THE CHINA MAIL, JUNE 28, 1937.
NEW FRANCO DRIVE ON MADRID Foreshadowed As Sequel To Collapse Of Bilbao
PREPARATIONS IN PROGRESS FOR SMASH ATTACK
Salamanca, To-day.
Moslem Riot
BARCELONA
In Kashmir ANARCHY
Srinagar (Kashmir), To-day. One was killed and one serious- ly injured in a Moslem riot here yesterday when the police open- ed fire on the mob.
The rioters indulged in stone-
Reuter.
Following the fall of Bilbao, General Franco is turning his attentions to Madrid again, and the throwing, injuring 73. police. Republicans on this front will shortly have to face a drive greater in intensity than the unsuccessful onslaught of last year, which was held up by the International Brigade.
the Valencia
Objective of the insurgent troops, declare re-
bel headquarters here, will be possession of the Approves
roads leading from Madrid to Valencia and from
Madrid to Alcaraz, thus cutting off the capital from
the rest of Republican Spain.
The roads in question are al- ready claimed to be under insur- gent artillery fire and on Satur- day were bombed from the air, thus seriously inconveniencing traffic to the capital in supplies and muni- tions.
SANTANDER REFUGEES
A number
Safety Zone
London, Yesterday.
The Valencia Government is prepared to recognise safety London, To-day. zones for control warships, as of British steamers has been done by the insurgent have arrived in Santander to ef- authorities.
evacuation of refugees This announcement was con- fect the from the port, the next objective of tained in a Note handed by the Valencia Ambassador in London Indicative of another drive in the the insurgent armies.
Numbers of civilians are said to to the Foreign Office yesterday Escorial and Guadalajara sectors
have already been taken off.
in reply to the British Govern- is the fact that insurgent patrols The captains of the steamers are ment's enquiry regarding the are already on the move, capturing several important strategical posi-ities to ensure evacuation being ef- control:
in constant touch with the author-safety of vessels tions after light- skirmishes.
fected in an orderly
Insurgent headquarters declare Trans-Ocean. that a concentric and simultaneous attack will be made on Madrid from three directions, north-east, north- west and south.
manner.
VALENCIA BULLETIN War Must
su-
In Valencia, a war bulletin says that the International Brigáde at- tacked the insurgents in the burbs of Madrid yesterday, while fighting also took place near the French Bridge. ·
The loyalists claim to have in- fllcted heavy losses on the enemy on the Guadalajara front, where a rebel cavalry squadron was al- most completely cut to pieces.
REPUBLICAN SUCCESS
In the North of Spain, Republican forces have occupied Puertos Pinos, Casa Miores and La Cristad Rosa- peros, the rebels leaving 40 dead on the battlefield and losing large num- ber of prisoners.”
Be Won
SENOR COMPANYS
APPEAL
Barcelona, To-day.
President Companys broadcast
engaged in
Valencia, says the Note, will recognise the safety zones es- tablished by the insurgents.
At the same time, however, Valencia demands guarantees. that control vessels will not participate in attacks on Res publican harbours, ships or aeroplanes. Trans-Ocean.
VALENCIA'S NOTE
London, To-day. The Valencia Government has last answered the query of British Government rega ding guarantees of safety of ship engaged in sea control
In its answer,
the
OUTBREAKS
Paris, Yesterday.
The fight between the Anarchists and the Govern- ment for control of Barce-
·lona is still continuing, ac- cording to reports from insurgent headquarters Salamanca.
Many arrests have been made in both camps at the instigation of the commissioner of police ap pcinted by Valencia.
Anarchist outbreaks have re cently occurred at Farrass and Sabadella but were suppressed.
It is said that a reign of ter- ror««prevails» in ^many-parta Catalumia-
ought
100 SHOT
have Many citizens safety in flight, though 100% are reported to have been captured and shot.
Further rumours are current about the impending resignation of Senor Companys, the Catalan President, who is believed to be in favour of the appointment of the former Anarchist Premier, Senor Garcia Oliva, as his successor. Trans-Ocean...:
VALENCIA ALLEGES HUGE
Valencia ITALIAN
REINFORCEMENT
control Powers
a statement on the policy and Government expresses surprise that aims of the new Catalan Govern-only the four sea ment last night.
He said:
ask for guarantees of safety and not the entire non-intervention
The Valencia Government then rejects the London proposals and finally again protests against that passage in the Britsh Note in which ference is made to guarantees required "from the two tending parties.”
"The slogan of this Government committee. literally runs-general mobilisa- tion, erection of fortresses, in- tensification of production. “We must learn to observe dis- cipline, to hold fewer demonstra- The Santander front was fairly tions and speeches, and stir up quiet, while on the Biscayar front activity in the pursuit of the dis the insurgents continue to press on guised Fascism that leads to
the Santander border, artillery simism and indifference." and aeroplanes being much in evi- `dênce.~Trans-Ocean; się
to
re-
con-
LONDON, TO-DAY.
A FORCE OF 15,000 – ITA- LIANS, LANDED AT MALAGA AND CADIZ IN THE MIDDLE OE MAY, SAYS A STATEMENT ISSUED BY THE EMBASSY OF THE SPANISH GOVERNMENT HERE YESTERDAY.
The Statement adds that 8,000 In London political circles the answer from Valencia is regarded more Italian troops are on the way WAR MUST-BE WON
as having only "informatory value, to Spain.
Two Italian officers who partici- Now, as in the past, he declared, and it is pointed out that the con- one union of all Republicans would tents long ago became purposeless pated in the Abyssinian campaign have to be formed on a definite since after the failure of the four- have been attached to - General A communique issued in Sala-basis of combatting all branches of Power deliberations; Germany and Franco's Staff for some time, con- manca⠀⠀ (says a Bayonne message) political and trades union opinion.Italy, have withdrawn; their ships cluded the statement Trans-Ocean.
The whole programme of the new from the sea control.-Trans-Ocean,
REBEL CLAIMS
London, To-day.
claims that the whole of the mine-
fields in the Province of Biscay are meent could be summed up in now in the hands of the insurgent be won."
the expression "The war must
The communique adds that the
The highest responsibility be- fighting in the Basque Provinces has developed into guerilla warfare and longed to the Valencia Government there appears to be little co-ordina- but Catalonia must throw. all its forces Into the war and hasten ulti- tion or aggressive resistance on the
mate victor
na-Ocean, part of the Asturians and Basques.
An official statement from Burgos says that following the fall of Bil-
the rgents now rule over The RNES "Empress of Canadą” 14,000,000 inhabitants of Spain, leaves Shanghai on June 30 for
mpared
ith the population of Hong Kong and Manila. She is due 7,967,000 cont by the Govern- at this port on July 2 and sails for
Manila the same day.
bao th
TURN FOR THE BETTER
Italian View Of Spain Situation
Rome, To-day. The Spanish situation has taken
The R.M.S.Emot
Empress
Asia
arrived at Shanghai, on June 27. 2.00 p.m. and leaves Shanghai the game _evening at 11.00 for Nagasaki and ports
be that conversations to find a solo- tion, from which Italy and German" are not absent,
ady takin place.
Italy andy, says the jour, nal, while determined to a turn for the better, in the opinion their inte ests, are doing all of Italian observera.
can to ““Gazzettâ de Popolo” says it may tlon—
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