Two Spaniards Arrested by French Police Biarritz, Feb. 9.
Police here to-day arrested Marquis de Portago, a Spanish aristocrat, and Sr. Jose Maria Martin, reported to have been former head of the Spanish Nationalist Government's information service.
Police said they were holding both men for passport irregularities. French reports stated that police were investigating the activities of the two men in an alleged plot to spread bacteria cultures in France. Unconfirmed reports said a tube of bacteria cultures had been found in Sr. Martin's motor car. Police were: said to have been analyzing the contents of the tube—United Press,
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