Evening star., 1936-07-24
Consulate Aide
Is Slain in
Street.
100 AMERICANS
READY TO SAIL
France and Britain
to Aid u. S. Pro-
tect Citizens.
By t'ie Associated Press,

BY the Associated Press
Aghast at the killing of an Amer
lean consulate employe and British
subject endeavoring to protect Amer
ican lives, 100 citizens of this country
sought refuge today aboard rescue
ship which reached Barcelona, Spain.
simultaneously embassy officials at
San Sebastian reported to the State
Department that conditions there
were horrible" and that American
Ambassador Claude G. Bowers still
was cut off from his Office.
The American Embassy at Paris
was advised during the day that
Bowers has taken refuge at Fuenter-
rabia, a fortress miles northeast of
San Sebastian. Meanwhile, the United
States, France and Great Britain
agreed to pool their facilities to evac-
uate refugees.
Hallett johnson, counselor of the
Madrid Embassy, still was in San Sc
bastian, and nearly 100 Americans
were in the embassy at Madrid, the
embassy was told.
The battleship Oklahoma was ex-
pected to arrive in Bilbao today, and
the Coast Guard cutter Cayuga was
en- route there. the embassy said.
France, England to Aid.
Arrangements for the three
cornered evacuation plan were made
in Paris between the United States
and France and in London between
France and Great Britain.
France offered America the use OF
the ship Indomitable, which will ar
rive in San Sebastian tonight, to re-
move Ambassador Bowers and other
Americans.
Facilities of other French ships
we're offered to Americans at Valencia,
which also was understood to be the
center of conflict.
Collaboration between the three ma
tions in rescuing refugees was de-
scribed as a matter of convenience"
The American Embassy at Madrid
asked Spanish authorities for addl-
tional police protection and closed the
American consulate.
Eric c. Wendelin. third secretary OF
the embassy. reported to washington
that approximately 100 persons spent
last night in the embassy.
He considered the present guard OF
four men assigned to the building In
adequate and hoped to obtain armed
militia. as had certain other foreign
embassies and legations in the Span
ish capital.
Madrid Is Quiet.
Wendelin said the city was quiet
last night. Most of the available mill
aary forces had been sent to the nortn
or east, but some groups OF armed
militia patrolled the capital and ex-
smined credentials of all foreigners
on the streets.
LYNN w. Franklin. American diplo-
matte representative at Barcelona, re-
ported that Santiago Itsurralde, Span
lard. who has "served this consulate
faithfully II years." and a British
subject serving as his chauffeur were
shot to death while driving on mis-
sion designed to protect American
lives.
The American Export Line reported
to the State Department that the
steamer Exeter arrived at Barcelona
at 9 pm. Barcelona time) and that
the master was given a list of 100
Americans and 100 other foreigners
who wished to be evacuated.
The master expected to sail for
Marseille, France, this evening.
Conditions Horrible"
From San Sebastian, Johnson,
counselor of the embassy, reported in
a message filed last night:
THE city is without government,
conditions are horrible and there
have been no communications in or
out of the city for three days.
Ambassador Bowers was last heard
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