London, Nov. 3.
Lord Cranborne, Under-Secretary for Foreign Affairs, in the House of Commons to-day named seven British ships detained in ports controlled by Gen. Franco and said the Nationalists had stated they would lease all of them After the First Lord of the Admiralty, Mr. A. Duff-Cooper. bad told the House of the presumed attack on H.M.S. Basilisk. and how after an investigation it was announced that a mistake had been made. he was asked if he was aware it has been suggested that in fact the submarine was destroyed. but in order to avoid international complications it was glossed over Mr. Dufl-Cooper replied: "There is no truth whatever in that suggestion." Reuter Wireless through
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