The Waterbury Democrat. [volume] (Waterbury, Conn.) 1917-1946, 1936-08-10

garding the sequences OF incidents
and declined TO offer any comment.
Madrid police, patrolIlng quietly In
the early morning hours have ar
rested 500 faScists and nionarchists
during the last two weeks, who
were trying 10 maintain wireless
llaIson with rebels ut other centers,
Il was announced. Lights remained
ON all night In the capital, after
three lightless nights Of cir raid
practice. II was believed the tests
were abandoned because fascist
monarchist snipers took advantage
Of the darkness 10 shoot ut govern
ment men who patrolled the streets.
LOyallSts Given Cheer
Loyalists were cheered greatly by
war ministry announcement Of o
victory over rebels In the Guadar-
ramas In the vicinity Of the NaVa
Fria pass. Two hundred rebels were
killed against only four loyalist dead,
II was asserted. The military situa-
ton generally remained indeter.
inmate. Loyaiists columns advancing
on Zaragoza are meeting stout re-
sistance every mile OF the way and
are advancing slowly. Loyalists hope
10 take HueSca, north OF zaragoza'
at any time.
British Asks Neutrality
Gibraltar, Aug. Io-(UP)--A gov.
eminent proclamation urged oil
British nationals today TO adhere
most strictly TO the government pol
lev OF neutrality In the Spanish re-
volt and warned that any persons
who showed favor 10 either Sidc
would be expelled ct once from the
fortress.
Dynamite Il Used
Hendaye, ch-spanish IRON.
tier. Aug, l0---(Up)-TWo hundred
nIcked loyalist miners hurled dyna"
mite from o catapult today INTO tne
army barracks at Oviedo when
spanish rebels have been holding
for three weeks against q fierce at"
tack.
walls Of the barracks were re-
ported crumbling and on fire.
The miners, from the Asturias
district, resumed the attack ut dawn
In cooperation with loyal troops.
Two hundred Of the miners, pick
ed as expert dynamite men, were
detailed TO man @ catapult which
the ioyalistS built. During the
night they succeeded IN showing the
caianuIL within 100 yards OF the
barracks, II was reported, and they
opened their attack OF dawn.
Col, Amanda, the rebel command
ant, sent another urgent wireless
appeal for support TO Gen. Emilio
Mola, commander In chief IN the
north, and again informed him
that his men could not hold out
much longer.
Though O massacre was feared u
the Garrison fell, II was believed
MoIa was powerless TO relieve OWE.
do. Loyalists completely surround
the city and have cut communica"
lions 10 Gijomn, which loyaliSt war"
ShIps shellod for the fourth day TO-
day. It was believed the rebels at
OViedo must surrender soon.
Planes Sent BY France
Port Bou, France, Aug. i0-(UP)
Fifteen speedy two-motored air.
planes, purchased by the loyalist
government, have arrived OF BARGE"
Iona from France and more are ex:
pected, uncensored dispatches said
today. .
assassinated, the dispatches SAID,
despite all efforts OF the govern
ment and workers militia commit
tees TO restore order.
Mysterious killings are even more
frequent In small nearby towns, the
dispatches said, and 1926 persons are
estimated TO have been killed o.
Moncada alone. Socialists and oth"
err prominent political figures usual
" are victims, but some workers
have been killed, the dispatches
said, presumably because OF rival
ries In the Syndicalist labor unions
British Protest
London, Aug. i0-(UP)-Sir Hen"
nv Chiffon, British ambassador, to-
day protested TO Spanish rebel au-
thoritieS against the killing Of Capt
Rupert Savile, British yachtSman,
by shells from the rebel cruiser Al.
niiraYlte Cervera, and the wounding
OF Savile's wife.
The British protest reserved the
right TO claim compensation Tor the
incident.
SnanIsh Seaman Stubborn
Boston, Aug. l0-(UP)-A Span
ish seaman was found In the north
end today with o stab wound IN the
neck repeatedly received during an
argument with fellow country"
man over the Spanish civil war.
He identified himself as John Do
mingoes, 80. Taken 10 q hospital,
he was released after treatment.
Later, police arrested another
Spanish seaman, who allegedly was
identified by Domingoes as his as
Sailant
Holy See Protested
Vatican City, Aug. l0--(UP-
The Holy see protested energetical-
ly TO the Madrid government today
against the Staying OF priests, the
election OF nuns from hospitals, the
burning OF churches and "the pro-
fanation OF bodies" during the
Spanish civil war.
The Vatican'S note asked the
Madrid government to intervene and
terminate "excesses," or at least TO
deplore publicly the "sacrileges."
The note admitted 1t would be diff
ficult for the Spanish government to
control "lamentable excuses on the
part of elements 1t has armed" but
1t stressed previous "insistent"
communications from the Holy See
had failed to produce effective inter-
yention by the government and
punishment OF those guilty Of viola
lions against the church.
Hope that "for the merit OF the
blessed new martyrs, God will bring
justice and peace to shaken ma
ton" was expressed in the note.
SENATOR GERRY
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