REPORT ON SPANISH CIVIL WAR

Taranaki Central Press, Volume IV, Issue 312, 18 December 1936, Page 5

REPORT ON SPANISH CIVIL WAR

PARLIAMENTARIANS INVESTIGATED THE POSITKNI MADRID WLL BE DEFENDED AT ALL COSTS. GOVERNMENT TROOPS NOW BETTER EQUIPPED THAN IN EARLY STAGES. (Press Association-—Copyright.) LONDON, December 16. The report of the six members of the House of Commons who investigated the Spanish civil war emphasises the determination of the defenders of Madrid to resist to the utmost, largely owing to the destruction of homes by Caproni and Junkers bombers of foreign origin. The Junta controlling the conduct of the waf is slowly bringing order from chaos. ,

General Franco’s troops were better equipped at the outset, but the Loyalists, whose forces outnumber General Franco’s by four to one, are now catching up, especially in tanks and chaser plane*. Reputedly Rusisans are not fighting for the Government .in any great numbers. Italians and Germans on the insurgent side fight as airmen, tank corps men and artillerymen. Continuation of the evacuation of the civil population of Madrid was urgently necessary, and an international effort should be made in this direction, as the military deadlock might long continue and the city might be reduced to ruins.