SPANISH WARNING
"Keep Clear of Rebel Ports" (Received 31, 1.30 p.m.) . VALENCIA, May 30. The German Admiral von Feschel, eommanding the German fleet in the Mediterranean, wirelessed the Spanish Government, asking for% the cessation of aeroplane flights as if intending attack on German warships which were acting in eompliance with their duties of control, and warning the Government that in the event of a recnrrence, corresponding counter-measures would be taken. Senor Prieto, the Spanish Minister of Defence, replied denying that planes made aggressive flights, adding: "Warships oecupied in control duties will bo perfectly safe if they stay at the diatance fixed by the Non-Intervention Committee, but this guarantee cannot l be offered if ships anehor imprudently :
or without justification in zones and ports which are notorious centres of rebel activity against which the Spanish Government will not restrain action. "
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Hawke's Bay Herald-Tribune, Issue 114, 31 May 1937, Page 7
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