Word: neutral
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Dates: during 1930-1939
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...declared that his country, too, refused to contribute to the International fleet, thus leaving Britain, France, Germany and Italy to do the job. These four powers resolved to take over the whole blockade from midnight of March 6. Each ship will fly in addition to its national flag a "neutral blue pennant with a yellow cross." Italy will patrol the eastern coast of Spain from the French frontier down past Barcelona and Valencia to Alicante. From that point Germany will patrol the southeastern coastline to Malaga. British ships will patrol from Malaga through the Strait of Gibraltar to the beginning...
...incendiary bombs on Valencia itself. At Oviedo the Reds gained their only success. Reckless Asturian miners paced the streets, lit dynamite fuses from their dangling cigarets, caused a stampede among the White band bottled up in the city whose condition last week was reported to be "critical." According to neutral observers "the war is as far from ending as ever...
...courage to go out and fight the battle in the open but have consistently run back into the city where they are now skulking in among the women and children and howling to all nations that Franco is bombing their women and kids! They have not even honored the neutral zone which Franco indicated the womenfolk would be free from bombs for this area is now jammed with militia, the police headquarters such as have not gone to Valencia and the officers of the brave Junta de Defensa...
...conflicting official viewpoints present a definite problem. From Washington circles, the President's firm intention to remain neutral in any European embroilment has up to yesterday remained unquestioned. As an official envoy from the President, Ambassador Bullitt has in part, at least, shattered this stand. Until the position held by the Administration is restated or qualified, the foreign policy must remain dubious...
...equally good, hearty relations with all our neighbors. As an example, between Germany and France there can be no humanly thinkable cause for a quarrel. The German Government also has assured Belgium and Holland that it is ready to recognize and guarantee, at any time, these States as untouchable neutral territory...