FIGHT AND WIN

Waikato Times, Volume 124, Issue 20741, 27 February 1939, Page 7

FIGHT AND WIN

DECISION OF OFFICERS WILL CONTINUE STRUGGLE THE CABINET TO RESIGN (United Press Attn.—Elec. Tel. Copyright) (Received Feb. 27, 11.15 A.m.) PARIS, Feb. 26 L’lntranalge&nt declare* that the resignation of the Spanish Cabinet Is Imminent. However, Colonels Lister, Modesto and Galan, who fought to the end with the Catalan army, told the newspaper Le Soir that they had decided to continue the struggle. “We have weighed the situation carefully and concluded that despite the odds against us we ran fight on and win,” they said. “ People seem to % forget that if w r e surrender ten ten times more blood will flow than If we continue fighting. In the first case it will be a slaughter-house of blood, whilst in the second case It will be blood lost heroically in battle.” MOVES FOR PEACE THE RETURN OF TREASUREB NEGOTIATIONS WITH FRANCK GENERAL FRANCO'S TERMS (United Press Assn.—Elec. Tel. Copyright) LONDON, Feb. 26 It is understood that General Jordana, General Franco’s Foreign Minister, acting on General Franco’s instructions, asked M. Berard, French mediator, that France be requested to hand over the gold stocks of the Bank of Spain at present deposited in Paris, return all art treasures and all the Spanish Republican Government's war materials, on the ground that they are now the rightful property of tbe Nationalists, says the Paris correspondent of the Exchange Telegraph Company. The Havas Agency’s Burgos correspondent says M. Berard and General Jordana reached complete agreement regarding tbe establishment of normal diplomatic relations, and & Burgos communique s&ys the Franco-Spanish conversations ended satisfactorily. It is also stated from Burgos that M. Berard and General Jordana reached a complete agreement regarding tbe return from the Bank of France of Spain’s gold and other treasures, the repatriation of 400,000 refugees, and tbe resumption of communication. No Reprisals General Jordana is reported to have stated that General Franco is willing to take back refugees without reprisals. Penal offenders would be charged in the criminal Courts. There would be no persecutions for political acts. General Franco promised a full political amnesty provided that the Republicans surrender immediately, says the St. Jean de Luz correspondent of the Daily Mail. This amnesty is not a condition of British and French recognition. The offer has been communicated to the British and French representatives at Burgos. The Nationalist Foreign Minister issued a communique which stated that the conversations between M. Berard and General Jordana bad been carried on in an atmosphere of mutual courtesy, which had permitted some of the problems outstanding between the two neighbours to be solved In a satisfactory manner. M. Berard, after the signature of the agreement resulting from the talks, left for France, considering his official mission terminated. Spanish Independence Leftist organisations, meeting In Madrid at the invitation of the General Union of Workers, decided If necessary to resume the functions of the Popular Front national organisation in order to continue the struggle fof Spanish independence. This decision is being communicated to Dr. Negria. The meeting was attended by representatives of the Republican Left, Republican Union, Socialists and Communist parties, the two trades union federations and the Anarchist federations. Bull-fighting has been reinstated In Catalonia after two and a-half years, says a message from Barcelona. Turkey, says a message from Istanbul, is recognising General Franco de jure.