The Waterbury Democrat., 1937-05-20
SPANISH REBELS UNCHRISTIAN DECLARES WRITER IN
 SPANISH WAR
 ANALYSIS
May 18, 1887.

May 18, 1887.
 Editor, Waterbury Democrat:
 In The Democrat of May 9th, an extensive report was made of an address delivered by Rev. Ber- nard Grimley, D. D., editor of the Catholic London Times of London England. The address was de- livered at the Waterbury Catho- lie high school auditorium on the occasion of the fifteenth annual meeting of the Diocesan Bureau o1 Social Service and the Waterbury Council of Catholic Women.
 The address which was on the subject of '"The Spanish Conflict dealt rather sternly with the Loy- alists' methods, describing these as bad" As nothing was said about the methods of the Rebels, this let ter is intended to fill the gap.
 The writer hasn't had the ad- vantage of living in Spain, as Father Grimley has, but feels that some knowledge of that country and es- pecially of its people and their aspi- rations is within the ken of anyone interested in history and in world affairs.
 A conflict of evidence is very ap- parent in the news that trickles down to us from various sources And as this trickling of news IS somewhat colored to suit whims as we take sides, it makes the news still more unreliable.
 Trying to get away, for a moment, from this conflict of news, may De allowed to mention, and to deal with a few facts that are hardly contra dicted by history? It is a fact, l be- lieve, that the intelligence of the Spaniard is on a par with other Continental races. It is also a fact I believe, that in spite of the ntelli- gence of the Spaniards, Spain has been in many respects one of the backward nations of Europe.
 The reader might say that intel ligence and backwardness are strange bed-fellows, but the thing isn't impossible. AS matter ol fact it becomes quite possible ano even probable if the intelligence o1 people is fed on the scant diet of a bad educational system. It seems that Spain has fed its sons and daughters with bad education, an education which seems to have stunted their growth as a nation except, possibly, from the point oi view of art. I understand that they have accumulated throughout the years, rich treasure of artistic ere ations. This indicates clearly that Spaniards have sensitive souls, souls that are capable of creating and appreciating some of the finer things of life. But that alone doesn't con- stitute progressiveness as Western civilization understands it. Hereto fore art has dealt mostly with things of the past and lot of 1t has been inspired by distractions. Modern civilization, whether good or bad, draws its inspiration mostly from science, which has resulted in the creation of a number of tangible things that have spelled ease, pleas ure, and comfort to a majority or the people.
 This new civilization of gadgets such as telephones, modern plumb ing, automobiles, washing machines, radios, etc., are all so many toys for humanity that grows up slowly. Spaniards have been envious for some of these toys, and shortly pre- vious to Alphonso'S forced abdica- tion and since then, they have clam ored loudly for some of these toys. So the radical elements proceeded to elect government that would be kind of a Santa Claus with 8 Oag full of toys. On February 18th, 1886, they elected such 8 government, a government that pledged itself to give back Spain to the Spanish peo- pie. This couldn't be done without stepping on somebody's toes. In the process toes were stepped upon and this started a reaction. Those who had been charged with the educa- ton of the Spaniards pooled theil interests and money with one nlil- lionaire named March and hired Gen. Francesca Franco to do an uri- clean job in very unclean manner Gen. Franco, being an optimtst gathered about ten thousand Moors in spanish Morocco, and under tho