CALLOUS ACT

Waikato Times, Volume 121, Issue 20260, 31 July 1937, Page 7

CALLOUS ACT

STEAMERS FIRED ON. MANY OF CREW MISSING. ATTACKS BY A SUBMARINE. United Press Assn.—Elec. Tel. Copyright. (Received July 31, 11 a.m.) PARIS, July 30. An unknown submarine attaoked two Spanish tankers and the cargo boat Andutzmendi within Frenoh waters. The Andutzmendi is ablaze and twenty of the crew are missing. The remaining eleven managed to reach the shore, taking refuge at Nimes. Crew shot Down. The Times correspondent of the Daily Telegraph says the captain of the Andutzmendi, Abdulio Castel, stated that he was proceeding In ballast with a crew of 31 from Barcelona to Marseilles when two submarines of indistinguishable nationality closed In to thirty wards from the ship and shot down several of the crew with a machine-gun volley before the' captain could even signal. A panic broke out and a number of survivors jumped overboard, while others took refuge in the holds. The captain stood helpless on the poop of the unarmed vessel while the submarine's fired on her with machineguns and incendiary shells for 45 minutes, inflicting heavy damage and setting fire to the ship. The captain launched a lifeboat, In which he and five officers and two seamen reached Sainte's Maries de la Mer, all hurt. The Ship Sinking. The wreck burned all night and the ship is now sinking off Espiguette lighthouse. Three bodies have bee'n washed ashore. MORE BODIES RECOVERED. A SEAMAN DECAPITATED. THE WHITE FLAG IGNORED. United Press Assn.—Elec. Tel. Copyright. (Received July 31, 1 p.m.) LONDON, July 30. Two more bodies have been recovered, one of the first officer and the other of a seaman. The latter was decapitated by a shell while he was hoisting his shirt as a white flag. A second lifeboat landed three additional survivors. Fishermen quenched the flames on the Andutzmendi, and may keep her afloat. CESSATION OF HOSTILITIES. IDENTIFICATION OF DEAD. BODIES PILED AND BURNED. United Press Assn.—Elec. Tel. Copyright. LONDON, July 20. There is a complete cessation of fighting on the western front at Madrid. Stretcher-bearers of both sides accompanied -by doctors and nurses, are moving unmolested over the battlefields identifying hundreds of dead and collecting wounded. Many wounded soldiers died before medical aid arrived. Bodies are piled up and burned. The main fighting in Spain is on the Cordoba front, where General Franco is attacking. ( CHAMBERS OF COMMERCE. DEPRIVED OF PRIVILEGES. GOVERNMENT’S DRASTIC DECREE. United Press Assn.—Elec. Tel. Copyright. (Received July 31, 11 a.m.) MADRID, July 30. The Government has Issued $ decree depriving Spanish Chambers of Commerce abroad of their official character and privileges. EXPORTS OF IRON ORE. TO CONTINUE TO BRITAIN. REBEL LEADER’S CONDITIONS. United Press Assn.—Elec. Tel. Copyright. LONDON, July 30. The Salamanca correspondent of the Times says a cautious statement indicates that the normal exports of iron ore from Bilbao will continue to Britain provided “no special political economic considerations” intervene. This is construed as an attempt to bring pressure lo bear on Britain to recognise General Franco’s Government. REVOLT OF TROOPS. DISTURBANCES AT GRANADA. j MOVE BY GENERAL FRANCO. United Press Assn. —Elec. Tel. Copyright VALENCIA, Julv 30. Serious disturbances arc reported at eiviHnns’ revolted. 1 General Franco has sent up aeroplanes to quell the disturbances.