THE HONGKONG TelegrapiI, WEDNESDAY, OCTOBER 14, 1986
Their
Pen Pictures from the Northern Spanish Front, where the Asturian miners are stubbornly resisting
the Rebels.
'N the first two weeks of the war the big six-inch gun which Major Juan Ayzn, the Commander of the Asturian forces, insisted on showing mc, was the only plece of heavy artilery of the beslegers all round Oviedo,
It was found in the State gun factory of Trubla, but without the The essential part-the breech. general manager of the factory and several. engineers were Fasciato and all in the plot. On the eve of the rising they collected all breeches in the workshops, loaded them on a lorry and took them to the artillery barracks of the rebels in Oviedo,
MEANWHILE,
mort of 1709 workers had volunteered in the militia. They all wanted to nght in the front line.. It was difficult to persuade them that they were more needed in the factory.
After several days the work was reorganised. With the assistance of a few loyal engineors new breeches were provided. This six- Inch gun was the first big one to be completed, and many others fol- lowed. Major Ayza told me the story of how he becume thr military commander of the Astu- ran culumn.
He was just spending bis summer holiday with friends in Oviedo when the rising broke out. As a former A.D.C. to Preal- dent Azana he 'was cer- tain to be arrested as a hostage by the rebels.
He left the town by night and slipped through the sentries. On his night trip through the mountains he met two men who both be-. longed to the Spanish moblic guard of Oviedo, These men were the only two out of a battalion of 300 win did not belleve their officers' tale of A
Liberty is
at Stake
by VICTOR SCHIFF
were the frearms that only a minority of the volunteers could bo sent to the front. Rifles and machine guns had to be captured from the rebels in San Sebastian and other places in the North belare the actual alege of Oviedo could begin,
The devotion of the Asturian miners to their leaders and their spirit of unity in these crucial daya La an admirable example of politi- eal loyalty and intelligence.
In the weeks before the Fnackt revolt things looked black within the workers' movements. Senor Peña and Benor Toma, the herole leaders of the desperate struggie of the Asturlan miners in 1034, now belonged to the so-called "moderate wing of the Socialist Party and in. open confilet with the revolutionary" wing led by Senor Caballero in Madrid
As a result of this quarrel a split seemed unavoidable Communists and Anarchists were gaining ground iri the Asturina.
Before the Fascist danger all rival. Ramon ries were forgotten overnight. Conzales Pefin and Belarmina Toma are recoguised and obeyed by all an the lenders of the Asturian movement,
My interviet of twenty minutes with these two men at their headquarters
in the Town Hall of Sama.di Langreo was interrupted three times by urgent telephone calls from various parts of the front.
Commanders of several sections of the besleging forces, having heard news of the downfall of the Bimancas barracks In allon, anxiously requested a share in the booty of machine-guns and rifles.
"If we could only arm one-third of the men who are willing to fight in the militia, this war would soon be over." Senor Peña naid to me with a sigh.
He asked me to convey his per- sonal greetings to Kir. Ebby Ed- wards and his British miner friends. I seized the opportunity and asked him for a written mes- sage to the workers of Great Britain,
A translation of it is given on this page.
THE long strip in the North which has remained loyal to the Republican Government of Madrid includes some of the rich- est provinces and towns of Spain.
Having the opportunity to get into touch with the English workers, especially with the miners of Great Britain, 1 convey to them from the battle-front my heartiest greetings and the fervent wish that we shall not be abandoned in this cruel struggle against Fascism and for the defence of Democracy. RAMON GONZALES PEÑA
(Secretary-General of the Spanish miners)
Bolshevik rising. who suspected
foul play against the Republic, and
who decided to "desert
the defendera of ilberty.
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and join
LL three arrived at Sama di Langreo, the heart of the col- llery district, where the miners were gathering to form similitia. Major Aysa called at the Town Hall. Where Ramon Gonzales Peña and Belarmino Toma, the heroes of Octo- ̄der, 1934, were organising the troops.
You are the man we need just now," sald Benor Peña to him. "You have now full powers for organising the column and directing military opera- tions,"
After a few days the blockade of Oviedo was complete. But sO SEATER
Ramon Gonzales Peña
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The rebel generals claim to rule over more Span- than Ish square miles
But the Government. the deserts of Aragon, Castille and Estramn- dura cannot be com- pared with these wealthy provinces in the North- not to speak of Madrid, Valencia, . Burculona. What is Spain without Santander, Bilbao, Gijon and San Sebastian?
Now this long strip. reasonably broad in the Asturias, becomes nar- rawer and narrower eastwards, It is well protected in the South by high mountains, and may be defended for months, I not for years, against the rebels' army. But at its extremity-
In the last 15 mller between San Seba
And the French frontier-Its width is finally less than thren miles. The railway line and the main road are within the range of Parcist rifles. at some places not much more than half a mile from the peaks occupied by the rebels. Irun, at the end, is now bombed and shelled every day.
THE Fascists will spare no effort to cut off the Republican North from the rest of the world. But so far the Conslaught has been repulsed.
And tribute must be paid in the few thousands of volunteers who have vic- toriously resisted the terrible pressure by a well-trained army of mercenaries including Moroccans and Foreign Legionaries-from the Bouth, and by some of the most modern units of the
Your
NAME
MARIE
Quiet water be- sieath overhanging trees.
