The Waterbury Democrat., 1937-07-14
Gen. Franco Makes
 Promise On Spain
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justice and the well-being of the middle and working classes; but 1t will have defined national charac. teristics. It will be suit cut to Spains own measure.
 c. Has the operation of the non. intervention committee worked to your disadvaf1tage and, if SO, how have the governments concerned faithfully observed the Iion.inter. ventioil agreement?
 A. Because the Reds have . iron. tier with France, . country of pow. erful military industry and seat of Red revolutionaries in Europe, they were able, despite the committee of I1on-intervention and control, to re- ceive over the frontier thousands of volunteers and large quantities of material. The Nationalist frontier with Portugal, a country without military industry, offers, even If we desired 1t, no such compensation. England has observed the Agree- r1ent, although under the British flag and under cover of women and children refugees, there have been shipped out the funds of the Bis- cayan banks, much of 1t the product of acts of spoilatiori.
 Such procedure may be followed by further and similar subterfugcs, such as the organization |. England of companies to operate Red steam CTS for contraband purposes, such as has occurred in France and Russia.
 c. Does your excellency consider democratic republication to be ir1- practicable in Spain and if SO why? Republican Regime Done A. Five years of experience of such government, which was the cause of this providential war, have proved for Spain the false democra- cy of the republican parliamentary regime. Not only do consider 1t impractlcable in Spain, but also in those countries such as England, where the sense of landed property and tradition Is 50 strong aS to be considered 6 vital part of the life of the nation. This will be the death of the powerful empire.
 c. There has been much discuss sion abroad regarding the happen ings ct Guernica. Would you give the oficial version of what exactly occurred there?
 Scandal of Guernica
 A. The Scandal of Guernica" is an artificial campaign of Red propaganda. 0uerrica is 6 village of less than 5000 inhabitants; 1t was less than s kilometers from ad- vanced lines, in 6 most important center of communications, has bomb and pistol factory, and was at the time command headquarters and center of supplies for that sector.
 Its bombardment at that time would have been nothing more than Q logical military operation. But this did not happen, and those who set fire to Oviedo in 1884 and in 1886, and to run, Durango, Amore- bieta, Munguia and many other towns during this campaign, de- stroyed Guerica as an act of pre- pared propaganda.
 An army which took by force of arms Q city such as Bilbao without destroying 1t, without firing at 1t c single cannon shot-despite the de. fense put up in its surroundings can give the most formidable lie to this defamatory campaign.
 c. What the program of the Na- tionalists, designed to improve the social, labor and agrarian conditions of the people aS c whole; to guard the working classes against exploita- ton and to widen educational op. portunities?
 Sense of Duty
 A. The Nationalist program is to impose the law on both workers and employers; to place the sense of duty alongside that of right. National iSt Spain will maintain and aug inent the social Improvements al. ready reached by the workers in an atmosphere of harmony with the collaboration of capital and labor.
 It will establish security of wages, organize workers compensation Ffunds, improve living conditions, in- crease the consuming power of the working classes and offer them hap py and comfortable homes. It will establish for the present the possi- bility of ownership. It will improve agricultural conditions and create national credits for peasants and fishermen.
 It will develop the natural re- sources of Spain and set up 6 pro- gressive and just distributing or. ganization for the country's prod- ucts. A state which does not traf- fic with the votes of its workers nor with the protection of the banks and the employers, can do all this and more.
 c. Have you any special message for the people of the United States or of the Latin American repub- lies?
 People of U. s.
 A. When the people of the United States learn to know Spain and to follow the epic of the Na- tionalist army, they will understand with what f1rmness we have dee tended the culture, the faith and the civilization which long ago we car- ried to America, and which Asiatic barbarism has attempted to destroy.
 In the meantime the just and neutral attitude of the United States government is worthy of, and receives. our full gratitude. Na- tionalist Spain has already received from the Spanish American coun- tries proofs of affection which can never be forgotten. Some of these proofs have been noteworthy in that they have therein recognized the true Spain. Only few of them, with hostile governments, have rec trained from sending Us greetings