Hendaye, Apr. 9.
HE Soviet Union alone today responded to the Republicans'
appeals for aid to stem the Nationalist advance and promised to send 150 aeroplanes to Spain in addition to other Soviet reinforcements already arriving. Meanwhile, the Republican Government in Barcelona made effective an edict directing all citizens "to fight or face the firing squad."
The edict ordered every able-bodied man to report for duty on Wednesday on pain of death.
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