The Waterbury Democrat., 1938-07-18

Failure of n-interventlon Woult hardly modify things as under thu non-intervention policy our enc mics have received scandalous ant abusive aid from those who cal themselves defenders of this policy.
 Triumph Is Too Near
 But our triumph already is toe near for it to prevent slight modifi. cation of the political circumstance! around us Neither this, nor the un. leashing of European war woulc save our enemies from defeat. I would only favor Russia, Woh Woulc achieve the object which she Sc herself from the first day of the con. fict."
 Fr>nco asserted that if the Ma. tionalists had been granted belliger. ent rights, his forces would have Wor the war long ago.
 Granting us belligerency would not be a concession" he said. Il is right in international use ant custom which Nationalist Spain ha. been justly denied. History does not record a case like the present one namely that belligerency still is be- ing dicussed when so many nations have recognized us de facto or dc jure.
 Belligerency Could Win
 With belligerency, the war would have ended long ago, as the wal in the north would have ended six months earlier and thus would be saved a lot of blood usuelessly pour ed out.
 Non n-intervention is the obliga- tion of nations aspiring to be friends with Spain. In the war in Spain there is not to be found the interests of particular nations in Europe because our triumph signifie da cataclysn for Europe, especially for France"
 Replying to a question as tt whUher there was any estimate o1 the number of victims so far dur ing the war and the material dam- ages done so far, Franco said
 Tt is still too early to estimate the number of victims and the ma terial damage done. The war vic- tims on our side have been compara- lively few. However in the red camp the total has been very high as they (the Loyalists) have been constantly defeated.
 Reds Execute Thousands
 "The number of dead has increas- ed because the reds have abandoned their wounded and finished of in their own camp gravely wounded commissars and agents. The number of those executed in the red zone SO far is over 470000 calculated ac- cording to data collected"
 The generalissimo was asked if ar estimate exists of a proportion ol those killed and wounded in war as against those executed.
 When peace permits us to draw up a balance" he said, "it will bt possible to appreciate that the wal will not have been so tremendous ii the red revolution had not been sup. ported in armed conflicts to kill anc destroy Withot truce. When they no longer are able to defend town the reds prefer to destroy 1t. All pre- cautions adopted by our command CT to avoid it have been useless ii many cases. Proof is provided by what happened recently in Burriana and Mules, as in the past at Guer- mica, Irun and Eibar.'
 About Foreign Aid
 Franco was asked whether Italian and German troops were fighting under him and whether he coulc give the percentage of foreign sol diers the Nationalists had or have in relation to his purely Spanish forces.
 Tt is true" he said. For over a year and a half Moscows WatchWorc for the red zone was revolution at all costs, even at the cot ol dismmebreing Nationalist territory offered to other states, but as they know they have lost and they make a farce of struggling for independ- ence. The farce deceives no one as all know the real intentions of those who transfer our resources and oul soil and live according to the dic- tates of anti-National powers. This has been confirmed by the law suits brought in France over the treasures stolen by the reds as they fell back
 Foreigners Only Symbol
 "As I said on another occasion our foreign volunteers are only a symbol of the meaning of our wal and sign of support for our cause by many ypeople who are not re- signed to losing their liberty beneath the lash of Moscow.
 "The proportion of foreign com batants in our ranks hardly totals fiev per cent. The enemy is attempt ing to draw arguments for hypo- critical propaganda from the sym bolic support and replica of an- other support much more effective and decisive. Nevertheless, 1t (the enemy) cannot hide the real aid of all popular fronts and all interna- tional scum"
 Loyalists Quit Defenses Hendaye, French-Spanish Front fer, July 18-(UP)-Loyalist troops abandoned many of their first line defenses of Valencia today before Nationalist anniversary offen- sive," insurgent dispatches asserted
 The NaMonalists were rapidly closing in on all sides of a moun- tainous pocket northwest of Sagun- to. their immediate objective on the coast Tn the pocket were ap- prixamately 10000 Loyslist soldiers In danger of being cut off. l One Nationalist column sought