Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1937-10-20
Crandi Advises
Study Spain
on Recall.
QUICK ACTION
is PROPOSED
Empower Group to
Arrange Removal,
Fascist Asks.
BACKGROUND


T1Denty- seuen nations banded last
Spring in effort to fine Spanish
Edr mithin borders OF that country.
With England playing leading
role, neutrality sea patrol WdS set
MP in effort to curb for OF arms
and men into embattied country.
The patrol proved lamentoble
failure and Germany and Italy
mthdre1p after series OF Incl
dents"
By the Associated Press.
LONDON. October 20.-Italv umex-
pectedly recommended to the Non-In
PREVENTION Committee today that an
independent commission be sent TO
Spain to effect withdrawal Of foreign
troops from both sides of the Spanish
war las soon as possible
Count Dino Grandis statement that
''1taly is ready to collaborate" on this
point indicated the more controversial
question of bellieerent rights TO the
Spanish combatants might be put into
the background temporarily.
The Italian spokesman suggested
that commission be empowered to
ARRANGE for withdrawal of all foreign
volunteers" from both sides in Spain.
Background of Plan.
The commission plan formed part of
British proposals made July IA and
also was embodied substantially in the
first point of the new Anglo-French
plan for getting foreign fighters out
OF Spain.
Italian sources believed the gesture
might at least pave the way for further
negotiation and prevent complete col
lapse OF the non intervention scheme,
but its effect on other delegates in
the meeting was not learned imme-
diately.
The faint possibility of four-power
Recommendations Russia-appeared
earlier as basis for forlorn British
French hope of getting foreign war
riors out of Spain.
Barring such a development. COM
trality system designed TO keep the
Spanish war from embroiling the rest
of Europe seemed only matter of
hours
Some competent quarters foreSaw a
lone chance of easing the situation
which put general European peace in
one of its most perilous positions since
the World War. They cited:
I. Soviet Ambassador Ivan Maisky's
indication before the Neutrality Sub
committee yesterday that the big
Communist power would not try to
wreck any settlement that would eff
feet the British and French plan for
getting Mussolini's Blackshirt troops
but of Spain.
2. The impression that France
might silently acquiesce" to some
arrangement between Britain, France,
Italy and Germany toward reducing
intervention in Spain and at the same
time meet the Fascist and Nazi in
sistence on quick granting OF BEL
heerent rights to the warning forces
In the Iberian Peninsula.
Eden Appears Grave.
There was, however, no open sign
Of official British optimism as grave
faced, bare-headed Foreign Secretary |
Anthony Eden walked INFO No. 10
Downing street to tell his majesty's
cabinet about the Nom Intervention
Committee deadlock.
The cabinet session was a prelude
to what appeared to be the last ses-
sion of the non-intervention group
this afternoon. Tomorrow Eden will
face the House Of Commons perhaps
to tell them what Britain will do next.
The situation was fraught with dire
possibilities, but paradoxically enough
few observers believed war would
come. at least not immediately-sim-l
ply because they believed the powers
ranged against one another could not
afford it,
The British cabinet was summoned
for morning session to hunt again
for magic formula to bring rival
democratic and Fascist views together,
but the cabinet regarded the situation
as virtually hopeless.
To See COrbin.
In addition to today's British cab
met meetings Eden and French AM
bassador Charles Corbin we're sched-
uled to confer.
The ramifications of the crisis were
tangled and far-f1ung, but revolved
chiefly around rivalries in the Medi-
terranean and adjoining regions.
The French government announced
that appointment Of former Premier
Albert Sarraut to direct Frances
North African affairs resulted from
loss of power by local authorities be-
cause Of too much interference and
outside influence"