Henderson daily dispatch. (Henderson, N.C.) 1914-1995, 1936-07-25

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New York July 24.-It's Spain,
Spain, Spain, on the lips of the town
today, for this city reacts with baro-
metric sensitivity to upheavals in the
Old World.
AS this is written the outcome of
the uprising is not certain, but all
manner of people are being sounded
out in the effort to get some line on
real Inducements and issues while
Spaniard kills Spaniard in bloody
civil war.
Benito Collada is member of the
board of directors of the Spanish
Chamber Of Commerce in New York.
Besides that he owns FL. Chico, a
Spanish restaurant in the Village,
which is the favo' tie hangout of the
local Spanish colony He chats night
ly with Spanish diplomats and con-
sular officials. with members of the
deposec roval family and with all
shades of POLITICAL ooin'oc reflecting
the land of the olive, the grape and
the sardine. I have seen the Count of
Covadonga, heir apparent to the en-
ty throne of Spain, sitting pale and
preter-naturally bright-eyed at
table there, hoping that the. recent ex-
p]osion at home might spell Restora-
ton.
And so I went for a chat with Col
lada, who makes annual trips to
Spain. and asked him to tell me what
| the newest revolution was all about.
For what they are worth, give you
his words: but I want to add further
before I do, that he is no typical
oI,, &c
in the true sense, literate and in
cined to take the middle-Of-the road
view.
Most intelligent Spaniards, he said
"in America and in Spain itself, take
the view that the current uprising had
to come, sooner or later. The infec-
ton was there and it was best to
bring it to the surface.
II know all three of the Franco
brothers. ed. note: General Fran
cisco Franco is leader of the socalled
Fascist counter-revolutionary forces)
They are resourceful, courageous and
from their own view intensely pat
! riotic men. Ramon Franco, you know,
is the famous Spanish aviator, who
made the flight from the United
| States to Madrid. He did not get there
|. but fell into the sea off the; coast of
| Spain. He was brought to Spain and
welcomed as hero. Then he was
| thrown into Jail. IN
/ "Why? Because he had used an
| Italian instead of a Spanish-make
motor in his plane. He is, think, in
Washington, D. c., now. He. frequent
Nv comes here and we are friends. I
know hisbr other, Francisco, too.
"F'rancisco, predict, win not try
to emulate either Hitler or Mussolini
if his forces are successful in the
overthrow of the present Red govern
ment, I doubt, too, that he will in
augurate any movement to restore
King Alfonso to the throne He wants
law and order and peace in Spain.
'The other night I told the heir to
the Spanish throne, with all due re-
sDect to him and to his father, that
there wasn't a Chinaman's chance of
restoration in Spain. The Spanish
people will keep their republic, L
think. after a temporary period of
military dictatorship.
"The Spanish peasant and workman
is not temperamentally Communist.
He never will be. He hasn't the typi-
cal Communists greed for other peo-
ple's possessions. Give him bread,
wine and a guitar and he is happy.
'This revolution is deplorable. Most
of the walters and the cast of the
little show I put on here have broth
ers, sisters, fathers and mothers in
the thick of the iSullets over there
now. But they take it philosophically
They know this thing had to come.
eff it is violent enough it may serve
to shake some realism and action in
to those who will run Spain In the
future. I believe it will take a long
time for the civil war in Spain to
quiet down, but out of it I can only
hope for a better country"