Ambassador, detailed, the German proposals to combine non-inieryention with the -grant of. belligerent rights, He challenged the contention that Gen. Franco would be unduly favoured by the grant) of belligerent rights owing to his superiority on ihe sea, Herr von Ribbentrop further declared that Germany did not desire in any way to favour the insurgents at the expense of the Spanish Government Germany, it is understood, would favourably consider allowing Cer-man observers to participate in land control if her proposals are adopted.
The Italo-German proposals, said Lord Plymouth, were unacceptable to Great Britain.
The sub-committee then adjourned after having been in session for 294 hours. The new situation will be considered by the full Committee, which is expected to meet next week.—Reuter, a Berlin Astonished Berlin, July 2.
Disappointment and astonishment prevail in official quarters here over the non-intervention developments in London. ^"We cannot see the motive for the rapid rejection, without close examination, of. our proposal which had been thoroughly prepared in response to the invitation contained in the British Note," a spokesman said.
"Those who have declined our proposal must accept responsibility for the situation. Nevertheless, it is a wise procedure to adjourn the discussions to gain a few days respite. It is for others *o carry the discussions a stage further. The preservation and strengthening of nonintervention is our foremost purpose."—Reuter,
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