Paris, Aug. 22.
Seventy-two boy scouts axed from tino to Aticen years are being held as hostages by loyalists in the valley of Arossas, according to a report to "Lo Matin" by its correspondent at Pau, who adds that the boys, who arrived in the valley from Saragossa on Suly 14, fell into the hands of 300 Fond workers.
French boy scouts from Pau and Tarbes attempted to go to the assistance of their Spanish comrades, found all approaches to the valley from France blocked by the loyalists. who had mined the roads leading Into the valley.—Trans-Ocean Kuo
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