A moving address bidding farewell to the foreign volunteers soon departing from Republican Spain, was made here today by the Minister of Interior, Senor Julian Zugazagoitia, He stressed Spain's debt and gratitude to these foreign combatants, and eulogized those who had fallen in the Republican cause. He closed his message in reaffirming the will to resist and Barcelona's certainty to triumph.
The National Confederation of Labour also addressed a message to. the volunteers shortly to be leaving the country.
It pointed out that the Government, in proposing at Geneva recently that foreign combatants should be re-patrioted, wished to show the world the true character of the Spanish Shots were exchanged between the Settlement Police and armed robbers shortly before 10 o'clock last night "near 1104 Jessfield Road. a Chinese oil shop situated in territory controlled by the so-called "Ta Tao" government and Japanese military Four bandits carrying three pistols entered the place, but an alarm was raised and police went to the scene from the Bubbling Well Station. Several shots were fired, with the result that one of the shop assistants was wounded by a robber, and one of the bandits shot by the police. The wounded robber was arrested The other. three bandits escaped.
"Tomorrow, when we shall be victorious, however, you may be assured that you have a homeland in Spain," the Confederation added "We offer you whatever we have......YOu Won a country for yourselves in fighting with us when others lost this right in betraying us!" the message concluded.—Havas.
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