Igualada, Jan. 23.
Nationalist troops sighted Barcelona for the first time since the outbreak of the Spanish civil war when the Fifth Navarre Division claimed to have captured the heights of Mon-serra and points twelve kilometres east of Villagranca today.
The Fifth Navarre Division reported that great enthusiasm swept their ranks when the men looked down on Barcelona. They sang patriotic songs and set up a huge flag composed of several Nationalis banners on the highest peak.
Tu addition to seeing Barcelona they claimed that they could see the Mediteranean coast except for a small part obscured by rocks and hills round Sabadell, which was already being approached by Moorish army corps-'Other Nationalist forges under General Garcia Valino who spent all Sunday crossing rugged mountain [paths and were preparing to cross the (Continued on page 9} debate with several other personalities.
Mr, Taft said Britaih's and France refusal to renounce their policy of non-intervention was responsible for the United Siates' maintenance of its embargo upon arms far Spain.
"Those at the very gates to Spain
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