WAR IN SPAIN

Taranaki Central Press, Volume IV, Issue 445, 29 May 1937, Page 5

WAR IN SPAIN

ITALIAN INTERVENTION LOYALIST GOVERNMENT’S CHARGES Italy Will Ignore Complaint To Geneva Press Association—Copyright. Received May 29, 11.5 a.m. Rome, May 28. Italy is ignoring the Spanish White Paper with regard to Italy’s part in the war. It is stated in official circles that as it is addressed to the League of Nations, which Italy does not recognise, no attempt will be made to deny the White Paper allegations. The Messagero even says that the White Paper, with its reproductions of orders and other military documents “proves the excellent organisation of the Italian volunteers.” It is alleged that an Italian control warship was hit by a bomb when the Spanish Government ’planes raided Palma. Twenty-seven townspeople, ■were killed and 113 injured. A message from Valencia says that the Government, replying to German protests that the German destroyer Albatross was endangered in the air raid on Palma, says that several ships with war material for the insurgents were moored, at Palma and Majorca and not within Germany’s control area. Therefore, the Albatross had no right to be there.”