BOMBING OF SHIP
BRITAIN LODGES PROTEST.
FRANCO AVOIDS BLAME,
MAY HAVE BEEN MISTAKE.
(United Press Association —By Electric Telegraph—Copyright.) (British Official Wireless.) Received August 12, 11.30 a.m. RUGBY, Aug. 11.
The British Government has not yet received a reply to the protest which the Ambassador (Sir Henry Chilton) was instructed to lodge at Salamanca regarding the bombing of the British Corporal, but the insurgent naval authorities at Palma have acknowledged the protest made by RearAdmiral Wells. General Franco’s reply suggests that the presence of insurgent aircraft off Algiers last Friday will bo denied in London. However, there is no longer any doubt that the three aircraft concerned in the attack were engaged in the civil war against the Spanish Government. js understood that the insurgent commander at Palma has admitted that the aircraft in question were under his orders. While therefore ready to believe that the attack may have been due to a mistake, it may be assumed that the British Government will not accept a reply on the lines predicted in the Press messages referred to.
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Manawatu Standard, Volume LVII, Issue 216, 12 August 1937, Page 9
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