MASS FLIGHT

Wanganui Chronicle, Volume 80, Issue 67, 21 March 1938, Page 7

MASS FLIGHT

CITIZENS OF BARCELONA VACATING CENTRAL DISTRICTS [By Tplcaranh—Press Association —Copyright] Received March 20, 6.30 p.m. LONDON, March 19. According to a report from the correspondent of the British United Press at Barcelona, half a milliGh people already have quitted the central districts of Barcelona and are either sleeping on the floors of friends’ houses in the outer suburbs or are camping out in the mountains outside the city. Every bus and train is crammed with men, women and children loaded with household possessions, fleeing from the terror which is turning Spains richest city into a shambles.

SHARP PROTEST 1 FRENCH NOTE TO SALAMANCA Received March 20, 6.30 p.m. PARIS, March 19. I The French Government has lodged a sharp protest to Salamanca against the Barcelona air raids. The French Government also has communicated to Britain a list of 422 Italian and German ’planes employed by General Franco’s forces and has asked Britain to associate- , itself with the Note. HEAVY DEATHROLL 640 BODIES RECOVERED. Received March 20, 7.30 p.m. BARCELONA, March 20. It is officially stated that 640 bodies have been taken to the morgue as a result of the air raid between 10 p.m. on Wednesday and 3 p.m. cn Friday. It is believed that 200 are still buried in the ruins. There were 1045 treated in the hospitals and 154 privately treated. Half the population has evacuated the city for the night or is sleeping in underground stations and tunnels. Two raids at Tarragona killed 18 and wounded 50. The American Embassy at Barcelona has moved to the hills outside the town. SHIP TORPEDOED BRITISH-OWNED CRAFT BURNING FIERCELY Received March 20, 5.5 p.m. PERPIGNAN, March 18. A British steamer, believed to be the Clifford, has been torpedoed off Cape Cerbere and sent aground eft Llansa. She is burning fiercely. FRANCO DETERMINED NO TERRITORY FOR FOREIGNERS Received March 20, 6.30 p.m. PARIS, March 19. "Not an inch of territory will be detached from Spain for the benefit o£ a foreign power after our complete victory," General Franco told the Aavas Agency. He declared that there were fewer foreign combatants to-day-in Nationalist Spain than a year ago. STRENGTH OF BRITAIN MEN AND MATERIALS BETTER THAN EVER. [ British Official Wireleaa.J Received March 20, 5.5 p.m. RUGBY, March 18. The president of the British Iron and Steel Federation (Lord Greenwood), at the federation's annual dinner, said: “Organised through the federation as a national unit, the iron and steel industry is ready and able now to meet any demand the Government may make upon it. Britain to-day is stronger in men, women and materials than ever before; she is more united as an Empire. The steel industry will support the Prime Minister in every step he may take to maintain inviolate our splendid heritage and strengthen our country and Empire, which is the greatest instrument for peace in the world.”