Saragossa, July 24.
The Nationalist troops on the Estremadura front have advanced nine miles and have cut the Badajoz-Ciudad Real Railway, with the result London, July 24 The British Government still place that a large area of Republican territory is now threatened with encirclement. to the fore their preoccupations jor mediation in Spain, inquiries in diplomatic circles elicited tod Meanwhile, a canvass of opinion local Republican and Nationalist Spanish quarters and in British circles establishes again the fact that Republicans maintain their belief that there will be no object in either side continuing the hostilities once foreign combatants are withdrawn. Exactly this point wa: stressed by Republican Premier Juan Negrin in a recent speech, Loyalist supporters recall.
Authorised quarters here believe that the Republicans will not place multaneously, Nationalist troops have. for the first time. set foot in the north-west corner of the province of Valencia, according to a radio ge picked up in Hendaye irom Valadolid. This is interpreted as indicating a possible Nationalist turning movement to attack Valencia
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