THE CHINA MAIL, JULY 5, 1987. -
LITTLE HOPE OF COMPROMISE French Frontier Will Not Be Closed If Naval
Control Plan Fails
GERMANY STATES HER POSITION
Berlin, To-day.
Germany is not likely to put forward any new proposals in the non-intervention crisis, though the German Ambassador in London, Herr Joachim von
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Ribbentrop, is expected to again explain Ger-
many's attitude.
Germany, state official quarters, has not the slightest intention of modifying her demands in regard to Spain.
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That the Reich is not contem.... the critical situation in Spain to the plating taking further steps for French Government leaders and the moment is borne out by the appealed for material assistance. fact of Herr Hitler's departure "L'Oeuvre" states that both min- from Berlin on Saturday. It is isters returned to Valencia highly stated the Chancellor will re- satisfied with the outcome of their in Paris. Trans- main in the country for some conferences
Ocean. considerable time.
It is insisted upon here, in view
of the accusations in the
press, that the proposal of Italy SYRIA'S DAY OF
both
and Germany with respect to grant- ing belligerent rights to Spanish parties was designed first and foremost to save the non-in- tervention policy from the threa- tened collapse and to localise
Trans-Ocean. Spanish conflict.
Britain Supported
PARIS, TO-DAY.
the
NATIONAL
MOURNING
Damascus, To-day.. The whole of Syria obeyed the call to make Saturday a day of national mourning over the defeat Jin the Sandjak negotiations.
MRS. MOODY'S- BRITAIN
HUSBAND
BADLY HURT
San Francisco, To-day. Mr. F. S. Moody, husband of the American tennis player, Helen Wills Moody, was critically injur- ́ed in the head when his car crash-
ed over a bridge at Santa Cruzcal, yesterday.Renter,
Franco On Foreign Aid In Future
Salamanca, To-day.
“General Franco would not be opposed to withdrawal of foreign volunteers from Spain in the near
REITERATES
WARNING
London, To-day. "Britain is fully deter- mined to protect the ter- ritorial integrity Spain,"
of declared the Foreign Secretary, Mr. Anthony Eden, in an im- portant speech made at Coughton Court, War- wickshire, on Saturday.
Prior to the outbreak of the future.”
Spanish civil war, Mr. Eden stat- This statement appears in yes-ed, the absence of any centralis. terday's issue of the insurgent ed control of Spain had been newspaper "El Diario.
matter of anxiety for many im- The time has come," continues partial and well-meaning foreign the journal, "when we no longer observers. want war volunteers, but peace volunteers.
"Spain must begin to think of consolidation of her economic relations with other countries · and... ·· opportunities will be given to foreign coun- tries to participate in the economic rehabilitation Spain.
FOREIGN AID
There had been intervention be- fore the war started not on one side alone nor had this interven- tion been restricted to the period to the outbreak of hostilities.
Mr. Eden was emphatic in assert- ing that Britain was fully intent on preserving the territorial integrity of Spain and remarked that both parties in the civil war had sought Britain's help in this respect.
"Neither arms nor officers, nei-
"Nationalist Spain, however, will not welcome the participation in this economic development of Na-ther aircraft nor ammunition, have It had been intended to call ations favouring the enemy.
left England for Spain, nor has a HERE THAT THE FOREIGN|general strike but this did not "The Spain of General Franco ingle volunteer left for Spain since MINISTER, M. YVON DELBOS, materialise.
will not commit the mistakes of the the bar on intervention came into HAS RECEIVED: REPLIES Instead, street and
house-to-Caballero and Negrin Governments effect."
IT IS RELIABLY STATED
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FROM TWENTY COUNTRIES house collections were made for but will afford foreign interests Turning to British efforts to help REGARDING SUPPORT OF raising funds for a "national bloc." every opportunity to develop the refugees, he said that British as- THE ANGLO-FRENCH PRO Trans-Ocean.
country.”—Trans-Ocean.
sistance had been equally given to POSALS ON SPAIN.
both sides.
Those willing to back up Britain and France included the Scandina- vian countries, the Baltic States, the Little Entente (Yugo-Slavia, Czecho-Slovakia and Rumania), the Netherlands and Belgiumr
It is also learned that the French Government emphatically declines to maintain the land control along the Franco-Spanish frontier in the event of collapse of the naval control sys- tem, and that it also definitely re- fuses to grant belligerent rights to the Spanish parties.
On the other hand, France is prepared to make every concession in the question of withdrawal of volunteers.-Trans-Ocean.
PARIS CONTACT WITH VALENCIA
Sensational Reports
In French Papers
Paris, Today. Sensational reports appearing in the Paris newspapers allege that the Valencia Government Premier, Senor Juan Negrin, and the Foreign Minister, Senor Jose Giral, spent several days in the French capital last week.
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The Spanish statesmen, it is re- ported, held important conferences with the · French Premier, Camille Chautemps, and the Minister, M. Yvon Delbos. Foreign
"Le Jour asserts that the visit ing statesmen drew a picture
Arriving at Southampton
il of the fuť
child refurrees from
as-day arrived at sacampmant has been
and temp rovide them a haven.
Mr. Eden revealed that during the last weeks, negotiations had been opened between representatives of Salamanca and Valencia for evacuation of a large number of the population of Madrid.
Recalling his statement in Athe House of Commons on the import- ance of the Mediterranean to Bri-
tain, Mr. Eden said that we Bri-
tish interests were at stake in or around Spain, Britain could not be |disinterested:
Finally, he affirmed Britain's pre- paredness to co-operate in
in carrying out any fair and just measu
measures to prevent the Spanish conflict becom ing a European one, and stressed the importance of Anglo-French friendship, which could not easily be interrupted-Trans-Ocean,
Tense Situation In N. China
Peiping, To-day
the present tense situa- Ing and Tientsin,” Mr. chung Mayor of Tier
MY Tsun Tak-shun, elping, yesterday after- noon to discuss co-operation of the two municipalities. Our Own
Correspondent.
The P. and O. s.s. “Alipore” Moji for this port on the 3rd instant and is due here on the 8th instant at about 6 p.m.
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