The Archive · 1940

Spain to Oppose Any

Foreign Occupation

Madrid, June 27, The Madrid Radio yesterday declared that the Spanish Government had announced it would not tolerate any foreign occupation of Spanish territory. "Spain will put up resist ance if any occupation is attempted, the radio said—United Press, Philadelphia, June 27, "The spectre of the most disastrous famine in history" is "hanging" over Europe, declared ex-President Herbert, Hoover, energetic Red Cross worker and one of three prominent Republi Republicans seeking mammation

a press conference here yesterds "Ht the war continues for many months," he said, "the problem of {feeding Europe's millions Will be unparalleled in the history of human Mr. Hoover predicted that, Brussels would be foodless within 30 {0 60 days unless assistance' was forthcoming.

He had communicated with the British, German and Belgian Govern. ments secking permission for some sort of third-party intervention to feed the starving, because private ghatity would not handle the: situa-ion. recalled that it took $25,000,000 a month to feed Belgium during the last war—Reuter, British Advance on

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