THE WAR IN SPAIN.

Ashburton Guardian, Volume 57, Issue 247, 30 July 1937, Page 5

THE WAR IN SPAIN.

WESTERN FIGHTING SUSPENDED. SUCCOUR FOR THE WOUNDED. (United Press Association— Copyright., (Received This Day, 9.5 a.m.) MADRID, July 29. There is a complete cessation of fighting on the western front. Stretcher-bearers on both sides, accompanied by doctors and nurses, are moving unmolested over fihe battlefields, identifying hundreds of dead, and collecting the wounded. Many wounded men died before the medical men arrived. Their bodies were piled up and burnt. The main fighting in Spain is now on the Cordoba front, where General Franco is attacking. DEATH SENTENCE ON FRENCHMAN. FRANCO’S AMAZING ALLEGATION (Received This Day, 9.5 a.m.) PARIS, July 29. International repercussions are expected as a result of the Spanish insurgents sentencing to death two Frenchmen. According to the newspaper “Le Jour,’” the Frenchmen were allegedly found in a frontier village carrying tubes of typhoid germs, and are reported to have confessed that they each received 100,000 francs to scatter the germs behind the insurgent lines. General Franco is reported to have delayed the executions pending the establishment of an international tribunal to consider the case. SPANISH ATTITUDE TO PLAN. REGARDED AS INADEQUATE. (Received This Day, 9.5 a.m.) VALENCIA, July 29. The Foreign Minister (Senor Giral) ,’told the foreign journalists that the Valencia Government supported the tvithdrawal of foreign volunteers, hut the present British plan was inadeqiiate as it only provided for the withdrawal of combatants who were the subjects of Governments adhering to the NonIntervention Pact. The Sultan of Morocco has not signed the pact, but the Moors ought to be considered nonSpanish combatants. He vigorously protested against granting the insurgents belligerent rights, and declared that such a step w'ould be entirely unacceptable to the Spanish Government.

THE BRITISH QUESTIONAIRE. REPLIES BY THE POWERS. (Received This Day, 10.15 a.m.) LONDON, July 29. The PoAvers’ replies to the British questionaire regarding the Spanish-non-intervention proposals arc coming in well. It is understood that Italy a"nd Germany AA’ill accept the proposals, except the suggestion that belligerent rights be not granted until volunteers are substantially AvitlidraAvn. The Russian reply accepts the majority of the proposals, but insists on the Avitlulrawal of Moroccan troops and opposes for the present the granting of 'belligerent rights.