ATTITUDE TO SPAIN

Wanganui Chronicle, Volume 82, Issue 288, 6 December 1938, Page 7

ATTITUDE TO SPAIN

BELGIAN CRISIS AVERTED. BRUSSELS, Dec. 4. The Belgian Minister of Finance, M. Gerard, resigned after consultations with King Leopold because he differs from the policy of sending a representative to General Franco on which the remainder of the Cabinet have decided. A crisis has therefore been averted. A communique which was issued ignors the Spanish issue, ujnfirms the policy against deflation, and promises an economic plan which will include compulsory unemployment insurance. THE VACANCY FILLED. Received Dec. 5, 9.10 p.m. BRUSSELS, Dec. 5. M. Janssen, who reorganised the Austrian finances after the war, has accepted M. Gerard’s portfolio. FOREIGNERS IN SPAIN ALL WITHDRAWING ON THE CATALONIAN FRONT. Received Dec. 5, 8.40 p.m. LONDON, Dec. 5. The News-Chronicle’s Geneva*correspondent says that the withdrawal commission s report states that all foreign volunteers on the Catalonian front, numbering 5000, are going home. SPECTACULAR FIGHT PLANES OVER VALENCIA MADRID, Dec. 4. Thousands of people watched a halfhour spectacular battle over Valencia this morning against 26 Italian and German bombers, who tried to fly over the city. Ten Government planes met the raiders on the outskirts of the city and drove them off after 250 bombs had been dropped in the port area and coastal villages, killing 19 civilians.