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...Negrin did not ask the League to do anything about removing the Germans and Italians who are fighting for Rightist Spain, but he did go on to announce dramatically that Leftist Spain, which has been sending home its foreign volunteers for several weeks past, will now send the last of them home (see below), and only asks the League of Nations to send a commission to Spain to verify this fact. The cautious Assembly did not at once appoint the commission requested by Dr. Negrin, but he was cheered for having struck a purely idealistic note "proving that the League...
...Spain last week the Leftist Army was estimated at 600,000 (including 10,000 non-Spanish), the Rightist Army at some 400,000 (including 50,000 non-Spanish whites, 30,000 Moors). Each side was busy with widely separated, half-hearted and ineffective offensives at the Leftist-held Ebro River salient and at Rightist-held Cordoba, but the bogged-down Spanish war made a spurt of news when at Geneva the League was suddenly told by Leftist Premier Dr. Juan Negrin that he will speed up and continue his recent evacuations of foreign volunteers from Leftist Spain until...
...which was presently signed, but has never become operative. Reason: By a covering agreement this treaty cannot come into force until substantial numbers of Italian troops have been withdrawn from Spain. Thus last week there was good reason to think Lady C. has just spent a quiet month in Rightist Spain mainly to give Generalissimo Franco some idea of how much it would help her brother-in-law and the cause of Peace if a few thousand Italians could conveniently be sent home...
...Rightist Generalissimo Francisco Franco was reported to have withdrawn German pilots from bases near the French border as a "gesture of neutrality" toward France. From, internationally-governed Tangier, Morocco, came reports of anti-Rightist rioting in adjoining Spanish Morocco, resulting in 35 killed, 400 arrested. Meanwhile, the British freighters Bobie and Standlake were badly damaged-they were said to be the 64th and 65th to be bombed -and four British seamen killed by a Rightist air raid on Barcelona's water front. Other casualties: 31 dead, 112 wounded...
...rising. Among them were Santiago's Ford dealer, Carlos Orrego, and a University student named Mario Perez who had planned to study engineering in the U. S., had spent his money on guns instead of books. Listed for assassination were Lion Alessandri, his family, Gustavo Ross, rightist candidate for President in next October's election (he is supported by the President who cannot by Chilean law succeed himself), many another rightist leader and editor...