Nai ment that France frontier for war materials for Republican Spain brought sharp and immediate reaction in Fascist official quarters here today.
Fascist leaders, making no attempt te hide their anger, said the Spanish Nationalist announcement meant that France had approved of "undercover aid to Barcelona" while outwardly professing maintenance of her non-intervention policy in accord with Britain. Some Italian quarters professed that they saw a "deal between the French leftist followers of M. Leon Blum.—United Press French Guards Increased Perpignan, Jan. 22.
The French Government tonight rushed six platoons of Mobile Guards coincident with an official Spanish Four other British ships were Nationalist statement accusing France of opening the frontier to tanks and war materials destined to aid in the defence of Barcelona.
Gen. Francisco Franco's headquarters at Burgos announced that three points on the French frontier had been opened to permit the passage of war material to the Spanish Republicans in Catalonia. The announcement said France had thereby violated her non-intervention pledge.
United Press correspondents tour-ug the French frontier were unable to find any traces of arms shipments to Spain from France, much less the passage of tanks into Catalonia.
No Proofs of Allegation The Nationalist announcement said the French frontier had been opened at Cerbere. Lo Perthus and Port Vendres. The announcement was believed based on a report appearing in the extreme rightist newspaper Eclair" which is published here. The paper gave no proof its for allegations. nited Press ce pondents found no evidences of war materials pas: ing into Spain. The only shipments which might have been mistaken for var materials were a trainload of wheat and several caravans of truck bearing food which crossed the Pyrenees into Catalonia last week French officials Guard said inforcements were in anticipation o! a heavy influx of Spanish refugee if Barcelona falls. Several hundred Spanish refugees have crossed the snow-piled Pyrenees in the past week.—United Press. s, 24.
About 3,000 of the 6,000 Belgian volunteers fighting with the Republican Spanish troops have been killed, according to the Belgian Sunday paper "Metropole" The paper states r only 500 Belgian volunteers returned to Belgium and ks what happened to the remaining 2,500.—Trans-Ocean.
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