The Catalonian Cabinet " recently: hag been sitting in almost continuous sewion and is said in informed Circles to be discussing questions the utmost importance. " According to a potsistent but unconfirmed Tumour, one group in the Cabinet favours' putting. an early end to the war "at almost any price." while an-siker group of Ministers is equally mined to ght "to the bitter though there was much specula tion on the reason for the temporary cessation of alr raids here, it was Impossible to ascertain whether the respite was duo to pressure brought by the Vatican and various European governments or to the pleas of the Coyalists for abstention from this form of warfare.
'A Nationalist mission at Paris announced today that the downtown section of Barcelona was bombed in attempt to destroy munitions factories and ammunition dumps which had been established in that istrict rather than In any attempt to terrorize the civilian population, The Nationalist spokesman announced that documents discovered ater insurgent troops entered Caspe revealed that Loyalist authorities recently had signed over 1,000 death Sentences in that" region—United Press, Two More Ralds Barcelona, Mar, 20.
Insurgent aeroplanes carried out two further raids on Barcelona today, Forty buildings were destroyed in the raids, states a communique issued by the Ministry of National Defence. Eighteen "bodies have already been recovered, while fifty! persons are known to" have been injured. This brings the total num. ber of dead and wounded since Wednesday to nearly 700 and] 11000 respectively,—Reuter.
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