The Washington times., 1937-10-23
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1rOm spain. NOL ali HC OuCe, VI
course. But just to show he Is
a good sport, he is willing to take
home a few-say 5,0o0-at a
time if the opposition will with
draw a like number.
When Mussolini dons his good
fellow whiskers you may be sure
there is some spaghetti for him
lurking within 1t somewhere.
This time you need not dig very
far to find it.
General frances forces have
been cleaning up Spain. His
conquest in the northwest the
past few days enabled him to re-
duce from three to two the
fronts upon which he has to
fight. It would release not
5000, but from $4,000 to $4,000
troops.
And the nearly defeated loyal.
ist opposition, with their backs
to the Madrid wall, cannot spare
a single man.
But this is not the meat of 1t.
In fact, it is a little too overdone
to be good.
The far deeper morsel in
Mussolini's newly assumed dis.
guise is a determination to stall
for time. Negotiations will take
an indefinite period, and from
the Mussolini standpoint, the
longer, the better. Meanwhile
Franco can blaze away and per.
haps conclude his victory before
any Withdrawals become neces.
sary.
The insurgent leader was
particularly fortunate in being
able to clean up the loyalists in
the mountains on the Asturian
Northwestern front before
winter. Other wise he would
have been chasing them through
snow.filled passes until spring.
He is we'll on his way to vic.
tory and all he needs now is
time.
DIOUS England and France
l. know all this. But on the
inside, they have a hidden COM
mon ground with Italy and
Germany as far as Spain is con.
cerned. They have no reason to
desire a Soviet state In the
Mediterranean, especially now
that Franco is winning. It is
true that France is supposed to
be extremely Left Wing, but in
practise, it does not always work
that way.
The best that Britain and
France can now expect is q
Franco victory, in preference to
a Mussolini victory. They know
Franco has made commitments
to Mussolini, and they do not
know just how far these go.
Their play probably will be for
speed and for throwing cold
water on the Mussolini cheering
section.
THE Hull move for 1910 was
l. staged just like Andrew
Jackson's-and in the same spot.
Andy's name was being casu.
before the 1924 race. His friends
decided to make it something
more than casual. They put a
resolution through the Tennes-
see legislature indorsing Jack.
son, and he went on to win six
years later.
The Tennessee friends Of Hull
hope for the same result in q
shorter period.
It Is too early to tell much
about it. Hull is 66 and the
outstanding member Of the Cabi.
net. He would keep the Demo
cratic party together and follow
the Roosevelt traditions, but
more slowly.
The southpawS in the Roose-
velt encourage may complain he
has insufficient social conscious
ness. A good deal depends on
how he comes out In the new
international course which he
and the President have started
upon.
II II
THE 1910 ticket Of the minute
= in Washington Is: Barkley
and La Toilette.
As you were forewarned, the
Barkley talk is spreading among
the high and mighty. Within
the past few days La Toilette
has been tackled on as vice presi
Dental candidate, by some.
The talk is really being
foStered by many a Roosevelt
friend. They are not unmindful