The Waterbury Democrat. [volume] (Waterbury, Conn.) 1917-1946, 1937-01-11

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She said the highest tension elec-
trical current in Europe was now
being wired into the Saar valley
from Voralberg, Austria, with ex-
cavations every 500 yards prepared
for installations which produce the
rays.
The death ray Is reputedly capa-
BILE OF fusing metals at q distance Of
nearly 500 yards, hence capable Of
stopping tanks or low-flying air.
planes.
Apparatus for producing the ar
tificial fog has been placed on
bridges, railway functions, mines,
munitions factories and other strate-
gic points In the expectation that It
would render hostile aviation inef-
fective.
No Truth in Report
London, Jan. 11-(UP)-"Any re-
port that Great Britain is consider
ing collaborating with France re-
garding the possible occupation of
Spanish Morocco Is utterly untrue, /"
the foreign ONCE said today OF re-
ports abroad Of such collaboration.
German Big Guns
Madrid, Jan. 11-(UP)-A Febus
news agency dispatch from Valencia
alleged today, quoting reliable
sources" that Germany was fortify-
ing Ceuta, Spanish Morocco, oppo-
site Gibraltar, with AZ centimetre
16.5 9-inch) guns Of the type used
in Smelling Paris from long range
during the World war.
The agency said that as a result
Of the alleged fertilization, SEN
sational news Of an international
character" might soon develop.
There were reports her ethat heavy
artillery had been posted in Spanish
Morocco to increase the effectiveness
Of the blockade of the south coast
Of Spain.
France Warns Germany
Paris, Jan. 11-(UP)-France has
warned Germany that she will not
tolerate German expansion In Nor
Deco, 1t was disclosed today.
The warning was transmitted by
Andre Francois Poncet, French am
bassador to Berlin, In converse
ton with DR.. Konstantin Won Neu-
rath. German foreign minister.
There was no French note, but
merely personal representation by
the ambassador.
1t was understood the British
similarly indicated they would not
tolerate German fertilization OF
Ceuta, Spanish Morocco.
A foreign office communique an
nounced that the French resident
general at Rabat and the French
consul had conferred with Col. Bet
berger, the Spanish rebel comman-
der.
Threat Was Made
The communique did not mention
the nature of an air-tight closing
of the borders OF French Morocco,
as well as naval blockade of the
Mediterranean and Atlantic coasts
Of Spanish Morocco, in which the
British might associate, II the Fran
co-Spanish Moroccocan conven.
lions are involved.
Such blockades would rapidly
starve Morocco, which Is dependent
on imports.
Spanish nationalist authorities de-
ny that any constituted unit" Of
Germans has landed In Spanish
Morocco or that any Is expected,
the French ONCE announced today.
The denial was made by the ma
ionalist governor of Tetuan to whom
the French consul there, acting for
the government, gave warning Of
the danger of any inflltration Of
foreign troops.
1t was announced that Tetuan
authorities understood the grave
international consequences" Of any
debarkation Of any foreign contin-
gent in Morocco.
French Communique
A French office communicate said:
Conforming to instructions Of
the governor general at Rabat
French Morocco the French consul
conferred with the governor Of Tet-
uan. After recalling the stipulations
of the 1904 and 1912 treaties, the
French representatives called atten-
ton to reports announcing the ar
rival at Melilla and the forthcom-
ing debarkation at Ceuta of con-
tingents in the service Of General
Francisco Franco"
Franco is the Spanish national
iSt leader.
AS the warning was given, and the
denial made, French and British
fleets in the western Mediterranean
maintains separate vigil off the
Spanish Morocco coast, watching
all ship movements.
CALIFORNIA HAS ,