The Washington times., 1936-08-01
REDS MUST DIE,
CABANELL0S
ORDERS
Stories of Atrocities
Circulated Widely
Through Spain
Continued from Page u

are fully conscious that If they
lose they go straight before a red
firing squad.
Confederation Of the established
character of the struggle was OBJ
tanned today as the Burgos au-
thoritieS escorted journalists
through the military jail and con-
centration camps here.
Thirteen hundred political priS-
oners occupy the concentration
camps, while in the military jail
are 80 prisoners taken on the
battlefield Of Sopo Sierra.
Five days ago it was reported
there had been 200 military
prisoners in this Borgos Jail. One
Of the survivors, Francesca Santa
Maria, of Madrid, a member of
Largo Caballero'S trade union Or
ganization, told this correspond
ent in front of the jailerS that
he personally had seen whites
shoot down his own officers after
they were captured.
Another prisoner taken at Somo
Sierra, told me that the morale
of Madrid's troops was excellent,
but that their food and supplies
of every kind were execrable.
The political prisoners, accord
ing to the Burgos authorities, will
not necessarily all be executed.
Many will not even be brought to
trial, but will be held until after
the revolution and until after they
have ceased to be dangerous to
the white regime.
Horror Tales Abound
Whites and reds now vie with
one another in tales Of horror.
Whites report that the son Of
General Sanjurjo, late leader Of
the whites, was caught by reds in
a house near ReinoSa in the prov
ince of BurgoS and that reds set
fire to the house and shot the San
jurjo boy as he was driven out by
the flames.
# one may believe a fraction
of the white reports about Red
atrocities committed on priests
there has never been such whole
sale killing of clergy since the
Bolshevik revolution in Russia.
Claim Girls Ravaged
Rurgos announces that four
priests in four Arragonese villages
and the priests in Torres de
BarbueS have been "vilely aSSaSSi-
mated" and that in Gurrea de
Gallego communists killed a priest,
a local physician, the Count Of
Parcent and four civil guards.
BurgoS also reciteS the follow
ing:
I'm FOttOrO village, Navarro,
a group of Reds, taking advan-
tage of absence of all the village
men at the front, pIundered the
village and abducted two young
girls, whom they carried off to
the mountains.
"SOOn afterwards the bodies
Of the two girls were found
manned and mutilated. Male
relatives of the girls and other
men of the village tracked down
the Red marauderS, killed three
of them, captured the other four
and took them back to the vii
lage, where summary vengeance
was taken on them"
Meanwhile, the Whites claim
constant advances at the front
and especially at Alto de Leon,
where Generals Ponte and ManSo
y Zuniga reported they killed 40
and captured 80 men, is machine
guns one motor car and several
rifles.
Negotiations Futile
Risk of this civil war degenerat-
ing into a struggle which could
only end with complete destruction
of Spanish society is becoming
apparent and has impressed Mar.
tinez Barrios, who resigned as
prime minister on the memorable
eve of July 19 when the revolution
began.
Barrios, now in Valencia, is at.
tempting to induce the Madrid
government to come to some sort
Of agreement with the insurgents
in order to check the river Of blood
now indundating Spain.
Feeling on this side, however
is sufficiently defined in the
declaration quoted above from
General CabanelloS-a declara
&inrn 1no1,irnn littln hnroa Of roaocn