Evening Star Newspaper, July 1, 1937, Page 5

SPANISH BLOCKADE PLAN IS AWATTED Britain Expects Alternative | Proposals From Rome and Berlin, By the Associated Press. LONDON, July 1.—Britain looked anxiously to Rome and Berlin today for the means of plugging the gaping hole in the Spanish non-intervention system left by withdrawal of Italian and German warships from the penin- sular patrol X Already rebuffed by the two powers on a proposal that French and British warships extend their patrol ‘zones to cover the Spanish government water front against shipments of men and munitions, Foreign Secretary Anthony Eden sald he understood “they have becn asked” to prepare alternative pro- posals. Committee Meets Tomorrow. He told the House of Commons yes- terday “We ‘should know in the next few days” whether the gap would be closed. For it to remain open—along With the now unpatrolled Portuguese frontier—would mean virtual collapse of the neutrality plan. The neutral- ity subcommittee dealing with the matter will meet tomorrow. British sources showed but scant interest in the latest of Italian attacks | on British policy—this one voiced by | Premier Mussolini's own paper, 114 Popolo D'Ttalia of Milan, | An unsigned editorial—believed in | Rome to have been written by II Duce | himself—characterized British non- | intervention in Spain “a fable in| which only imbeciles can believe” and | @lso accused France of not respecting the 27-power neutrality accord. Eden dealt with a similar instance in Commons yesterday when he said in regard to an articlé in the Rome press that there was no basts on which a formal represéntation could have been justified. Eden announced Britain had pro- | tested to Portugal over the withdrawal | of observers on the Portuguese- | 8panish frontier -and suspension of | facilities for British observers. He said assurance had been received Portugal } would “corsider prompt resumption of | their duties by observers” if complete maritime control were re-established. Fleet Demonstration Arouses Interest. A report from Valencia that war- | #hips of undetermined nationality had Btaged a warlike demonstration Tues- day night off the government-held Balearic Islands of Minorca aroused keen intercst in London in view of : the fact that Britain and France re- cently declined an Italo-German in- vitation to join a similar display. Disclosure in Valencia of the naval demonstration was coupled by Foreign Minister Jose Giral Pereira with | charges that unnamed foreign powers Wwere responsible for recent submarine ettacks on Spanish vessels and that | “Italian soldiers are still arriving® in Bpain.” “There has not been a fortnight since last August that Italian soldiers | have not arrived,” said the Spanish | foreign minister. “Various means of camouflage are used—many are landed | in Morocco and then sent to Spain.” | Moscow (Continued From First Page.) his version of the battle to the So- viet representative, charging three Russian gunboats had invaded Man- chukuan waters. The Russian ver- glon, as given in a dispatch of the | Tass (Russian official) News Agency declared: “A Japanese-Manchukuoan cutter fired at a Soviet frontier guardboat in the vicinity of Sennufu Island in the Amur River. Following a return of fire by the Soviet post, the Japanese opened artillery fire from the Manchukuoan shore of Amur on the Soviet frontier cutter cruising near the Soviet shore, damaging the cutter. Two members THE EVENING A Spanish Mother Pleads A Spanish mother, her face wrinkled with age and concern for the welfare of her son, makes a final plea before he marches away with the troops for battle. Directly behind her is a younger woman who raises her hand in the same helpless gesture as she bids farewell to her menfolk. —Wide World Photo. Far Eastern department of the for- eign affuirs commissariat, had sum- moned the first secretary of the Japa- nese Embassy, F. Miyakawa, to pro- test against the casualties reported inflicted upon the Soviet forces. Miyakawa, acting on cabled instruc- tions from Tokio, lodged a counter- protest against the alleged invasion of Manchukuoan territory by three Soviet gunboats. Japan holds that the three islands in the Amur River are located to the south of midstream and therefore be- long to Manchukuo. Japan and Manchukuo do not recognize the two treaties with China, of which Man- chukuo was then a part, on which | Russia bases her claim to Sennufu and the other small islands nearby. Soviet sources declared that if war should come in the Far East it would find 400,000 troops of the Eastern Red army prepared for action. The Siberian troops are reported pro- visioned, supplied and equipped to fight as an independent unit without aid from Russia proper for at least a year. The Soviet, considering war with Japan a possibility, has for many years poured much of its industrial and agricultural resources into this great army unit which is commanded by Marshal V. K. Blucher with head- quarters at Khabarovsk. Supporting this army are an estimated 1,000 to 1,500 airplanes and a submarine base at Viadivostok where about 60 small submarines are understood to be based. The Soviet claims to have built a series of underground forts along the danger zone. Into these, provisions and munitions have been dumped for many years so that, in case of trouble, Marshal Blucher could operate independent of his supply base, thou- sands of miles away. The Far Eastern commard's only link with Russia proper is the single- track Trans-Siberian Railway. The Soviets claim only & few miles remain to be completed before the strategic railroad is double-tracked all the way to Vladivostok, but a seasoned Ameri- of the crew were killed and three wounded.” Last night's meeting was Shige- mitsu’s second midnight conference &t the foreign office in three days and ‘wax arranged after an earlier exchange ©of protests. can traveler who arrived here yester- day discounted this claim. The American said that double track was visible only from Omsk to Chita, less than one-third the great distance. 