It may be recalled that yesterday, General Hsieh also ordered pamphlets to be thrown. Then he stated that several men had been killed when fre hoses and tear bombs were put into action on Saturday afternoon. This statement was denied both by the Municipal Council and the S. V.C. authorities. The only measures taken against the malconduct of the into Mees have been the order forbidding any visitors inside the Camp and stoppage of foodstuffs to the internees unless they came to their senses.
General Hsieh, in his statement, (Continued on page 2, col. 5
The capital is evincing considerable interest in the visit of Senor Serrano Suner, Spanish Minister of the Interior, to Berlin.
Announcements that he is discussing more than domestic issues have convinced observers that General Francisco Franco's neutrality is rapidly coming to an end and that the Axis has managed to bring sufficient pressure to force his entry into the war on the side of Germany and Italy.
It is realized at Washington that this should make possible a formidable attack on Gibraltar as it is widely believed that very large German forces are now on Spanish s These possibilities, added to private reports from France that Vichy -is strongly resisting the German peace terms and may flatly reject them, lead many here to believe that swif! changes in the western European line-up are more than possible—even probable.
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