Nationalist Objections to Firm Terms are Rejected London, Mar. 1.
'The administration of. the Nationalist leader in, Spain, Gen. Francisco Franco, has afforded an_explenation of the sinking of the British merchant man Aleira, in the Mediterrancan early. last' month, which the British Government considers un-
"The British agent in Salamanca] nas, therefore, been instructed to express his Government's opinion that the attack was entirely unjustifiable and that the Salamanca authorities will be held responsible for full compensation for the sinking of the ship and for the losses sustained by the crew.
Regarding other incidents in the mediterranean, the Salamanca auth-otitics have objected to the strong} terms of the British communications, which they consider are not justified.
'The British agent in Salamanca thas been instructed to reply to this protest, Justifying the language employed' in the British communi ions.
"The Aleira was bombed and sunk by {io Nationalist aeroplanes twenty miles off Barectona, early last month. Two of the crew were slightly wounded. Before this attack, the British steamer Endymion was tor~ pedeed off Cartageno, the Republican Raval. base, by a submarine. She! sank in four minutes with a lose of ten lives—Reuter.
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