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SPAIN TO INDICT GERMANY AND ITALY BEFORE LEAGUE
EFFORT TO BAN
ACCUSATIONS
IS FUTILE
Fascist Recognition
Os Insurgents to Be
Council Topic
LONDON, Dec. 1 (1.N.5.),
Great Britain and France are
considering a plan for mediation
in Spain designed to effect sus
pension of hostilities, the Lon
don Evening Standard stated
here today.
GENEVA, Dec. 1 (IN.S.).—Ef
forts of western powers to keep
Spanish charges against Germany
and Italy out of the League of Na
tions collapsed today when the
council president, Agustin Ed
wards of Chile, summoned a meet
ing for December 10.
With Germany a nonmember
of the League and Italy again boy
cotting the session, Foreign Min
ister Alvarez Del Vayo of loyalist
Spain is expected to indict the
two fascist countries for recogniz
ing the insurgent regime and pro
viding “dangerous intervention.’’
Britain and France now hope to
limit the council’s activities to
indorsement of the efforts of the
London nonintervention commis
sion, which is due tomorrow to
consider setting up a system of
Spanish imports supervisors.
Making the most of the situa
tion, Britain is instructing her
delegation to the League Council
to discuss other international
problems with foreign representa
tives.
The Russo-German question and
the German-Japanese pact es
pecially will receive the attention
of the British.
LONDON, Dec. 1 (1.N.5.) .—ln
formation that more than 2,000
German troops wearing Spanish
insurgent uniforms recently
landed at Cadiz en route to the
Madrid front was reported by the
News Chronicle today to be in
the hand’ of the British govern
ment.
MADRIDINGRIP
OF NEW PANIC
(Continued from Page 1)
then attacked, line after line of
the assault guards and militiamen
rushing into the battered insur
gent strongholds.
Widly desperate fighting In
which the immediate fate of
Madrid may be locked is now
under way, the whole city shaking
in the blasts of an engagement
that must be taking scores of lives.
The rebel night offensive, de
scribed by some insurgent leaders
as the long-awaited “concerted,
decisive attack,” failed, and the
pendulum of the conflict swung
again in favor of the leftists.
Heavy shelling of the loyalist
positions at 11 p. m. last night
signalized the beginning of the in
surrectors’ push. Relentlessly the
bombardment continued, puffs of
smoke and flame rising in the
moonlight, while a million Madril
enians cowered in subway stations
and cellars.
Buildings all over town vi
brated. The American Embassy,
where this correspondent and
many others spent' a wide-eyed
night, shook as in an earthquake.
Two hours after the artillery
inferno began, insurgent aircraft
hummed over the loyalist front
lines, mowing the trenches with
machine guns and bombing loy
alist concentrations.
Another insurgent air raid fol
lowed at 3 a. m. and the third
just before dawn.
In spite of their night-long suf
fering, the loyalist militiamen de
cided on a surprise counter-offen
sive. beginning with terrific artil
lery barrages just before sun-up.
Frightened residents, thinking
this was an insurgent assault mak
ing deeper inroads into Madrid,
blocked to the war ministry, where
an official spokesman told them:
“We are counter-attacking to
punish the enemy. Our artillery
is superior to theirs, and is in
flicting heavy losses on the in
surgents.
“General Kleber (commander
of the international brigade*
and his men are splendidly con
tributing to the success of the
counter-attack.”
This attack is counted on to
drive the insurgents entirely out
of Madrid, after a furious insur
gent attempt to take and hold the
village of Pozuelo, six miles north
west of Madrid, had failed.
Widespread successes on all
Spain’s far-flung fronts were
claimed by the government, while
in retaliation against insurgent
air raids, six loyalist bombers flew
120 miles to the important railway
junction point of Salamanca, dam
aging the chief airport and rail
road station.
The loyalist rear column, Mad
rid announced, captured Andover
and La Alameda below Toledo
“and are within striking distance
of Toledo, which could be easily
reached, but is not our immediate
objective.” A government sortie
from Bilbao advanced several
miles to the southwest. Madrid
claimed progress in the Huesca
sector, west of Catalonia. I
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A TYPICAL STREET SCENE in Madrid, one-time city of beautiful vistas. A bomb from
an insurgent plane struck the roof of this house squarely, ripping away the upper part of the
structure. A grim bit of irony is the sign with the arrow and the word "Refugios,” showing
the way to a bomb shelter. International News Photo.
