The Waterbury Democrat., 1936-09-11
TERRORISM ACTS
ARE CONDEMNED
President OF Catalonia Has
Made Threat to Resign
Unless Murders Stop

Copyright 1886 BY United Press)
Portbour, French-Spanish From
tier, Sept. II - (U.P.) - President
Luis Companys, president Of the
semi-autonomou Catalonian gov
eminent In northeastern Spain, has
made an implied threat TO resign
unless acts Of terrorism are stop
ped, 1t was disclosed today.
i Informal" shootings In the Ca
talonion Provinces have got beyond
all control, 1t was learned, and not
only the constituted government but
the anarchist and syndicalist labor
unions which are the chief powers
are joining IN an effort to suppress
them.
Extreme left wing agencies them
selves are worried over the situation
and the newspapers Solidarid OBJ
rera, official organ Of the syndical-
list national labor council (CNT) in
an editorial said:
Repugnant Killings
"Repugnant killings by firing
squads occur daily and nightly in
the suburbs Of Barcelona and other
towns Of Catalonia, the Ont and
FAI Federation Of Anarchists) are
being blamed for these killings.
They are not responsible. But aside
from that 1t Is no longer important
toOblame one organization or an
other for these killings. What is
needed is to bring an end to this
terrorism, which is giving us
wrongly-,a bad name In the rest Of
the world"
Recognizing an increasing num-
Der Of such protests, President
Companys summoned newspaper
men last night and said:
For days I have been reading
articles attacking acts Of terrorism
which, particularly In outlying dis
tricts, may create dangerous at
mosphere. I endorse these protests
and at the same time I demand the
assistance of the organizations Of
all classes cooperating with the
government to end this condition.
Citizens Should React
"Our citizens ought to react vio-
lently against such acts by whatever
means they have at their disposal.
The situation has improved slightly.
But 1t should be corrected com.
pletely. The official popular courts
are functioning and 1t Is their Job
to infiict an penalties.
If am to remain here Gin
ofice) this must be stopped"
Companys continued to point out
the complex economic problems
which the civil war has brought and
to urge that all organizations con-
tinue their cooperation, which he
praised. He continued:
We must all accept the RESPONSE
bilities that devolve on us. accept
mine provided I am left In position
to be able to accept them"
Today Is q patriotic feast day In
Catalonia, and In reference to the
day Companys added:
Let us all hope that tomorrow,
September il, may mark the Begin
ming Of the return Of peace, to be
brought about by the heroism nee
essary to wage war to the end-to
humiliation ~ against the Fascist
rebels.
Excused His Talk
Perhaps I ought not to say what
I have said, but I believe that may
be excused on the plea that war Is
war"
In Catalonia, where the anar-
claists and syndicalists are stronger
than anywhere else In Spain, the
civil war is causing changes that
may be historic. The controlling
powers are frankly altering the
whole form of government to pro-
letarian bash. It was typical that
when the new central government
was formed syndicalist quarters
greeted II as q ''slnall advance" on
the path Of proletarian government