Paris, Sept. 22.
M. des Martis, French Consul at Malaga, has been detained at his house by Spanish Nationalist authorities, apparently as a reprisal for the arrest of Major Troncoso, the Governor of Irun, by the French police.
The Major was detained after he had voluntarily crossed the frontier and informed the French police that he planned the attempt to kidnap the Spanish Government submarine C? at Brest last Sunday.
The attempt was made by a board ing party of ten men armed with light machine-guns, who tried to persuade the submarine's commander Captain Ferrando, to change his allegiance, offering him £40,000 to do so. When the offer was refused, the raiders seized the submarine and tried to put to sea. Their plans were frustrated when a loyal member of the crew escaped, shot one of the crew and gave the alarm by siren. The assailants tried to flee but were arrested while making a dash for the frontier.
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