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Show VESSEL SU;.K BY REBEL" CHLiSER PROVES TO BE LOYAL ARMS SHIP Masquerading Blockade Runner, Laden " With War Supplies, Waylaid 1 BORDEAUX, France, March I (INS) A new element of mystery mys-tery wag injected into the sinking of the Spanish loyalist motorshlp Mar Cantabrico today as French officials here charged the vessel flew both British and Spanish flags when she was shelled to the bottom of the Bay of Biscay Monday. partially explaining the hopcIess-4 ly conflicting reports that led to fears for hours yesterday that a British craft bad fallsn victim of Spanish rebel guns, an official French statement. Issued here, said the vessel bore ths name: "Adda Newcastle." Exactly why the loyalist vessel should be using British flags and a fictitious name was not officially explained. But observers quickly conjectured this might have been done in an effort to escape detection and run tha virtual Insurgent blockade block-ade lying in wait for her. Today tha Mar Cantabrico, despite de-spite the apparent ruse, lay at the bottom of the bay with her rich cargo of airplanes, munitions and othsr war supplies from ths United States and Mexico. She was sunk by the rebel cruiser Canaries. During ths confusion that followed fol-lowed ths sinking, ths Mar Cantabrico Canta-brico was Identified as at lsast five other ships until mystery of hsr Identity was cleared up by revelation revela-tion she was the ed32-ton Spanish motorshlp, owned b ythe Maritime Del Nervion and registered at Bilbao, Bil-bao, Bpein. Ths official French version of ths affair claimed ths Mar Cantabrico never was actually on firs, but appeared ap-peared so whsn ths British destroyers destroy-ers that rushed to hsr aid appeared on the scene. This illusion was caused. It was statsd, by tha Canaries, which concentrated con-centrated her searchlights on ths sinking ship. French authorities also claimed ths Mar Cantabrteo was In International Interna-tional waters when sighted by ths rebel cruiser, wble hlmmedlately opensd fire. Ths Mar Cantabrico, It was statsd, was flying tha Spanish flag at bar stsrn and ths British flag at hsr bow. Whsn hsr officers realised she was being attacked, they sent (OoaUnueS sn Nn Twoi (Column six ) Vessel Sunk by Rebel Cruiser Proves to Be Loyal Arms Ship laald IT persona were hollered drowned when lifeboat from the Mar Cantabrlco capaised. The boat overturned while trying to reach tha French trawler Henri Came-loyre. Came-loyre. which participated la rescue work, ARCACHON, Franca, March I Iff) Efcclarlng ha last saw tha shell-pounded shell-pounded transatlantic munitions ship, Mar Cantabrlco, In tow of tha Insurgent -warship Canarlai, Juan Poo, a Spanish seaman, related today to-day . dramatic story of escape under bombardment in tha Bay of Biscay. Hia story indicated tha Mar Cantabrlco Can-tabrlco might not hava been sunk and that her $1,700,000 load of American munitions might hava fallen into tha hands of tha Insurgents. Insur-gents. Ha saw tha steamer being towed by the Can arias toward the Spanish coast Bays Passengers Bafa Poo, picked up out of tha sea by a French fishing boat after ha had leaped from tha shelled and burning burn-ing Mar Cantabrlco, said ha believed be-lieved tha ship's IT passengers. Including In-cluding two Americans, .had baan taken aboard tha Canarias. However, tha last ha knew, the Mar Cantabrlco'a ISO crew members still wers Imprisoned aboard their own ship. Poo declared ha leaped overboard with an Italian sailor when ha aaw tha French fishing boat Camelsyre near by. Tha Italian drowned, but ha raachad tha French vessel and waa hauled aboard. . (Ceatkaoe. traee Pass Ose) out a wireless call, under tha name of -Adda," In tha hope of frightening frighten-ing off tha Canarias, Tha rebel ship, however, refused tO ba frightened and continued firing fir-ing at tha loyalist vessel until the British destroyers arrived. Then, according to tha French version, the Canariaa "made off." Tba Mar Cantabrlco, winning a sensational race against tima and tha Unltad 418188 congress, sailed from New Tork with its cargo January Jan-uary and went to Vera Crux, Mas-lea, Mas-lea, whenca It left for Spain February Feb-ruary S3, Its holds loaded with war supplies for tha Spanish loyalists. Carried V. S. Phuwa Planes and supplies carried by tha ship wera part of a $1,777,000 consignment from Robert Cuse, president of tha Vlmalart company of Jersey City, N. J, ta tha Madrid government Tha Mar Cantabrlco managed to dash out of New York Just before tha United States neutrality law went Into affect But under tha guns of tha Canarias Cana-rias it paid tha penalty. Tha Canarias- rsscusd members of tha crew of the Mar Cantabrlco after catching up with tha loyalist vessel and shelling it Tha Canariaa then calmly radioed would-be rescuers, which rushed full speed through heavy ssas to the scans In fear a dangerous International Interna-tional incident had been precipitated: precipi-tated: "We hava sunk tha Spanish government gov-ernment vessel Mar Cantabrlco. The crew and passengers are on board our ship. All Is well." Craw's Fate Unknown Fata of tha rescued crew of the Mar Cantabrlco remained unknown. But It was conjectured they may ba taken before a courtmartlal and then tha firing squad. . Reports from Arcachon, Franca, |