HAVOC AT ALMERIA
8000 HOMELESS
PROCEEDINGS AGAINST
GERMANY
LONDON, June 6. The special correspondent of the "Daily Telegraph" spent two days examining the ruins of Almena. He reveals that dreadful havoc was caused by the bombardment by the German battleship Admiral Scheer. At least 8000 are homeless. Damage to property is estimated at £200,000. Whole streets were gutted. Every evening the panic-stricken population, carrying blankets and pillows, goes to the hills, returning at daybreak. Even the wounded insist on joining the sad trek. The British Consulate was among the many buildings wrecked. Luckily, the Consul was staying in the country. The Minister of Defence, Serior Prieto, in an interview, stated: "If the bombing of open towns is continued i the Government will be obliged to meet terror with terror. If rebel frightfulness persists there will be no alternative." A message from Valencia says that the Foreign Minister, Senor Jose Giral, announced that the Government intends to proceed juridically against the Germans for the destruction of Almeria, possibly before the International Court at The Hague. i
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Evening Post, Volume CXXIII, Issue 133, 7 June 1937, Page 9
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175HAVOC AT ALMERIA Evening Post, Volume CXXIII, Issue 133, 7 June 1937, Page 9
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