FUTURE OF SPAIN

Wanganui Chronicle, Volume 80, Issue 136, 10 June 1937, Page 7

FUTURE OF SPAIN

NO FOREIGN CONQUEST THE BRITISH ATTITUDE OFFICIAL EMPHASIS (By Telegraph Press AssociaU.on —Copyright) Received June 9, 55 p.m. LONDON, June 8. Asked whether, should the NonIntervention Committee cease to operate, the Foreign Secretary would make it clear that the Government would not permit the invasion or conquest of Spain by -any foreign Power, Lord Cranbourne said he was glad of an opportunity of emphasising, as His Majesty’s Government had made it clear on several occasions, and in particular when the Spanish question was before the Council of the League of Nations last month, that the preservation of the territorial integrity of Spain was a matter of great moment to them. SHELLS ON MADRID REBEL NIGHT ATTACK SCORES OF WOUNDED NEW MOBILISATION ORDER MADRID, June 8. The insurgents launched the heaviest night bombardment since the siege began, 160 shells exploding in an hour. The number of victims is not yet known, but there are scores of wounded. "’he military hospital narrowly escaped when a shell burst in the courtyard. The Valencia Government has ordered the mobilisation of all ablebodied men in the 1932-36 classes, and is also requisitioning all grain. 1 MANY KILLED AT BILBAO LONDON, June 8. The Spanish Press Agency reports heavy bombing at Bilbao and many killed. BOMBING OF DEUTSCHLAND GERMAN COMMANDER’S COMMENT Received June 9, 7.5 p m. LONDON, June 9. Admiral Von Raeder, commander-in-chief of the German forces in Spanish waters, reporting on the bombing of the Deutschland, says: “The foreign press assertion that the Deutschland ought not. to have been anchored at Ibiza is incorrect inasmuch as Ibiza is not a Spanish Nationalist base. The bombers could not have mistaken the Deutschland for a rebel cruiser. The aircraft were established as aggressors only after they had dropped the bombs and no shot was fired by the Deutchsland or the adjacent German destroyer Leopard.”