The Waterbury Democrat., 1936-11-24
German Warship Is /.
 Blamed For Attack
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were at the enterance to the Port of Cartagena.
 "Torpedoes were launched at the Mendez NuneE but did not hit 1t.
 "One of the torpedoes used against the Miguel de CervanteS struck and damaged It.
 "The distinct positions in which both the Mendez Nunez and Miguel dc Cervantes were situated the time elapsed between the two shots and the opposite directions from which the torpedoeS were fired per- mits the assertion that there were at least two attacking submarines.
 Status of Submarines
 "Thesc submarines must neces- sarily belong to foreign fleet. The rebels have had no submarines at any time, since all those submarines flying the Spanish flag remained faithful to the republic. Among our naval ship building centers. only Cartagent-which is in our possess sion---is in position to construct this type of boat. The rebels therefore neither had submarines nor were able to construct them.
 '"rhe chief of the naval base at Cartagena has pieces of torpedo which damaged the Miguel de Ger vantes. Italian torpedoes are the same as those used by the Spanish fleet. Examination of the material found shows that the torpedo is neither of Spanish nor Italian type, the screw differing considerably.
 After the above mentioned at- tack, Q German destroyer, which was visible during the attack, ap- preached the entrance to the Port of Cartagena and( after examining the effects of the aggression, went away"
 Ignores British
 Paris, Nov. 24-(UP).-qcn. Fran- cisco Franco has ignored British request to establish Q neutral zone at Barcelona and Great Britain has repeated It's request that he do 50, Sir Henry Chiffon, British am: bassador to Spain, advised the United Press today by telephone from Biarrit2 Ma
 Franco, the Spanish nationalist dictator, sent Chiffon note, the ambassador disclosed, recognizing safety zones at Alicante, Valencin and other loyalist ports but mak- Ing no mention Of Barcelona, the most important one.
 "Consequently" said Sir Henry Chiffon, T again requested him to state specifically his intentions rec garding Barcelona" t,ns .N...'
 Just before Sir Henry telephoned, the San Sebastian nationalist radio asserted that Franco had refused to concede e neutral zone at Barcelona and added that Britain had re- quested q delay in the blockade 50 that British citizens might be evac- uated from Barcelona.
 Bought Submarines
 Gibraltar, Nov. 24-tUP) Gen. Gonzalo Queipo de Llano, Spanish nationalist commander in chief in the south. in Q radio broadcast from Valencia hinted today that the na- tionalist government had bought submarines from abroad.
 Discussing the Madrid govern. ment's allegation that foreign sub- marines damaged the cruiser Miguel de Cervantes at Cartagena, Queipo de Llano said:
 "There is no reason for alleging that the nationalists have no sub- marines or for accusing Q foreign nation of the attack.
 "If we purchased tanks and air. planes, W / not submarines?"
 Complete F0olishness
 Berlin, Nov. 24. --- (UP) Any thougth that q German ship was involved in the explosions aboard the Spanish cruiser Miguel de Ger vantes at Cartagena is naturally the most complete foolishness." 8 war ministry spokesman said today.
 "So far as we know our des- troyer Leopard is somewheze down around Cartagena," said the spokes- man, "but we are not able to say at the moment at which port. Ships move about as needed for evacu- ation of refugees and other duties. Nowodays when they arc relieved at longer intervals we often do not know at the moment where they are."