Geneva, Sept. 21. 1 The Spanish Republican Government's decision to withdraw all fore eign combatants from the ranks of the Republican Army, was announced today before the League of Nations Assembly by Sr. Juan Negrin, Rer publican Premier and delegate to the League.
Sr. Negrin asserted that all volunteers, including those foreigners who have become naturalized Spaniards since July 16, 1936, would be res patrioted.
He made his announcement in prer senting a resolution requesting the creation of an international commis= sion of inquiry to be entrusted with verifying the effective withdrawal of these combatants. l All League quarters here, notably" delegates of South American State gave a warm welcome to this declar tion which they interpret as a th disguised appeal for mediation.
Observers attribute the Repub decision to various other moti some claiming it is a "purely ch valorous gesture." Others, more braca tical, believe it is due to the evolution of the European situation which ap pears to have avoided a general flict over the Czech question. Othe again declare the Republican gesture is the counterpart of an engagement taken by Reichsfuehrer Adolf during his Berchtesgaden _parleys_ with the British Prime Minister, Mi Neville Chamberlain, when, it is said, Herr Hitler stated he would withdraw all Germans fighting on the Nations alist Spanish side in the Iberian peninsula, In whatever light Barcelona's decision may be regarded, all agree that it will oblige the League to take un again the thorny Spanish question, which has for some time been the concern of the unsuccessful Non-
Intervention Committee,—Havas.
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