ITALY & FRANCO

Wairarapa Times-Age, 20 August 1938, Page 5

ITALY & FRANCO

ALLEGATIONS OF CONTINUED SUPPORT REPLY SOUGHT FROM COUNT CIANO. BRITISH DIPLOMATIC ACTION IN ROME.(British Official Wireless). (Recd This Day, 10.5 a.m.) RUGBY, August 19. It is stated in London that the Counsellor to the British Embassy in Rome, Sir Noel Charles, called on Count Ciano (Italian Foreign Minister) with instructions to remind Count Ciano of previous conversations in which Italy's attention was called to allegations current regarding support for General Franco, in men and material from Italy. Sir Noel Charles also was authorised to ask whether Count Ciano was yet able to offer any observations. DELIBERATE BOMBING BRITISH SHIP ESCAPES DAMAGE. ATTACKED BETWEEN ORAN & BARCELONA. (Recd This Day, 9.10 a.m.) LONDON, August 19. The captain of the British steamer Stanforth has advised the owners by wireless that-the vessel was deliberately bombed while en route to Oran from BarcelonaTwo bombs were dropped, but no damage was done. RAIQ ON BARCELONA WITNESSED BY BRITISH COMMISSIONERS RAIN OF DEATH FROM “SILENT” PLANES (Recd This Day, 9.55 am.) BARCELONA, August 19. Within twenty-four hours of the British commissioners’ arrivalto investigate the bombing of open towns, Barcelona, suffered its hundredth air raid. Eight planes, adopting the “silent” method of throttling down until the engines are ticking over, bombed the old town, killing fourteen persons, and injuring ninety. FOREIGNERS IN SPAIN FRANCO’S REPLY IN HAND. TEXT NOT YET, RECEIVED IN LONDON. (British Official Wireless.) (Recd This Day, 10.5 a.m.) RUGBY, August 19. General Franco’s reply with reference to the plan, for the withdrawal of volunteers from Spain will be published in a day or two, when the text has been received in London and studied. In the meantime, although a telegraphic summary has reached the Foreign Office, it is understood that it is not considered comprehensive enough to justify an official statement.