The Archive · 1937

Control Powers" Dues

London, Aug. 7. At yesterday's' meeting of the subrcommitiee of the Franco-Spanish Chivalry'

Ends Affair of Honour Bordeaux, Aug. 7.

The crew of a large Bilbao, vessel, the Arnemendi to-day de-fled French gendarmes to tramp ess a Spanish flag thrown cross the gangway when the police arrived to nail a writ to the mast.

Atler the parties had talked over this delicate matter, a gen-dorine, wearing white gloves, removed the flag with the point of hig. sword while his colleagues resented arms and the crew sang the "Internationale:

The police then went on board to do their duty and removed on essential. bit of machinery to prevent the vessel's departure—Rent Non-Intervention Committee, the secretary to the committee, as, a counting officer of the internation fund, made a statement regarding the ancial position of the observation which was euch that it would According (0 reports received by the Admiralty from the British Consul-General at Al the planes were marked with the Cross of St. Andrew, which identified them as belonging to the anti-government forces in Spain, ernments which were in arrears with their contributions took Immediate steps to pay what was due by them The protest to the Nationalists was made by Rear-Admiral Lionel Victor Wells, commanding the 3rd Cruiser

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