Symbol: THIS name expresses strength in adversty, deep feelings hidden under a calm exterior - refining influence.
Saturday is your lucky day if your name is Marle, and the hours of 4 p.m. and 8 p.m. bring you the greatest fortune. The 17th day of the month is the luckiest for all important affairs. Lapis lazuli is the unusual gem that suits you; it dispels melan- choly and attracts good fortune. The darker shades of green and rich brown are the best for your colour schemes.
The camelia is your flower, and the number eight brites you luck.
SALESMAN SAM
Above: Six-inch gun of the militia besinging Oviedo, Right: Defendors of
Irun-Liout. Blanco, Capt. Manachom, Senor Sanz, ond Capt. Podro Santillan
Spanish navy from the sea on the North.
Among the heroes whom I was glad to meet and to congratulate when I visited the Fort of Guada- lupe, the last and indomitable stronghold between the Allantie and the estuary of the Bidasos, was Cap- Lain Pedro Santillan. He smiles at the twelve-inch shells of the E-pann.
Benor Sanz, the Chairman of the Peoples' Front of Irun, is always where the danger is worst,
Others with whom I talked were fer- geant Blanco, promoted lieutenant of the militin army after his determined action with a handful of loyal soldiers compelled the rebel zoldlers of Ban Se bnation to surrender, and young French Reserve-Lleuteungt Jack Manorhem- now promoted Captain of the MBU- who transformed the hill of San. Mar. tal. Irun's Inst defener Thue, into an klmost imprezanble fortress, and who 13 now going the game with the section
of Urienta, south of San Sebas- unn.
I had forwarded a letter Jack Manachem wrote to his father, a shirt-maker, of Clermont-Ferrand. The elder Manachem called at my hotel Hendaye, a few days Inter **I must bring my boy back to France," he said. "He is my only son. 11 mother is seriously lil and does not even know that he has volunteered.”
ATHRI and son met at frun. The father wept and besought. The con comforted him, but refused flatly to abandon his new contrades. The father's supreme argument was, “But Its not even your country!! And young Jar: Manachem had only thin answer, sublime in its simplicity: Wherever Iberty is at stake—that is my country,"
Make your FLOWERS
Maxt housewives like tu Arc flowers in their homes, but unless they have a garden at their disposal the costs of renewing them Cut- tinually is likely to momcut up alarmingly in the weekly bills.
Last Longer
Use a sharp knife for cutling- selssors are Ilable to bruise the cell stems and make a slanting cut, so
Here are a few hints for pre- that the cut stalks never rest flat on serving them which will prolong the bottom of the vase. their life for days.
Flowers that have travelled some distance, and are already beginning fo wilt, will revive if the lower part of their stems is plunged in very hot water, When they are arranged in
FIRST of all, flowers should water later, this part that has been be put in water as soon so immersed should be cut away.
FIRST
as possible after they are cut.
If they are bought ones the string
round the flowers should be cut at All flowers should be rearranged once, and they should be immersed every day, their stalks recut, and for the time being almost up to their
any dead blossoms removed, as these heads in tepid water. Never put tend to all the others. The vases them head under in water. This not should be washed out and refilled only spoils the appearance of the
with fresh water. Rain water is petals, but causes them to droop and better than water from a top, and drop away almost at once.
in cold weather it should be warm- ed. A little aspirin or pinch of com-
When arranging them in vases, cut the stems under water. The mon salt is excellent for keeping
flowers fresh. object of cutting is to make surc
that the ends of the stems are not "People fortunate enough to be able |shrivelled and scaled up so that they to gather flowers from their own cannot absorb water, and if they are gardens should pick them in the cut under water it will prevent air carly morning. In this way their bubble getting into the stem and freshness and colour will last much blocking up the water supply. longer.
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-10-The-beauty-of-this-is-thut-if-not found at first it will ho at last. 11 A pleasant finish.
12 Really more your job than mine,
this, dear solver.
13 An interesting announcement,
seemingly for the nymph,
14 There's a certain note in Bach that has a special appeal at holiday times.
10 Pretty awful though strictly
Icgel.
18 Feeling Ane? Well, give the
game away.
20 Lock up, apparently in rotation. 22 One of the famous "Soldiers of
the Queen."
24 An article about the exact posi-
tion required.
47 Necessities to everyone. 20 An old English date.
30 A sheltered London S.E suburb. 31 Mountain-none more so. 32 Anxiety docs to the brow, 33 What Noah's Ark was while
being built.
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depth, you'll find,
3 A girl of colour,
4 Eating (anag)
Fevered.
G Plant.
Hunters call here.
One mad priest rules over this In essentials.
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14 Describes a tactless speaker who
is not at all keen.
15 Much turns on "the former
Dean's aspiration.
17 This man is everybody's enemy. 19 It certainly sounds a good win-
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21 The girl who takes 24 as wrong. 23 Seene of several land speed re-
corda,
23 Stopped with a couple of young
fellows.
23 Sorrowful.
28 Fish that is in bad odour, it
acetris.
29 Russion distance reversed.
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