Government's declaration on January 16, refusing further dealings with the Chiang Kaishek administration, a spokesman for the Foreign Office stated today that the declaration meant that the Government would have no further dealings with the Chiang Kaishek regime, but it did not mean hon-recognition of this regime.—Reuter. afire. There were no casualties aboard, but the vessel was still blaze ing furiously last night, The Belgian Consulate was also set on fire, but the outbreak was later qüelled. A church was, likewise, bombed and destroyed.
The British tanker Maryad, which was bombed on Saturday and set afire, was still burning yesterday.
The British cargo skip St, Winifred, which was hit by several bombs on Monday, killing three British members of the crew and two Las cars, and the British steamer Thokpe Haven, bombed yesterday, are so badly damaged that they are now unseaworthy, Eight British ships have been damaged or sunk in lhe past ten days, including four in Alicante raids since Saturday, This has led to the belief lieue that a deliberate attempt is being made to prevent British ships from entering Spanish Republican ports, Reports received in London show that 58 British ships have been bombed or attacked by submarines since the hostilities began in Spain, Of this number six vessels have been sunk and fourteen sailors killed, while nearly fifty others have been injured—Reuter,
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