Evening star., 1937-05-06
BARCELONA RISING
TAKES 400 LIVES
1000 Wounded in Anarchist
Revolt Since Tuesday,
Radio Announces,
BY the Associated Press,

BY the Associated Press.
PERPIGNAN, Franco-Spanish From
tier, May 6.-Four hundred persons
have been killed and 1000 wounded IN
the Anarchist revolt at Barcelona, the
Barcelona radio station announced to-
day.
Those were the casualties since
Tuesday in ferocious fighting within
the city, capital of autonomous Cata-
lonia and now ordered under the mill
tary sway Of the main Spanish gov
ernment at Valencia.
Catalonia's government has sup
ported Valencia and Madrid against
the Fascist insurgents since last July's
rebellion.
Streets Become Quiet.
At the hour of the broadcast the
streets had become quiet, the an
nouncement stated.
Earlier reports told Of the dispatch
to Barcelona Of two strong forces by
the main government to quell con-
tinuing disorders in the war within
war"
Telephone and telegraph communi-
cations with Barcelona still were
cut, making it impossible to verify
the reports directly.
Off1cial Valencia advices said Gen.
Sebastian Pozas, government COM
mander on the Guadalajara front,
named as military commander in
Catalonia, already had reached BARGE
Iona and was getting things fully in
hand"
Some Still Holding Out.
The officials at the seat Of main
Spanish government admitted, how
ever, that certain groups still were
holding out in some houses. They
said these groups were "small' and
that the city generally was quiet.
Displaying scant sympathy for their
reoelllouS colleagues, anarchists at
Valencia denounced the Barcelona
uprising and called for support of
the government. They blamed "agi-
tators"
CThe Spanish embassy in Paris
said fifth column" OF insurgents.
masqueradlng as syndicallsts,
caused the trouble, and that
Monarchist banners appeared on
some Barcelona balconies at the
height Of the revolt)
On the Catalan war front the
Valencia air ministry announced. gov
eminent planes bombed insurgent DO
sltlons at ZaragoZa and DESTROYED a
orldge to cut insurgent communica-
uonS between Zaragoza and Zuera.
force of 1000 men was said to
have started from Valencia, tempor-
ary seat of the Spanish government,
to suppress the anarchist uprising and
guerrilla warfare in Barcelona in
which more than 100 persons were
reported killed with casualties still
mounting.
Column Leaves Aragon Front.
Another column, the reports said,
was withdrawn from the Aragon
front by Luis Companys, president
OF autonomous Catalonia, supporting
Valencias efforts to restore peace.
Reports on the border said govern
iAiSAe AoASeo 4ACio COllll Vi Oh LIle central
post Office in Barcelona, but that the
anarchists continued to occupy the
railroad station.
Only one train was allowed to leave
the Catalan capital for France yes
terday. the second day OF the uprising,
and carried only three passengers.
Gangs Roam Streets.
Despite reports yesterday that q
peaceful settlement of the anarchists
protests against orders to surrender
their arms and dismissals from gov
eminent posts, travellers reaching the
border said revolutionist gangs in
armored cars still roamed the streets.
An appeal by Catalonia's new gov
erning council, organized yesterday
with at least one anarchist member.
asked "all to lay down their arms and
forget everything before the grandeur
Of the goal to be obtained against
fascism"
Travellers said Barcelona still was in
a virtual state Of civil warfare, with
rine shots cracking occasionally al
though there were no further pitched
battles.
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