FOREIGN TROOPS

Waikato Times, Volume 121, Issue 20265, 6 August 1937, Page 7

FOREIGN TROOPS

IN THE SPANISH WAR DEMAND ON THE LEAGUE. - ’ t APPLICATION OF COVENANT. United Press Assn.—Elec. Tel. CopyrlfM* VALENCIA, Aug. 5. "Spain will demand at the next meeting of th« League of Nations that the Covenant be applied against the aggressors,” declared Senor del Vayo, formerly Foreign Minister, In an Interview with Journalists. He described the recent fighting west of Madrid as the greatest operation in the civil war. Senor del Vayo added: "We are no longer fighting General Franco, we are fighting between 80.000 and 100,000 Italians, and possibly 10,000 German technicians. ••The presence of the Italians and Germans has produced a patriotic reaction among General Franco's troops. "Officers who have come over to us have said: 'We started the military rebellion because we disagreed with your policy, but when General Franco made us the instruments of Germany and Italy, we joined you. Shoot us if you like.’ ” Senor del Vayo reiterated that mediation was impossible. The Government forces would fight to the bitter end. They were certain of victory. LAKE TO BE DRAINED. SCENE OF FIERCE FIGHTING. CONTAINS OVER 500 BODIES. United Press Assn.—Elec. Tel. Copyright. (Received August 6, li a.m.) MADRID, August 5. The Government has decided to drain the lake in the Casa de Campo, which was tho scene of some of the fiercest fighting. The lake Is believed to contain over 500 bodies.

IN NORTHERN SPAIN.

CREATION OF SPECIAL COUNCIL. , TO MAKE URGENT DECISIONS. I l * United Press Assn.—Elec. Tel. Copyright. LONDON, August 5. [ The Barcelona correspondent of the Times reports that the Valencia Government is creating a special council to represent It in Northern Spain. It will be empowered to make urgent decisions without reference to Valencia and probably will have its headquarters at Santander. The decision Is due to the Isolation of the loyalists’ territory along the Cantabrian coast from the rest of the area In Spain controlled by the Valencia Government. WARNINGB DISREGARDED. BRITISH STEAMER ENTERS PORT. FOODSTUFFS FOR SANTANDER. United Press Assn.—Elec. Tel. Copyright. (Received August 6. 10.10 a.m.) LONDON, August 5. The Santander correspondent of the Dally Telegraph says that, disregarding warnings from a British destroyer about what she insisted was a ** nonexistent danger,” the Newcastle steamship Hilmfren entered Santander, being the first British vessel to arrive for 3 k days with cargo and foodstuffs. She was warmly welcomed. REFUGEES IN ENGLAND. THE QUESTION OF REPATRIATION. A COMPLICATED POSITION. (Official Wireless.) (Received August 6, 1 p.m.) RL'GBY, August 5. The question of the repatriation of tlie Basque refugee children in the United Kingdom has been discussed between the Foreign Office and the National Joint Committee for Spanish Belief, in view of reports that conditions in Bilbao will shortly be sufficiently normal for the children to return home. Matters, however, are somewhat complicated by the fact that many parents have left Bilbao and scattered to other parts of Spain.