THE CHINA MAIL, APRIL 7, 1937.
BRITONS WATCH BOMBING OF
ALGECIRAS
COMMONS DISCUSS THE SPANISH SITUATION
London, To-day.
In the first session of the House of Commons after the Easter recess, the Foreign Secretary, Mr. Anthony Eden, was deluged with questions on the Spanish civil war.
MR. EDEN ANNOUNCED THAT THE NON-INTERVENTION COMMITTEE HAD COMPLETED ITS CONTROL PLAN, WHICH WOULD SHORTLY COME INTO EFFECT. HE COULD NOT SAY EXACTLY WHEN, HOWEVER.
has reached 123, în addition to 200 FORTY-HOUR WEEK
wounded.
INSURGENT REPORTS ******
A communique issued in · Sala÷ manca states that the insurgents advanced three miles on the Biscay front yesterday.
The Government, it is claimed, counter-attacked with Russian
IN TEXTILE INDUSTRY
Japanese Employers
Opposed
Washington, To-day.
tanks but was completely defeated and suffered severe losses, includland and Canada supported the pro- The delegates of Belgium, Po- ing 400 prisoners-Reuter.
British Rescue Work
London, To-day.
posal for 40-hour week for the textile industry at yesterday sea- sion of the International World Textile Conferenc
that the urged that
The spokesman of the Japanese employers, however, Information on further humani- Japanese Government tarian work in which British re- it was more important to lower presentatives in Spain and His Ma- textile prices and tariff barriers, jesty's ships have participated in which would aid in raising the pur- recent weeks, was given in
the House of Commons in an answer
chasing power and the low income of workers.—Reuter... by the Foreign Secretary.
He said that 450 children had
AS REGARDS WITHDRAWAL OF FOREIGN VOLUNTEERS IN SPAIN, HE WAS UNABLE TO MAKE ANY PRONOUNCE been evacuated to Saint Jean deftinuing their efforts to effect ex- MENT, THOUGH HE WAS ABLE TO NOTE WITH GREAT SAT-Luz from Bilbao by two British changes of individual political pri- ISFACTION THAT OF LATE NO REPORTS HAD BEEN RE- destroyers and the Spanish Govern-soners. British Wireless. CEIVED OF THE LANDING OF FURTHER FOREIGN VOLUN- ment had conveyed to His Majesty's TEERS.
an
representative at Valencia their thanks for this action.
Since the outbreak of the war, as
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FIRST STAGE COMPLETED
London, To-day.
Replying to
opposition | respondents now have to make a
In reply to a number of questions question as to whether both declaration of this kind before be- result of untiring activities of His in the House of Commons on Spain sides in Spain had been approaching allowed passports for Spain-Majesty's diplomatic and consular and non-intervention, the Foreign ed regarding withdrawal of Bri- Trans-Ocean.
tish volunteers in Spain, Mr. Eden said the question was far too complicated to be answered immediately.
.... He later said he had no informa- tion about the use of poison gas in the civil war.
Algeciras Heavily Bombed
any
representatives, His Majesty's ships Secretary said that the Internation had evacuated about 17,000 Spanish al Board which was in charge of other foreign nationals from ports the scheme of observation had now on the North coast of Spain alone. completed the first stage of its This evacuation had been con- arrangements for establishment of ducted on a basis of strict impar- the scheme and the first groups London, To-day. tiality regardless of political or of officials had already left for their Spanish Government planes other views held by those evacuat-posts. bombed Algeciras yesterday morn-ed.
He was not in a position at ing and the explosions were seen- Three hundred refugees, mostly present to give the House in Gibraltar.
from the Chilean Embassy at Mad-fresh information as to considera- According to the Spanish press rid, were evacuated from Valencia tion by the non-intervention com- agency, the planes, after bombing to Marseilles in His Majesty's hos-mittee of the question of evacua- munition dumps, flew along the pital ship Maine on March 30. tion of foreign nationals from coast and rained bombs on a new
Following the efforts of His Ma- Spain, but as had previously been insurgent armaments factory near jesty's Ambassador at Hendaye and stated, His Majesty's Government Algeciras.
the British Consul at Santander, attached great importance to the It is announced that the death-hostages held in the prison ship Al- progress being made with this pro-. roll as a result of the recent bomb-fonso Periz at Santander had been [blem álso. He added that newspaper coring of Jaen by insurgent aircraft removed to more suitable quarters No reports had recently been re-
Asked why the Foreign Of- fice had prevented Mr. William Gallacher, the Communist member for West Fife, from visiting Spain, Mr. Eden said that Mr. Gallacher had refused ́to sign a document promising to refrain from interfering with the domestic affairs of that country during his so- journ there.
on land.
ceived of the landing of any for- His Majesty's representatives at eign troops in Spain-British Wire- Hendaye and Valencia were con- less..
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