Burgos, Dec. 9.
The coming departure of Sir Robert Hodgson, British Agent here, coincides with the lowest ebb of British popularity compared with the time of the Munich Four-Power Conference when Mr. Neville Chamberlain was almost a popular hero, well-informed Nationalist circles said today.
The failure to grant belligerency rights to General Francisco Franco, Nationalist leader, despite the favour: able recommendation by Mr. Francis Hemming in his report has widely disappointed the officials who are mow inclined to view British diplo-racy as mainly designed to deliver
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