Evening star., 1936-09-11
P|LLAGE RESUMED
IN SAN SEBASTIAN
AS REbELSATTACK
Booming of Cannon Signals
Renewed Fascist Drive
on Northern Front.
OVIEDO BOMBARDED
BY L0YALIST ARTILLERY
Large Buildings Burned, 1nclud.
ing Convent, as Insurgents
Attempt to Flee City.

BACKGROUND
Spain's bloody cipil iDar-nop
nine weeks old-rages on, ,Dith con-
tlicting claims by Socialist ooDern-
ment and Fascist rebels cloudtng
the real picture OF battle.
Rebel commanders demands OF
surrender by the Ioyalists hare
met with flat Tetusals either to
surrender or to truce, declaring
struggle is fight for life or DEATH"
(copyright. 1885. By the Associated Press.)
SAN SEBASTIAN, Spain, Septem-
Der 11.-Spanish rebels renewed their
military advance on San Sebastian
today as pillaging broke out anew in
side the besieged resort city.
The booming of Fascist cannon and
the whistle of shells along Socialist
defended frontiers signaled the end OF
48-hour unoficial armistice on the
northern battlefront.
Reports from st. Jean de Luz
France, said Gen. Emilio Mola's rebel
artillery bombarded the outskirts Of
San Sebastian this afternoon, ap-
parently as a warning to defenders
to heed a demand for immediate
surrender.
Oficers of the British destroyer
Escort said the Smelling lasted less
than half an hour and that no shells
fell inside the city.
Later, the rebels apparently turned
their fire on Pasajes and the nearby
fort. where shells were dropped into
the harbor.
Refusal by the government COM
manders to surrender Internationally
apparently was the cause of the re-
newed drive by the relentless rebel
columns whose armed forces encircle
the Basque city in three consolidated
positions.
Basque Nationalists inside San
Sebastian, attempted to hold the au-
thority they seized from anarchist
groups in the government militia,
struggled to maintain order and pre-
vent destruction Of property.
Basques Appear in Control.
BY virtue Of their numbers, which
constitute 70 per cent Of the defend
ing forces, the Basques appeared in
control Of any future decision con-
corning the city's surrender or its
stand against the advancing rebels.
The Basques faced three questions
in their position as the most powerful
among the government forces:
/. Shall we accede to the rebel de-
mand to surrender Internationally?
2. Shall We surrender, to save the
city from damage, without definite
promises Of amnesty from the rebels?
8. Shall We adopt the attitude Of
the Anarchists, preferring to make a
desperate defense without regard to
possible damage to the city?
The answers to the first two ques-
tions, on the basis of developments
during the last 48 hours, remained
problematical.
However, on the word of the Basques
and San Sebastian municipal officials,
the reply to the third was q strong
mol" since they have placed deter
mined emphasis on the safety of lives
and property in the rich coastal city.
Scramble for Safety.
Residents Of the beleaguered com
rnunity, meanwhile, scrambled for
safety as the fighting began again.
In boats and by foot, they streamed
toward France and along the coast,
seeking shelter from the Fascist as
sault as the memory of the devastat-
ing bambardment of Irun lurked in
their minds.
Bilbao, seaport west of San Sc
bastian, received cash and securities
from banks in the attacked city, de-
spite foreign objections to the transfer
Of the financial holdings.
Gas and oil supplies were loaded into
government tankers to prevent the
rebels from seizing them. Food sup.
plies for French residents of Bilbao
and Santander were conveyed by
French gunboats.
San Sebastian, ringed by the in
surgents. felt the strain Of water and
food shortages as the steel lines of. the
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