The Archive · 1938

Spanish Protest

London, Apr. 20.

Senor Pablo de Azcarate, the Spanish Ambassador, this morning! handed a memorandum to the Brit ish Foreign Office protesting against those clauses in the British-Italian Jagreement "which provide that the volunteers and war material in. the! service of the rebels might not be withdrawn prior to the termination of the civil war.'

"The aeceptatice of the fact that Jmen and material sent by the Italian Government to help the rebels shall remain in Spain, _constitutes Jnat only an explicit and solemn recognition of italy's intervention, out even its legitrzation, Once the Government of the United Kingdom thus has legitimized alien intervention in Spain, The Spanish Govern-Jment is forced to consider this attitude not only as a manifest and plain injustice, which must revolting to every fair-minded per~ son, but also 2 policy designed to favour the rebellion against the only legitimate Government in Spain, HTakifig into account the preceding Jeonsiderations, the Spanish Republi-jean Government feels compelled to fenton a respectful, but firm and energetic protest with the British [Government."

Trenches Flooded Paris, Apr. 20.

Tempestuous weather on the Castel fon front has forced the Nationalist and Repudlican Spanish troops to Teave their trenches which are now full of water, it is reported here Tae French papers also report today" that about 6000 Republican Militiamen between the Oran valley

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