Salt Lake Telegram | 1937-08-21 | Page 1 | Franco Defies Britain's Guns

FRANCO DEFIES BRlTAItTS GUNS 'Sink Supply Ships Rebels Ordered LONDON, Aug. 21 (INS) In flat defiance of British warnings. Gen erallaalma Franclso Franco, Spanish Span-ish inrargent leader, today notified this government of his Intention to sink all ships suspected of carrying war supplies to Spanish loyalist porta. Ignoring Britain's recent announcement an-nouncement that warships have been Instructed to fire on any vessels ves-sels attempting to molest British merchant shipping. Franco dispatched dis-patched a note to the foreign office declaring all suspected supply ships will be shelled or torpedoed, whether they are sighted on the high seas or in Spanish territorial weters. An emergency meeting of high officials of-ficials concerned with British shipping ship-ping was called Immediately follow-lng follow-lng receipt of Franco's note. Sir Henry Chilton, ambassador to Spain, waa Instructed to deliver a new and more vigorous admonition to General Franco that British war ships stood ready to protect merchant mer-chant hlDDlnr with their guns. Representatives of the admiralty, board of trade and treasury considered consid-ered ths Franco nots, which also will be taken up by the cabinet next week for possibly still mors stern action. "Audacity" of tha insurgent generalissimo gen-eralissimo csused consternation In government and shipping circles here, as it followed several attacks on neutral ahipping In the eastern Mediterranean by a mysterious submarine, sub-marine, obviously not a Spanish U-boat U-boat because it was too far from a possible base In Spain. WITH INSURGENTS ON SAN-TANDER SAN-TANDER FRONT. Aug. 21 11 Westber permitting. Generalissimo Frsncisco Frsnco expects his army to reach Santander possibly In the early part of next week and that Spanish city may be his before sn-other sn-other Saturday. Today his two strong southern columns hsmmered with almost monotonous mo-notonous success st dwindling government gov-ernment defenses, with but 26 miles of roadwsy to cover before they can knife Into Santander. the govern-ment's govern-ment's last port of Importancs on L-he Bsy of Bisrsy.