Show president watches f 4 spanish situation hyde park N Y aug 18 critical conditions in war torn spain and europe were disclosed authora onely today to have prompter tel president roosevelt to check any ny plans that would call for his bei i tz far from washing J jen ion for any extended period this fact became known five days after mr air roosevelt in an address addres 3 at chautauqua N Y asserted he ha was more gravely concerned over in fer er national tendencies than domestic problems during a press conference today the president said he be had had no reports on the spanish cail war other than information given in ahe press nevertheless any thought of a lengthy trip political or is out of the picture because the chief executive feels he should not be 1 too loo far away from washington very long international aspects of the old civil war in spain caused concern today as a french official bluntly warned italy that if mussolini undertakes der takes tikes to openly aid the rebels france will abandon her policy of no non n if premier mussolini envisages sending arms and munitions to spain one official stat stated ted certainly the position of france mus muss change changa immediately reports the italian air force was wai in readiness for any development developments develop menti it was emphasized here should he viewed wah great re reserve serre fascist officials at rome despite a sudden state of readiness for it alys adja air force declared a compromise franco italian agreement on an spanish neutrality was in sight renewed franco italian conversations an official source said promised a satisfactory conclusion on neutrality in the flie bloody civil war with each side giving in on some points informed circles said the compromise probably would consist of italy 9 hing giving up ia i s sug suggestion geston for s topping stopping speeches meetings and newspaper articles favoring one side or the oth ir 1 in france and agreeing to include in he ae neutrality accord a prohibition a against ainest private individuals exi exporting dorting jor ting arms or money to span or volunta volunteering er in to fight here rome aug 18 mussolini mobilized italis huge air armadas tonight and well v ell informed sources said he stood ready A b use ther in spain if french sympathies continued to td be extended to the madrid loyalist government all aviators were placed on 24 21 hour cill call planes poised at airdromes aird romes ready to take oaf at an instants notice and all focal poin s on the coast were ordered by il II dues duce to be in readiness for any emergency at the same time a canvass was wag bein being made among the pilots b leam which of them speak or understand spanish the powerful government radio stal station lion near rome was devoting IN i operations toward intercepting radio messages from both sides in spain apai n so that hat the situation could be followed from to minute french activities sympathetic to he be madrid government are receiving bitterly sarcastic comment in the italian newspapers the first encounter beli be kveen veen italian an and french planes in the service of the spanish combatants was believed to have taken place already beJ between a fast italian bsnyder and two french pursuit balnes near the straits of gibraltar the pursuit planes were understood jo A have attacked the bomber which returned the fire and was able to get away casualties on ither either side it was learned hat a group ef yf italian balian aviators agiato ra recently went by boat abat to the rebel headquarters ers of gen francisco franco they were given german airplanes airplane it was understood the aviators had been placed in the he reserve forces so their presence on in spanish not have any official ch character aMeter |