WAR IN SPAIN: The Scheme (Cont'd)

"The Scheme" (Cont'd)

Some London wag nailed a horseshoe last week to the door of the International Committee on Non-intervention in Spain. Hitherto deadlocked, the Committee was soon lucky in reaching virtual unanimity on the British scheme to secure "substantial" withdrawal of volunteers fighting on both sides in Spain, then accord full belligerent rights to both Leftists and Rightists (TIME, Nov. 1). "There is not a single member of the committee who does not accept [The Scheme], excepting Russia," announced Viscount Cranborne, an acting chairman. "Yet I think it may be...

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