SAFETY FOR FLEETS

Wanganui Chronicle, Volume 80, Issue 135, 9 June 1937, Page 7

SAFETY FOR FLEETS

SPANISH WATERS

MORE HOPE OF SUCCESS NO REAL DIFFERENCE FOUR POWERS’ VIEWS n bs in A I British Official Wireless. 1 Received June 8, 5.5 p.m. lr RUGBY, June 7. ol Exchanges are still proceeding be- a tween London, Berlin, Rome, and Paris on the British proposals for sen ; curing the protection of the four fleets m engaged in the supervision of the Spanish coast. A reply was received a , during the week-end from Italy and a: the views of all of the Governments eI concerned have now been communi- ei cated to London. It may be said that , the exchanges are proceeding with more hope of success. h g There seems to be no real difference | e of view in regard to the proposal that, tl in agreement with the rival Spanish authorities, an extended system of a safety zones should be established and [ c that the authorities should give strict r( undertakings to exclude such zones y from their military operations. Nor is p; there likely to be any serious differ- f. once of view in regard to the right r] of immediate action by any unit of the fleets concerned to repeat the at- j tack. Both the German and Italian Governments insist on their right to s( protect themselves in such circum- p stances, and it is understood to be the y, view of the British Government that ft any ship, if attacked, would be er.- sf titled to take immediate measures for v its own defence. w It is believed that in the present w exchanges the discussion mainly cen- y tres on the question of consultation between the patrolling Powers as to j what action, if any, should be taken jointly in the event of an incident. Various suggestions for making the scheme more effective and securing its smoother working and which requite examin-tion in their technical aspects have aio been made in the course of the discussions, and are under consideration. Statement in Few Days Asked in the House of Commons to make a statement regarding the negotiations with Germany and Italy on the resumption of their co-operation in carrying out the non-intervention scheme, the Foreign Secretary, Mr. Anthony Eden, replied that negotia- , tions between the Powers were being ■ pursued, and he hoped to be able to make a further statement in the course of the next few days. Asked in a supplementary question whether these negotiations were making satisfactory progress, Mr Eden replied humorously: “There is seldom anything altogether satisfactory in the Spanish negotiations." v GERMANY’S ATTITUDE £ I RE-ENTRY EXPECTED | a LONDON, June 7. p Herr von Ribbentrop will see Herr e Hitler to-day- Well-informed circles are of opinion that Germany will have re-entered the Non-Intervention Committee before the week-end. EXCHANGE OF HOSTAGES BOY SCOUTS FOR ACTORS HENDAYE, June 7. 1 The first exchange of civil hostages ' does not lack originality, being 36 insurgent Boy Scouts who have been in Barcelona since the beginning of the war, for 36 loyalist actors, who were • touring Saragosa when the war broke ; out. Six of the actors refused at the I last moment to be exchanged, but the ■ Scouts triumphantly marched across the international bridge four abreast, ; giving the Fascist salute.

REFUGEE CHILDREN

MILD TYPHOID CASES INOCULATION PROCEEDING LONDON, June 7. Three doctors are inoculating 3000 Basque children in the North Stoneham camp against typhoid at the rate of 200 an hour. Six children are now in hospital, but the outbreak is mild.

DAMAGE TO H.M.S. HUNTER

STATEMENT IN COMMONS A PROTEST RECORDED I British Official Wiralesa- 1 RUGBY, June 7. The Financial Secretary to the Admiralty, in the House of Commons, replied that the report upon the damage to H.M.S. Hunter had been received and considered. The report confirmed the statement previously made attributing the damage to a ' mine, and it was highly probable that ' the mine was moored. ’ Mr G. H. Shakespeare added that a protest had been placed on record. ’ The view of the Government was • that mine laying on the high seas could not be recognised as legitimate in the circumstances of the present conflict in Spain. t LATE GENERAL MOLA j SOLDIER WITH LITERARY GIFTS. 5 Emilio Mola Vidal, known as Gen- " eral Mola, the rebel commander on the northern front in Spain, who was killed in an air accident while reconnoitring a few days ago, was born at the foot of the Pyrenees in 1891 of a well-known Basque family. As a youth he had literary leanings and dreamed of being a second Vervantes But his father put him into the Army, where, starting in the Guards, he won . Lapid promotion. For some reason he

elected to be known by his middle name. A clevet man, he »vas nicknamed “Slowcoach” by his colleagues because of the calm and protracted consideration he gave to problems. Displeased with conditions at the Spanish Court and with the dictatorship of Primo de Rivera, he gradually went over to Republicanism, but without taking part in revolutionary movements. Thus he did not forfeit the confidence of the Crown and in January, 1931, under General Berenguer was made Inspector-General of the Spanish Police. In that capacity. Mola was largely responsible for the fact that the overthrow of the monarchy was accomplished without bloodshed. As the new regime trended more to the Left he became hostile to the Government and was civen a high command in Morocco as a sort of exile. When the Right came into power, he returned to Spain and took over the command of the troops in Navarre. Following the victory of the Left at the elections in June, 1936, Mola was arrested in Madrid on suspicion of plotting a rising. But, as nothing could be proved against him, he was released. When the Fascist revolt ot General Franco began, the Madrid Government tried to enlist Mola on its side by offering him the War Ministry, but he replied that he was already leading troops against it. He headed the rebellion in Navarre and the north generally, his soldiers capturing Irun and San Sebastian and thus facilitating Franco’s march or. Madrid. Mola employed- his literary ' gifts in devising stirring slogans for ! his troops. He had had as colleague in the Cadet Corps at Pamplona Senor Alvarez del Vayo, who at the time of the rising was Foreign Minister. At first they were friends, but eventually became rivals and rheir enemies Jed to a duel with sabres on horseback in which Vayo w.as defeated. DEUTSCHLAND VICTIMS DEATHROLL NOW THIRTY. Received June 8, 9.5 p.m. BERLIN, June 8. The Deutschland deathroll is now 30.