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Military observers point- ed out, however, that the Japan- ese army is & scant few hundred miles from its base as compared with the thousands of miles the Soviet must | transport fresh supplies 2one. Foreign observers here consider two recent developments have an im- portant bearing on the situation which has been festering for years: 1. Conclusion of the Japanese anti- to the war Komintern agreement with Germany | last November; 2. The recent executions of high Soviet army commanders for treason. The Soviet press considers the anti- Komintern agreement is only a dis- guised military pact between Japan and Germany. The agreement pledged mutual aid to combat the Komintern of the Third Communist Interna- tional with headquarters at Moscow. The signing of the accord strained relations between Moscow and Tokio and caused a temporary cancellation of the important Siberian fishing treaty between the two countries. A new agreement was reached only after weeks of critical negotiations. | The execution of the Soviet Army leaders on charges of treasonable con- spiracy power was considered here to have strengthened the Japanese pasition. Litvinoff's hand was believed to have | been correspondingly weakened in his | negotiations with Shigemitsu. The belief has been current here that the Russian position in the Far East was unchallengable, but the re- cent disclosures altered this belief. . Cuba expects an influx of American tourists this Summe GUARD AGAINST I ACID ONDITION by drinking pleasant | 1 W [ DI eliminant body ael Phone Met. 1062 or write for free MOUNTAIN VALLEY MINERAL WATER 403 K 8. N.W. MEt. 1008 with an unnamed foreign | STAR, WASHIN JULY 1, 19 FRENCH BOUNDARY 'MARKERS REMOVED Authorities Demand Explanation From Spanish, Who Substitute Monarchist Flag. By the Associated Press. BAYONNE, France, July 1.—French regional authorities demanded an ex- planation today from insurgent Span- lards for the removal of boundary markers placed by the French at a border point. near Laruns and the sub- stitution of a Spanish monarchist flag. The markers were at a point where the frontier dips sharply to form a narrow indentation. French territory is bordered on three sides by Spanish territory. Spanish insurgent authorities in- sisted the markers, supposed to indi- cate the limit of French territory, really were inside Spanish territory and insisted they had a right to re- move them. The insurgents suggested a Jjoint commission be formed to determine nationality of the disputed ground. — Crisis (Cnntinue{fiom F%“'WP,IHP') sion in both Tokio and Hsinking, the capital of Manchukuo. Japanese newspapers charged the long, dangerous conflict over the fron- tier had been brought to a head by the Soviet Army launching an at- tack against Manchukuo, which Japan is bound to protect by a mutual-as- sistance pact The Far Eastern Red army, com- manded by Marshal V. K. Blucher, the press charged, had got out of the control of the high command in Moscow. Say Russians Opened Fire. Japanese Army spokesmen, describ- ing yesterday's naval battle south of Sennufu Island, declared a fleet of 40 Russian gunboats had “invaded” the channel of the Amur and opened fire on Japanese and Manchukuoan soldiers who were bathing. Sennufu Island is one of & group in the river claimed by both Russia and Man- chukuo. The army dispatches declared their artillery immediately opened fire on the Russian fleet and defeated it decisively. 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Latest dispatches reaching here from the Northern Manchukuoan border said an infuriated Red army was feverishly concentrating all avaii- able land, naval and air forces at Boyarkov, south of Blagoveshchensk. The disputed islands where the en- gagement took place lie off Blagovesh- chensk. A report to the newspaper Nichi- Nichi declared the Soviet had mobil- ized 10 entire infantry divisions and three cavalry divisions, a tota' of 300,000 troops. In support, the dispatch aaid, were 1,000 fighting planes, 600 armored cars and 1,000 tanks. Opposed to these on the opposite side of the international boundary formed by the Amur were large con- centrations of the crack Japanese army maintained in Manchukuo and the advance units of the entire Man- chukuoan land forces. ‘The mobilization was reported along that stretch of the frontier that lies between the Russian cities of Khaba- rovsk and Blagoveshchensk. This line extends some 300 miles. The newspaper Asahi said the Soviet river fleet was composed of 40 mod- ern warcraft. At least 10 were said to be 1,000-ton ships, carrying four . 4.8-inch guns, while another 10 were of 200 tons displacement. At least 20 were said to be sraaller craft of great mobility. Foreign office officials expreased the hope the incident could be settled by diplomatic means, but emphasized such a solution must be based on the complete withdrawal of Soviet troops. When Chinese Manchuria became the independent state of Manchukuo under Japanese protection, it inherited the Amur River and its boundary with Siberia. Manchukuo claims, however, the islands lle on her side of the channel, and, consequently, are, Man- chukucan territory. Bhe lodged repeated protests in Mos- All cow against the alleged invasion by Russian naval and military patrols, these protests, Japan were ignored. 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