, have cancelled projected Spanish tours until the position has been cleared up, but some intending travellers are going to Spain undaunted by the situation. The authorities in Spain refuse to allow Spanish refugees to leave the country unless they are holding foreign passports.