THE SIMPLE FACTS

Wairarapa Times-Age, 25 January 1939, Page 5

THE SIMPLE FACTS

MR EDEN ON ONE=SIDED INTERVENTION SUBMISSION TO DICTATORS. GRAVE OUTLOOK OPENED. (British Official Wireless.) (Received This Day, 10.50 a.m.) RUGBY, January 24. Grave concern at the developments in Spain was expressed by Mr Anthony Eden in a speech at Coventry. General Franco, he said, was advancing on Barcelona by reason of air power and artillery power more formidable than ’this civil war had yet seen. Everyone knew who had provided this armament, and who continued to provide it, in open violation of agreements and pacts. "The truth is,” he said, “that certain States, though pledged to non-inter-vention, are intervening on the scale they deem sufficient to ensure victory for General Franco, and declare that if France dare do even a fraction of what they are doing, they will reconsider the situation.” How could dictation of that kind provide a basis for true friendship, he asked.

ACTION BY FRANCE. * CRUISER AT DISPOSAL OF AMBASSADOR. (Independent Cable Service.) (Received This Day, 10.5. a.m.) BARCELONA. January 24. The French cruiser Suffren has arrived at Caldetas and will remain at the disposal of the French Ambassador.