INSURGENT SUCCESS.
USEFUL PART CAPTURED. LONDON, July 1. A message from Hendaye states that the rebels have captured the important iron exporting port of Castro Urdiales.
SPANISH REFUGEES
TRANSIT THROUGH FRANCE
(British Official Wireless.) Received July 2, 11.55 a.m. RUGRY, July 1
In a statement in the House of Commons at question time, Viscount Cranbourno said that the French Government was prepared .to allow the Habana to convey women and children and refugees of a non-military age from Santander to Bordeaux provided it was clearly established, that these refugees were proceeding in transit through France to other parts of Spain. The British naval authorities would provide naval protection for the Habana on both the outward and return trips. Viscount Cranbourne added that he understood that the possibility of the Fiench Government being prepared to receive refugees from other ships would he conditional on the acceptance by the Spanish authorities of those measures which the French Government might consider necessary to satisfy themselves regarding the numbers, nature and destinations of such persons.
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Manawatu Standard, Volume LVII, Issue 181, 2 July 1937, Page 7
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171INSURGENT SUCCESS. Manawatu Standard, Volume LVII, Issue 181, 2 July 1937, Page 7
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