SPANISH WAR
THE BAN ON VOLUNTEERS. SCEPTICISM IN BPAIN. MADRID NOT NEAR CAPTURE. United Press Assn.—Elec. TeL Copyright LONDON, Feb. 22. The well-known journalist Mr Vernon Bartlett, who has returned to Madrid, writing to the News Chronicle, says: "The Republicans greet the first day of the general ban on foreign volunteers sceptically. They fear that many more Italians and Germans will arrive to swell the insurgent forces. Nevertheless, I was impressed by thß immense potential man power in the hands of the Government. The young men defending the Republican trenches have developed a sense of discipline of which there was no sign when I was in Madrid last October. “General Miaja, in an interview, said he could easily put 25,000 more welltrained men in the field if rifles and machine-guns were available. Madrid is not so near capture as many people think. The Republicans should be victorious if the Government's organising capacity and the people's discipline survive the test of the coming week, for the spirit of Madrid remains amazing.'’ ALGEGIRAS, Feb. 21. Two tnousand five hundred Moorish troops have landed from Ceuta anu 3000 have arrived at Malaga, in order to participate in the advance upon Almeria.
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Waikato Times, Volume 121, Issue 20126, 23 February 1937, Page 7
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