Evening star., 1936-05-24
Alfonso of Spain Thinks England
Is Now Swinging Toward the Left

effort to be impartial and objective.
I find something done by the Leftists
reasonable or iustif1able. That would
be like throwing cold water on the
Rightists. who are putting to a hard
trial all the resistance of their moral
values, of their love for their country"
And what is your maiesty's atti-
tude before the situation in Spain?
Your majesty's attitude in general
after leaving Spain and in conse-
quence of what happened there?"
Without a moments hesitation Don
Alfonso replied: you can say that
told you, without beating about the
bush, that Alfonso XIII is always at
the disposal of Spain That he
neither intrigues nor hopes nor sus-
poets, but simply waits. If I were
called to my post would accept, be-
cause now. more than ever. it is a
place of honor, being one that calls
for sacrifices"
Flag Flies on Desk.
The ex-ruler is silent for a moment
| and shows some emotion. The Roman
breeze comes through the open win
dow and unfurls a Spanish bi-color
flag on the working desk of the for
mer King.
What kind of life does your ma aiesty
live in Romeo"
"As quiet as you can imagine. I
relatively short time more than in all
the rest OF my life; more, perhaps,
than many passionate reader reads.
rise at about 9, attend to my mail
with the aid of my secretaries, and
then read the foreign newspapers. At
noon read the Spanish papers"
Does your majesty read many
Spanish newspapers?"
Almost all of them. In Spain I
was a subscriber to FL Socialista and
La TERRA Neftist organs). I have
TO do it. My duty is to keep informed
of everything. I lunch at the hotel
almost always. then work and read
in the afternoon. At about or 6 I
indulge in little frivolity and 90 to
the casino to play bridge"
When the reporter asked him his
opinion Of the regimes in Germany
and Italy. he said:
Public order in Italy and In Ger
many is perfect; the authority of the
state has saved those countries. No
doubt about 1t. But there is another
Fascist regime, dictatorial and soft at
the same time. to which the world pays
very little attention and does not do
the justice it deserves-Portugal's
Apparently obscure. but really modest
and self-effacing. Oliveira Salazar (the
Portuguese ruler) is, in my opinion, an
admirable figure. He does everything
without making show of himself"
Missionary Is Visitor.
The writer has to cut his interview
short, for somebody else is waiting to
be received by the ex-King. He is a
Spanish missionary, an old and tall
man with long gray beard, who left
Spain when almost a child and went
to the Orient to preach. He has spent
80 years in China and now, passing
through Rome, came to request an
audience to pay his respects to the
King.
Come and see me again." says Don
Alfonso. rising. IN these last few
days have been buster than usual
owing to the baptism of my grandson.
A few Spaniards came to see him, al
though we did not tell anybody about
1t. feel that when one is in mourn4
ing these things should be done with
out ostentation. And at present all
of US Spaniards who really love Spain
are in mourning, don't you think"
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