EUROPEAN PROBLEMS

Wanganui Chronicle, Volume 83, Issue 36, 13 February 1939, Page 7

EUROPEAN PROBLEMS

GERMAN INVITATION CONSULTATION WITH FRANCE [By Telegraph—Press Association —Copyright] Received Feb. 12, 8.30 p.m. PARIS, Feb. 12. Germany has again invited M. Bonnet, French Foreign Minister, to consult with the German Foreign Minister, Herr von Ribbentrop, on European problems. ARRESTS IN FRANCE GERMAN NEWSPAPER CORRESPONDENTS. Received Feb. 12, 8.30 p.m. PARIS, Feb. 12. After raiding their homes and seizing papers the police arrested Herr and Frau Barron, correspondents of the German paper Boersen Zeitung, who are believed to have been expelled. It is alleged that they sent information about the French Army to newspapers. I The police also raided the home of I Herr von Krug, presi'dent of the German Correspondents’ Association. only by an extension of hostilities. It is a welcome achievement which need surely cause neither suspicion nor jealousy elsewhere—and there have been signs of both.” The Daily Telegraph says: “Fortunately signs and portents seem to point to the conclusion of peace by agreement in Spain and that a prelude to such a conclusion is to be recognised in the undisputed transfer of Minorca from republican to nationalist occupation. If one of His Majesty’s ships has been able to render disinterested service in the completion of that transfer, it is a fact which should bring relief rather than excite suspicion, as it seems to have done, in Berlin. It means that one more danger spot has been removed and that the possibility of accommodation between obdurate antagonists has been demonstrated.” ENORMOUS TREASURE NATIONALIST TROOPS FIND. HIDDEN BY LOYALISTS. Received Feb. 12, 5.5 p.m. BURGOS, Feb. 10. The Daily Telegraph's Barcelona correspondent says the Nationalists discovered enormous quantities of treasure in a Figueras castle where the loyalists stored it, filling rooms and galleries four feet deep with pearl necklaces, antique .jewellery, gold coins, pictures, stocks and bonds worth hundreds of thousands sterling, silver spoons and forks, tureens, bowls and candelabra. TO FIGHT ON MIAJA DETERMINED i FURTHER REBEL PROGRESS Received Feb. 11, 5.5 p.m. LONDON, Feb. 10. A message from Madrid states that General Miaja, loyalist commander in Central Spain, had a conference with the military leaders and again expressed his determination to fight for liberty' and independence. Dr. Negrin, the republican Premier, has sent a telegram to General Miaja

appointing him commandcr-in-chiel of all the Republican land, sea anc air forces in Central Spain. The Barcelona correspondent ol the British United Press says that Dr Negrin, Senor Del Vayo, and other members of the Cabinet, have arrived at Valencia. The rebels occupied Portbou anc! reached the frontier. They also occupied Puigcerda. Rebel airmen bombed Cartagena Alicante, Alcoy and other towns. General Franco has withdrawr some of his troops from Catlonia .for a rest preparatory to advancing towards Central Spain. A message from Cerbere says that the Republicans blew up Portbou tc cover the retreat of their last army Three thousand men crossed the frontier. FRANCO RECOGNISED HOLLAND AND SVVUZEkLan D. ZURICH, Feb. 10. The Foreign Office has informer the Spanish Republican Minister thal Switzerland and Holland have agreed to recognise General Franco's Gov. ernment in principle.