The Washington times., 1936-08-04
TRIES TO JOIN
IN THICK OF
BATTLE
Heir to Throne Returns
to France After
Days Stay
CONTINUED from Page u

NOUNtlHuCu 1EOAH 4 age ~
Cannes, France, where his wife
and newborn daughter await him.
Good News from South
One OF the first bits of good
news for the Insurgents from the
southern front came today with
word that Gen. Francisco Franco,
conn., ander there, has received
from abroad 18 large commercial
airplanes, suitable for troop trans
port.
This news occaSioned more re-
ioicing among the Whites than
any Of the battles won so far, and
it is now confidently asserted that
General Franco will be able with
In a short time to fly enough
troops from Morocco to begin the
tong-awaited general advance from
all sides upon the capital.
Loyalty of the navy to Madrid
has so far prevented Franco from
moving, although he is said to
have been able to fly as many as
600 men per day, chiefly members
of the Spanish Forign Legion, to
the Spanish Peninsula with the
few airplaneS at his disposal.
The capacity Of the new air
planes is not specified, but the
plan is to transport Immediately
at least 10000 troops from MO
rocco, where $4,000 Of the most
effective units in the white army
are stationed, and eventually to
bring to Spain 10000, leaving
10000 for protection of Morocco
against native tribesmen.
Where General Franco got his
airplanes is not announced, but
the recent attempt of Italian air
plane pilots to reach Spanish
Morocco and the unconcealed
sympathy Of Fascist Italy with
the White forces has resulted in
much speculation.
Oil and Money
The sources Of finance for the
White movement are apparently
large. In this connection 1t is re-
called that the larger oil COM
panies Of the world have q consid-
erable interest in the Spanish civil
war. because until now the repub-
lie has granted virtual monopoly
to Soviet Russia, and the Spanish
oil business is worth many mil
lions of dollars year.
o1.fV nf visitors oIsTsVi.
ing in BurgoS by air is the Count
De SibourS, a representative OF
Standard Oil interests. His wife
is the daughter of the American
trained department store owner
of London, Gordon Selfridge.
While the Burgos government
waits on Franco to start the big
push for Madrid, it has conSoll-
dated its own positions behind the
lines to such an extent that few
signs remain of any opposition.
The general strike Madrid hoped
would paralyze all activities in
the territories controlled by the
Whites has been completely liqui-
dated by the military authorities.
Throughout this territory in the
north work has been resumed on
railways, street cars, and public
utilities, while factories are get
ting into full swing and stores,
business houses, cafes and reStau-
rants are all running normally.
Order Maintained
The Whites are very proud OF
the picture Of order presented Of
civil life in their district. as COM
pared to reports Of anarchy, tur'
bulence, and bloodShed coming
from Barcelona and Madrid,
where the proletariat has been
armed and has seized at least par
tial control of public life and pri'
Vate business.
Gen. Emilio Mola, White COM
mander.in-chief in the north, gave
a cocktail party yesterday to the
more distinguished among Burgo'S
currently very large population Of
ariStocrats and other supporters
of the White movement and
visiting foreigners.
At the same time the possibil-
ity becomes apparent that the
Red air force may now turn its
attention to the tempting target
presented by such a concentration
Of important enemies in BurgoS.
Until yesterday the Red airmen
had spared the civilian popula-
ton, but now the White head
quarters reports that the Reds
bombed Valladolid, killing four
and wounding 16, and also bombed
Palma de Maiorea and Huesca,
killing a number of women and