AN ITALIAN WAR

Taranaki Central Press, Volume IV, Issue 363, 18 February 1937, Page 5

AN ITALIAN WAR

TROOPS IN SPAIN.

AID FOR FRANCO.

Germany May Need Troops Elsewhere.

Frees Association—Copyright. Received noon. London, February 17. The diplomatic correspondent of The Times says that it is widely assumed that the foreign Governments supporting General Franco believe that they have supplied him with sufficient aid, by the time that non-intervention is enforced successfully, to finish the campaign. The inflow, especially of Italians, has been very rapid in the past few weeks. The total number of Italians has risen from ten to fifty thousand. The Diplomatic correspondent of the Manchester Guardian agrees that there are 50,000 Italians, with ample supplies of war material, at present in Spain, and adds that the dispatch of Russian war material to the Loyalists is being declined. French volunteering has been at a standstill and 1000 disillusioned men are clamouring to be repatriated. The campaign has become mainly an Italian war against the diminishing Loyalist party. Germany is now playing a minor part, as it is reported that she does not desire to leave considerable forces in Spain when they may be needed in Central Europe in the near future.