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Show NATIONS STRIVE FOR NEUTRALITY By Assoclaottd Frsss Heartened maksra of neutrality pusbd ahead today to formulate a working scheme for leaving Spain alone. Italo-Germsn agreement to Join a general embargo of foreign volunteers volun-teers to th warring peninsula paved th way for a practical plan to keep both men and guns from Spain. Th London nsutrsllty committee was oalled to meet Thursday to accomplish ac-complish that purpose and to 1st Spain's socialist government and lta fascist Insurgents flgnt.it out by themselves. For month major European exponents ex-ponents of ths two philosophies hav mad It a "littl world war" by their help on on aid or th other. Italian and German "volunteers" and armaments arma-ments hav been on th aid of th insurgents; Russians, Frenchmen nd men of many nations have fought In defense of th government. Without this aid. It would again become Spain's own fight; with the nationalists, tha army, th landed or former landed classes, th church and th monarchist on on aid; th socialists, syndicalists and communist com-munist worker and th liberal! t Idealist on th other, This war, in lta seventh month, raged on thro major front. Th insurgent attacked for thro hours, south of Madrid, seeking, apparently ap-parently vainly, to cut th besieged eity off from lta communications to Valencia and th aouth. Two insurgent armies attacked Malaga, isolated government Ma-port Ma-port on th aouth Mediterranean coast. Also-engaged In siege, ths government govern-ment blasted fsseist-held Oviedo, in the north, with field guns. |