Rome, Oct. 25.
The Catholice newspapers, Venire d'Italia, to-day alleged that Communist atrocities In the Spanish civil war dalled 15,272 priests, friar and nuns murdered, ten bishops executed, Paris, Oct, 25.
A widespread organization for the clandestine shipment of arms to the Spanish Government in Madrid Reported to have been discovered in Avignon, 7% miles north-west of Marseilles, during a police raid on local bar, The search followed the receipt by the judicial authorities of an anonymous letter. An astonishing collec: tion of arms is alleged to have been found, including German "Mausers, Swedish sub-machine guns, and French revolvers and machine-gun cartridges.
The premises were apparently used as a depot for arms collected from various parts of France and abroad by an extreme Left organiza-Yon for despatch to Spain via Mar-sellles.—Reuter,
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