The Waterbury Democrat., 1939-01-23

alive--and most times only after the most horrible, inhuman, shameful and indecent torture.
 Loyal To What?
 These are the Loyalists whom they offer to our sympathy. Loyal to what? Loyal to hatred of God Loyal to Stalin and Moscow. Certainly they have no loyalty to Spain and the grand traditions of Spain. Certainly they have no loyalty to truth. Certainly they have no loyalty to Jesus Christ. Their only loyalty is to the Red Flag of Communism dyed crimson in the blood of Spanish patriots and Christian martyrs.
 Today the Spanish Civil War is two and one-half years old. To- day to three-quarters of Catholic Spain peace and happiness has been returned by that modern Crusader General Franco. Today every nation in the world has recognized either by law or in fact the government of General Fran co the legitimate government of Spain-every nation in the world with the exception of Russia, France and the United States. Communistic Russia, France which was slated to follow Spain into revolution and Communism and the United States. Certain ly we have strange companions.
 Tn 1885 the Congress of the U. s. passed Q law known as the Neutrality Act. It was amended in 1897 to enforce an embargo on Spain, to keep America from sending war supplies to Spain, to keep America out of the Spanish Civil War.
 Last week several Communist controlled organizations met in Washington to observe what they called Lift the Embargo week.. During the past few months they have flooded the country with leaflets and pamphlets urging the cause of Loyalist- Communist Spain, urging their readers to write to congress asking the lift- ing of the embargo on Spain.
 Tn conjunction with the meet- ing the wiley ambassador to Red Spain, Fernando De Los Rios an- nounced through the press that he had invited several prominent Catholics in America to come to Red Spain and see the freedom of religion exercised there. Those supposed to be invited denied that they had received invitations. Archbishop Curley of Baltimore who never minces his words de- nounced the Loyalist government, and said that if he were invited he would refuse to walk "with murderers on the ground still wet with the blood of hundreds of priests and nuns,' And then in language low enough for even e Communist to understand, ho called the Honorable" ambassa- dor c common, ordinary liar". Monsignor Fulton Sheehan who also was supposed to have receiV- ed on invitation said he would accept if the invitation came through the bishop of Madrid, Barcelona or Valencia and then he added. q know where these clergy are, and so do you. The cruclfied can never invite. the massacred can write no letters"
 Tn e meeting planned to coun- teract the Red organizations meeting, A Keep the Embargo on Spain" meeting was held in Wash- ington last week. The meeting was under Catholic leadership but appealed to every true American. The purpose of the meeting and the committee which has been formed, is to arouse concerted ac- ton, to inform oil true Americans both Catholic and Catholic of the true nature of the war in Spain and to ask all true Amer. jeans to do their share to keep America out of war.
 Murders To Be Multiplied
 Father Coughlin in his stirring broadcast of last Sunday said that the Lift the Embargo" com- mittee had done their work so well that he was of the opinion that the Congress would lift the embargo-that as c result Com- rnunism would conquer in Spain--- that the murder of Christians would be multiplied that churches now liberated by Franco will again be closed-that Christ will again be crucified in the per- son of 100000 more victims. He said that the Communists have all but won the day unless Amer ica rise from her indifference. In- difference in this matter is crim- final. We must take sides for or against Communism for or against these nurderers of Spain. There is no time for prudence no time for delay. The committee has asked for action. Thousands, hundreds of thousands have re- piled. Nearly c half million peti- tions have already been sent to Congress. But the Reds have set their mark at 100000. We are losing-but we can still win--for Christ.
 What can you do? this morning the men of the Holy Name Society are distributing petitions which are to be sent to the President and to our representatives in Congress. On the petition are di- rections as to where 1t should be sent. Sign the petition, tear of the lower part with the directions and mail the petition as indicated. Make copies of 1t and mail one to each representative listed. Enlist others in this fight. If you can use 6 dozen copies of the petition you may have them. But don't be in. different to this appeal.
 America must awakel Do you know that there are more Com i1unist in America today than