5,000 GERMANS
REACH SPAIN
(Continued from Page 1)
for consideration of the subject of
foreign volunteers.
Information received by the
British government indicates that
in addition to the Germans, ap
proximately 4,000 French volun
teers have offered their services
to the loyalist cause in Madrid.
It has been definitely ascer
tained. however, that these men
are not trained soldiers.
(Copyright, h.v Internatlonnl
Service)
ROME, Dec. 1 (I.N.S.).—Scores
of Italian Fascists are volunteer
ing for service in Generalissimo
Francisco Franco’s insurgent
army in Spain, Intemaitonal News
Service established authoritatively
today.
The Spanish Embassy here Itself
admitted Italians “as well as
others” are offering their services
in large numbers.
A spokesman, however. Insisted
this in no way constituted viola
tion of the Spanish neutrality
pact, since the volunteers are not
conscripted or solicited in any
way.
The Italians volunteering for
General Franco are doing so with
out official knowledge of the
Italian government, it was ascer
tained, and automatically lose
their Italian citizenship when en
rolling to fight under the Spanish
flag.
Disclosure of the volunteers’
activities coincided with reports in
military circles in Rome of grow
ing concern over Franco’s appar
ent inability to crack the defenses
of Madrid because of lack of man
power.
Italians willing to fight for
Franco are offered a lump pay
ment of 2,000 lira cash and pay
ranging from 35 to 100 lira a day,
depending upon their military ex
perience.
Italian concern over the Spinish
crisis and possibility of war in
the Mediterranean was reflected in
Premier Mussolini’s decree yester
day retaining the aviation class of
1914 partically under arms.
This step was taken, it was said,
because of the “confused situa
tion” and to train the troops in
the use of new airplanes and war
equipment secretly developed by
the Italian high command.
KING SOUNDS
SENTIMENT
(Continued from Page 1)
the chauffeur waiting for an hour
while he continued his conversa
tion with Lord Beaverbook. The
latter slipped quietly from the
palace when the discussion was
over.
Worried Over Opposition
Indications today were that
King Edward Is becoming Increas
ingly concerned over opposition to
his forthcoming marriage, and as
a result is now considering the pos
sibility of informing the public of
his romance and his desire to wed
the attractive American matron.
Meanwhile the romance neared
the stage of parliamentary
debate today as the government
considered passage of a bill pre
venting his marriage to anyone
without specific consent of the
privv council.
The King, it was learned In well
informed parliamentary circles,
has been asked to reconsider his
decision to marry the American
matron, and was informed of cabi
net and parliamentary opposition
to his plans in this regard.
Might Bring Crisis
Unless King Edward gives assur
ance he will forego the contem
plated marriage, it was learned,
the government may endeavor to
rush a bill through Parliament
compelling him to abide by deci
sions of the privy council.
If passed, such a bill would
nataurally come up for the royal
assent, which King Edward might
refuse. In such an event, the
Baldwin government would be
compelled to resign. Clement
Atlee. labor leader, has agreed to
the bill, but might decline to form
a new government.
Ritual at Stake
The government of Premier
Stanley Baldwin has felt itself
compelled to take a stand in the
matter by reason of the threat
ened refusal of the Archbishop
of Canterbury to administer the
consecration ritual at King Ed
ward’s coronation.
' The government’s egal advisers
are still uncertain as to whether
the coronation would be binding
If this most important and inte
gral part were eliminated from
the ceremony.
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the last 15 years consisted of re
moving boils and ulcers from her
legs. Yesterday she was taken to
the hospital with the same com
plaint. This was the first opera
tion on her by doctors. She died
three hours later.
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FIRE DESTROYS
GLASS PALACE
IN LONDON
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Amusement Hall
Burns to Ground
LONDON. Dec. 1 (I.N.S.).— A
lava-bed of molten glass sur
mounted by a ghostly lattice
work of tangled steel, London’s
famed Crystal Palace was an
utter ruin today, having ended its
85 years’ history In one final
spectacle—a roaring, exploding,
$10,000,000 fire whose flames
were a beacon as far as the
English Channel.
