TRUCE IN SPAIN

Taranaki Central Press, Volume IV, Issue 443, 26 May 1937, Page 5

TRUCE IN SPAIN

Loyalist Opposition At Geneva London, May 25. A message from Geneva states that the former Spanish. Minister of Foreign Affairs, Senor del Vayo, opposes the proposal for a .truce in the Spanish civil war, arguing that an agreement for the wuhdrawla.l of vounteers should be reached first. The British delegation at Geneva is attempting to obtain the support of the League. Council on the withdrawal of volunteers, from Spain, but the task is most formidable owing to the Spanish attitude and the unwillingness of other nations to offend Spanish susceptibilities, especially as the Spanish Government is dissatisfied with the League’s reaction to its protests. The Rome correspondent of the Morning Post says -that while not openly opposing a truce Italy will not take definite action, before her motives are clearly elucidated. She will also require assrfranc.es that it will not be detrimental to the forces of the rebel commander-in-chief, General Franco, and, finally, that any withdrawal must be general.”