London, June 29, 'There are heavy artillery batteries situated in' Spanish Nationalist. tor~ ritory on either side of Glorallar, and hose guns ere. within shooting' dls~ {once Of the Important British base, the Duchess of "Atholl, Conservative member for Perth and Kinross, recaled in the House of Commons this afternoon.
The Duchess assorted that there were in all some sixty guns, from our to teen inches {fn calibre, Placed near the base which commands entrance to the Mediterranean rom the Atlantic Ocean.
reply, Mr. RA.~Butler, Parlla~ mentary Under-Searelary for Foreign 'Affairs' stated. that his. information not "confirm the Duchess" state ment, He added, "Naturally, the military situation in, the vicinity of Gioraliar and any alterations of contions affecting. it, are" constantly tinder review by the Goveriament and their edvisers™ pera:
London, June 27.
Reports that two more British vessels were the subject of Nationalist fair attacks while in Spanish Re publican ports caused deep concern In political circles here These quatters expressed pained surprise at the renewed bombings, since reassuring messages had been "from the Nationalists They consi ings were due to a mistake or were carried out by planes independent of General Franco's authority, all previous. reassuring indications should be taken as worthless.
Public opinion has been consider ably shaken by the new attacks, London was particularly shocked by it had been reported promised Mr. Chamber-nin last week that he would formally ask Gen, Franco to cease bombing British ships, Political circles believe that the planes involved in today's attacks may have been more dependent upon orders from the German alr authorities than from the Nationalist leaders,
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