The vast amusement and sports
hall, called by many a “Victorian
Architectural Horror,” but affec
tionately known to millions of
visitors, will not be rebuilt, Sir
Henry Buckland said.
Beginning with a small blaze in
the women’s cloakroom, the fire
tore along the floors and other
woodwork of the landmark in a
spectral repetition of the fire
works displays that were an an
nual feature of the Palace.
Six hundred-foot jets of flames
leaped through the thousands of
crackling panes, wrapping the
four 500-foot towers in a melting
embrace, while the flowing glass
forced back the 350 firemen who
battled for more than five hours.
Several firemen were injured,
but there was no loss of life,
though the flames perilously ap
proached the towers which were
in constant danger of toppling.
Householders on the surround
ing hills fled with their valuables
as sparks soared for two miles,
and all water was cut off during
the firemen's fight. Dynamite
was used in a final successful at
tempt to keep the towers from
collapsing.
A great pipe organ and music
for a forthcoming Handel festival,
worth many thousands of pounds,
and costly television equipment
were destroyed.
A nationally owned amusement
center, the Crystal Palace, was
first erected in 1851 in Hyde Park
for the world's fair. A year after
Queen Victoria opened it. it was
removed and rebuilt in the hills
south of Londno.
Father, Far at Sea,
Dreams Son's Death,
And Dream Is True
NEW YORK, Dec. 1 (1.N.5.)
Many miles at sea, on the night
after Thanksgiving. John J. Gal
lagher, Philadelphia insurance
executive, awoke in a cold sweat.
Someone dear to him, he had
dreamed, had been killed in an
automobile accident.
So strong was the dream that
he placed a ship-to-shore call
from the S.S. Queen Mary to his
wife in Philadelphia. Mrs. Gal
lagher is a brave woman. She
said:
“Why—n oth 1n g Is wrong.
John. You’re just superstitious.”
The Queen Mary docked today.
The first person to greet Gal
lagher was a friend from Phila
delphia. He told Gallagher that
his son, John, jr., had been killed
in an automobile crash while mo
toring home from school for the
Thanksgiving holidays.
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Crystal Palace Destroyed
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FOR 85 YEARS one of the most celebrated buildings in the British capital, the Crystal
Palace is today a heap of molten glass and steel, having been swept by a $10,000,000 fire.
International News Photo.
GEN. HOLCOMB
HEADS MARINES
Brig. Gen. Thomas Holcomb
today became major general com
mandant of the Marine Corps.
General Holcomb, a distin
guished officer, took the oath of
office, succeeding Maj. Gen.
John H. Russell, who retired to
day because of age.
But through a slip in plans,
the Marine Corps was without a
commandant for almost half an
hour. General Russell retired at
11 o’clock, and General Holcomb
was scheduled to take the oath at
that time.
But Secretary of the Navy
Swanson was late in arriving,
and so the oath was not admin
istered until 11:25.
The oath was given the new
commandant by Lieut. Col. L. D.
Hermle of the adjutant Inspec
tor’s office in Secretary Swan
son's office, in the presence of a
group of ranking officers of the
Navy and Marine Corps.
Hold ’Em
NEW YORK (1.N.5.). —Two
men, Albert Lazenko, former pugi
list. and Walter Schevchuck. 26,
ex-convict, wounded by bullets
from the same gun in a bitter
quarrel, were placed in an am
bulance to be taken to a hospital.
Although both had head wounds,
their hatred was so strong they
continued their fight in the am
bulance by kicking each other. It
was necessary to hold them until
the hospital was reached.
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Cabby Who Killed 2
MOSCOW, December I.— Citi
zen Deriabin thought himself
lucky today when he succeeded in
hiring a taxi and, to show his ap
preciation, bought the driver, Yat
sun, several drinks of vodka after
which Yatsun ran down a group
of pedestrians, killing two of them.
A military court sentenced Patsun
to death and Deriabin to 10 years
in prison.