London, June 10.
Grave anxiety prevails in London regarding the bombing of British ships in Spanish waters, as no reply has, yet been received from the Nationalist commander, Gen, Francisco Franco, to the British protest of last week, Tt is understood, however, that Gen, Francos method of justifying the attacks will probably be to advance the plea of military neces-ties, With regard to the suggestion: which are being. considered foi mou active measures to prevent such attacks on British shipping, it is pointed out that the problem is by no means easy fo solve, owing to the technical and practical difü- culties involved.
Establishment of an air patrol is almost impossible because of the number of aeroplanes required to make it effective, It is also hard to conceive a scheme of repr is which could be carried out successfully and without bloodshed, It has been officially denied that the British Government is planning a flying patrol on the Spanish Coast for protecting British shipping. Rent
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