Evening star., 1936-08-04

territory by foreign planes and for.
eign bombs" in the hands of loyalists.
A rebel cruiser suddenly terminated
cannonading Of Gijon. on the north.
ern seaboard, when city authorities
threatened to execute a large number
Of political prisoners in reprisal.
Ambassadors Confer:
French officials said the French Am.
bassadors at Berlin and Rome hac
visited the German and Italian for
eign Offices in an effort to obtain ad.
herence to pact of non-interference
in Spain as a guarantee of European
peace.
In Paris Yvon Delbos, minister oil
foreign affairs, conferred with Italian
Ambassador Cerruti to press for q
quick adoption of the proposed hands
off policy.
Ambassador Albornoz of Spain
whose Leftist government has beer
seeking arms from France, also called
at Delbos' Office, but details of thei,
conversation were not disclosed.
Under questioning in the Chamber
of Deputies, the government admitted
that French commercial planes sent to
Spain to repatriate its nationals had
been requiSitioned by the Madrid gov-
ernment.
Both the rebel and government
forces, the air minister explained, had
requisitioned the private commercial
planes of several foreign countries.
He denied the truth in suggestion
by Vallat that a squadron of planes
already had been sent the Madrid gov
ernment by the French Socialist re-
gime.
British Make Reply.
The reply of the British government
TO French note suggesting tripartite
policy of non Intervention in Spain
among Great Britain, France and
Italy was understood to have been
handed the French Ambassador in
London. 1t expressed the fullest SYM
pathy with the French view, it was
said.
Advices from Spanish Morocco re-
lated the German battleship Deutsch-
land and the destroyer Luchs arrived
of Ceuta yesterday, to be greeted with
Siren blasts and cannon salutes.
The highest ranking officers of both
the battleship and the destroyer were
declared to have gone directly to the
high commissioners palace in Ceuta,
where they conferred with Gen.
Franco.
News of the conference was said to
have aroused great enthusiasm in the
Spanish rebel zone.
Arrival Of the German ships at
Ceuta was reported to have saved the
rebel stronghold from bombardment
by Spanish warship.
Attack Plans Abandoned.
The Deutschland, accompanied by q
destroyer, entered the harbor with the
apparent purpose Of protecting Ger
man citizens, reports to French news
papers related.
The presence of the Nazi cruiser, it
was reported, apparently caused loyal
Spanish warship to abandon plans for
oombarding the port.
The Ceuta incident caused new fears
N French official circles that Italy and
Germany may be assisting Spanish
rebels to establish Fascist regime in
Madrid.
France, concerned over Rightist
Relationships in both Italy and Ger
many, and over a Rightist revolution
On the Spanish Peninsula, Is seeking
q tri-partite agreement with Great
Britain and Italy for hands-off pol
Icy In Spain. If an initial agreement
Is reached, Russia and Germany will
be invited to adhere, official sources
In Paris intimated yesterday.
The French Ambassador to Italy,
Count de Chambrun. today handed
the Italian foreign Office the French
proposal. Response Of the Italian gov
ernrnent was deferred pending a con-
ference between the Minister of For
eign Affairs, Count Galeazzo Ciano.
and Premier Mussolini.