The Archive · 1938

Ebro Front

Barcelona, July 30.

The Republican offensive on the Ebro front continued, and it is claimed that considerable progress has been -made.

It is officially stated that bridges which Gen. Francisco Franco claimed Germany to Protect Fortified Zone Berlin, July 31.

'A semi-official statement yesterday atiernoon announced that an oMeial decree will be issued shortly, for= bidding all active members of f feign defence forces to make a stay in. the so-called "prohibited zone This decree will stipulate thay all persons belonging to defence forces of foreign countries at present any. where in these prohibited zones, have to leave the area forthwith: Those who fail (0 do so expose them: selves to the risk of punishment, At the same time, in another semi-oficial declaration, attention is drawn, to the passport law of 1867 which, Fequires all subjects of the Reich and all foreigners to be in a position to establish their identity whenever called upon to do so, "These regulations", states the declaration, "apply particularly to persons who travel from the rest of the Reich to 'This' prohibited yone includes the entire territory on the left bank of the Rhine, the state of Baden with the exception of a fow districts in the neighbourhood of Lake Constance, several districts in Wesson including Offenbach and Darmstadt, Several districts in Bavaria including Aschaffenbury, several districts in, Wuerttembers' and finally a few Prussian districts on the Fight bank of the Rhine including Man the districts of dohet Sigmarinyon.—Trans-Ocea Race Protection Driv:

Pressed in Moly Rome, July 27. throughout the country.

Text read from the printed page and cleaned; old type leaves the occasional error.

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