rage
THE CHINA MAIL, APRIL 23, 1937.
INCESSANT BOMBARDMENT OF MADRID BY REBEL ARTILLERY
NO USE OF GAS IN CIVIL WAR
BUT BURGOS DOES NOT GIVEN ANY ASSURANCE
London, To-day.
A little while ago the British Government addressed a Note both to the Spanish Government and to the Insurgent authorities at Sala- manca, pointing out the deplorable effect which the use of poison gas by either side in the Spanish Civil War would have on the outside
world and the political damage which the offending party would bring upon itself by such use of gas.
The Note expressed a desire, in order to allay possible fears, that assurances should be received from both parties that they would have resort to poison gas.
General Mola, who is directing the insurgent campaign against Bilbao on the Basque front.
not BRITISH SHIPS
A reply has now been received MOVE OUT TO RUN
from Valencia disclaiming any in-
tention on the part of that govern- BLOCKADE
ment to use gas.
Rain Of Death And
Destruction
Madrid, To-day.
The relentless rain of shells from insurgent batteries continues to strike terror into the hearts of the population of Madrid, the day-after-day bombardment being evidently designed to under- mine the morale of the civilians in the besieged capital.
HEAVY ARTILLERY OPENED UP AGAIN IN THE EARLY HOURS OF YESTERDAY MORNING AND FOR TWO AND A HALF HOURS THE DEADLY MISSILES WERE HURLED INTO ALL PARTS OF THE CITY.
THE CASUALTIES DURING THE LAST TWO DAYS OF BOMBARDMENT HAVE NOW BEEN BROUGHT UP TO 50 KILL- ED AND 150 WOUNDED.
A NEW INSURGENT BATTERY ESPECIALLY CREATED GREAT HAVOC, AND THE STREETS ARE FULL OF DEBRIS AND BROKEN GLASS. IT IS ESTIMATED THAT 300 SHELLS FELL IN YESTERDAY'S BOMBARDMENT.
The rebels, by laying down afing exchange of prisoners, reminis heavy barrage, are believed to cent of Great War days.
be attempting to relieve pressure The French torpedo-boat Aisne
No reply has yet been received Odyssey Sails From St. on the rebels who are surround-arrived in the afternoon from Bil-
from the insurgents.
Jean de Luz
ed in the University City sector.bao with a German airman named It will be recalled that in a Com-
It is reported that an entire com-Friedrich on board. mons answer on March 25, Lord
pany of 175 insurgents, including Friedrich had volunteered for ser- Cranborne said His Majesty's Gov-
St. Jean de Luz, To-day.
non-commissioned officers, deserted vice with General Franco's forces ernment had no reason to suppose
The British steamers Stan-to the Government lines in the land had been captured by the Bas- that either side in the civil war in-
ques. tended to resort to the use of poi-brook, McGregor and Hamsterley Pozoblanco sector of the Cordoba
left St. Jean de Luz in proces-front.
Yesterday he was exchanged for sonous gases for military purposes.
sion bound for Bilbao and the It is stated 'the insurgents kill a French airman, Captain Pelletier, -British Wireless.
running of the insurgent block-led their officers before deserting.who had been captured while serv-
ing with the Valencia forces. Trans-Ocean.
SPAIN BLOCKADE ade yesterday.
SITUATION
Twinkling fights in the night between the battle-cruiser H.M.S. Hood and other warships outside the harbour, showed that the Navy
Government's Advice To was aware of, the beginning of the
Ship-Owners
triple Odyssey.
Earlier in the day three pilots had arrived by air from Bilbao to guide the blockade runners into the be- sieged port.-Reuter.
Reuter.
BUILDINGS WRECKED
Madrid, To-day. Chief sufferers in yesterday's terrific bombardment of the capital
were the buildings of the War Minis- try and the Bank of Spain, which were hit repeatedly.
The Basque batteries were active yesterday afternoon, two armed trawlers being driven off. In As- turia twenty batteries carried out a heavy bombardment of the
London, To-day. ' Instructions which have been is- sued by the United Kingdom Gov-
Trans-Ocean adds that the cap- ernment to British ship-owners retains of the three blockade runners garding ships going to Bilbao are
requested the control committee to to the effect that from the sources issue them with certificates attest-surgent lines. of information at its disposal, the ing that the ships were not carry- Government is not in a position to ing war material of any kind. advise ship-owners that their ships are able to enter the port of Bilbao.
COLONEL BECK IN Regarding other ports such as Santander and Gijon, the Govern-
BUCHAREST ment has advised ship-owners that there is a certain degree of risk and as that risk varies from day to day they cannot give any long term advice.
in-.
Mine-Laying Warning Mere Bluff
was
London, Tó-day, Considerable prominence given in yesterday's evening papers to General Franco's announcement that he was mining all Spanish Re- publican ports.
The papers consider the an- nouncement to be "mere bluff."
CERRO BLANCO TAKEN
Speaking in the House of Com- Republican militia have occupied mons yesterday, Sir Samuel Hoare, Cerro Blanco and are now only five the First Lord, said British war- miles from the key point of Helmatz. ships had. never seen Basque In Aragon, Republican planes coastal batteries in action. Trans- bombed the city of Huesca and the Ocean. Bucharest, To-day. railway station at Valladolid, where The Polish Foreign Minister, Co-about 30 trucks were destroyed. One lonel Joseph Beck, accompanied by of the raiders was shot down. his wife, arrived here yesterday Trans-Ocean.
In any event, His Majesty's ships afternoon. will afford protection on the high The visiting statesman was met seas, as already announced, if call-at the station by a large party of ed upon. British Wireless.
Rumanian Government officials head- ed by the Foreign Minister, Antonescu.-Trans-Ocean.
REPUBLICAN
SHIP SUNK
Bombed Off Coast Of
Cartagena
Salamanca, To-day.
M.
EXCHANGE OF PRISONERS
St. Jean de Luz, To-day. This French holiday resort was the scene yesterday of an interest-
INTERNATIONAL COMMITTEE FOR
NON-INTERVENTION, LIMITED
EGYPTIAN TROOPS FOR SUDAN
Two Battalions Move In For Training
Cairo, To-day. Two battalions of Egyptian troops will leave shortly for the Sudan, where they will undergo training.
This is the upshot of negotiations between General Khairy of the Egyptian Army, and the Governor of the Sudan on the basis of the Anglo-Egyptian Treaty,
Further Egyptian troops will be transferred to the Sudan as soon as barrack accommodation is avail- able. Trans-Ocean.
London, To-day. ed desirable to give the committee There was an amusing interlude the status of a limited company in Two Republican merchant ships, to the Spanish imbroglio yesterday order to enable salaries to be paid Linea Puereo and Miramar, were when the non-intervention commit- to its staff. bombed by insurgent planes off tee was formally registered ás a The new "limited company" will the coast of Carthegena yesterday, limited company at the Board of have merely nominal capital and says a radio message from Cordova, Trade as the "International Com- no shares will be issued.
One of the vessels is said to have mittee for Non-Intervention in Delegates of the, various nations
Mr. R. Roxhugh, Mr. and Mrs. J. been sunk after several direct hits Spain, Limited."
represented on the staff of the com- had been registered while the The registration has been made mittee have been given the assur-Webb and Mr. S. D. Begg arrived other vessel ran aground. Trans- from purely formal juristic con-ance that their liabilities will not ex- this morning in the R.M.S. Empress Ocean
Isiderations, since it was consider ceed the sum of £2-Trans-Ocean. lof Asia.
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