Rebels Move On

Manawatu Times, Volume 62, Issue 36, 12 February 1937, Page 7

Rebels Move On

Battered Soviet Steamer Limps Into Port IMPUDENT THEFT OF FRENCH PLANE Jnlttd Press Association—By Electric Telegraph.—Copyright. Received Thursday, 9.30 p.m. LONDON, Feb. 11. The insurgents passing on along the coast from Malaga have captured Motril. Food hoarding has commenced in Madrid as a result of the restriction of access to the city reducing the food supplies. A Warsaw message says, listing heavily with one propeller missing, her decks scarred by air bombs, her hull gaped above the waterline and her funnels riddled with shot, the Soviet steamer Leonid Krassin arrived at Gdynia from the Mediteranean. The crew were uncommunicative but it is assumed the vessel encountered Franco’s bombers. A Le Bourget message states that three unknown people, apparently including the pilot who entered the aeroplane on some pretex, stole an aeroplane from a hangar with full tanks. Two of them skilfully took off despite a following wind and set off in the direction of Barcelona. It was an American machine which had been seized by the Customs and was stowed behind others. This is the second time an aeroplane has been stolen from France for use in Spain. ITALIAN HELP AT MALAGA INTERFERENCE WITH WARSHIPS MADRID, Feb. 10. A Government communique, in aduition to alleging that the Italian warship# Muzio, Artcndolo and Armando Diag lured the Government fleet from the coast and prevented them reaching Malaga, where the rebels are operating, declares: “Such latitude on the part of neutral vessels is unprecedented in history. Evidently the Italians planned to eliminate our ships from the battle reduce their stocks of fuel and scatter •ur forces. 1 * The Government also alleges that German and Italian warships are spying cut and bombarding the coast under cover of darkness. It is officially announced from Barcelona that an unknown vessel shelled the quays at Barcelona, aiming at two oil shipi ** ' LONDON, Feb. 10. ne Manchester Guardian’s diplomatic correspondent says: “The rebels in Spain are now superior in numbers and are much superior in discipline and equipment, thanks to Italian and German aid. The Italians seein the elite corps. Many have served in Abyssinia. The largest contingent ol foreigners on the Government side is the French, but they are mostly illtrained volunteers. “The Spaniard# on both sides seem reluctant to fight, leaving the brunt of the battle to foreigners. The Italians played the greatest part in the capture of Malaga, while the Germans were inclined to stand off.”