The Washington times., 1939-01-27
After Barcelona


moved of the city during the preceding night What's
next in the Spanish war?
Franco could take leaf from Civil War expert
with profit to himself and Spain, believe After
the Union it confscaed lot of Confederate prop
ey and poiced Southern key points with Federal troops
but it executed next to Southern leaders, Lncon's
with malice toward none, with charity for all let
bind up the nations wounds the keynote to large
an extent as could have been hoped for after fierce
bloody and prolonged civil
Franco (assuming he has this except for the
big job of cleaning out guerrias could best build up
lasting peace believe by the kind of policy
general amnesty for all oyalsts who would quit fighting
ought to work wonders So should arrangement for
some sort of compromise by the Spanish government
without strings on freedom of religion the ballot
However. things haven't happened that way in Spain
after previous civil wars. If, Robert Hichens had
character say in of his plays he future only the
past, entered by another door" Franco
VengefuL won't try to pacify his foes either.
Snnn;crdo There are said to be 100000 names
his black books. Spaniards by and
large vengefu people, So look for lot of execu
tons of Francois enemies, as fast as his catch up
with them.
If that happens it will of course intensity and proong
the guerrilla warfare which the oyalists say they intend
to carry in northeast and southeast Spain Expecting
to be shot jailed for life they surrender why shouldn't
they fight to the death?
Altogether it looks as if Franco is going to have his
hands full for long time to come, Mussolin and
Hitler agree to let him reorganize the country without
Loln
make any such agreement Franco is too heavily in their
debt for soldiers, planes munitions and moral support
With italian and Moorish soldiers staggering around
Spanish cities and making up Spanish girls the Spanish
people likely to lose considerable of what love they
may have for Franco The fact that the French
toned African territorial troops the Rhneand after the
World War is why Hitler rules in Berlin today
This has been tragic war; and judging from Spains
past the outcome will be almost tragic the conflict
There's lesson in it, though for socioogsts,
msts politicians conservatives liberals, radicals etc., etc.
The recent novel, MANS Hope" by Andre Malraux is
supposed to be the most accu-
RedS WOULd HGUe rate writing to have come out
D0no Iiko1vieo of the Spanish civil war;
Judging from that book, the
loyast leaders mostly Communists or anarchists
They not what we know republicans; they
fighting for Soviet Spain rather than for what know
democratic country Hence, if they had this
it is most likely that they would have treated the old
ruling class about as the Russians did,
The whole bloody business back to the fact that
in Spain the maldstribution of wealth was permitted by
blind masercass to to fantastic dsproportions, with
the grandees living like kings and the peasants like ami
mails. Extremes bred extremes One of these extremes
the savage that cmaxed yesterday in the fall of
Barcelona
We still think the American and British way is better
to whack up of the madistrbuted wealth from time
to time by of peaceaby voted reform and relief
rather than let it pile up until guns are the
only
AS for the United States lifting the Spanish arms en-
bargo urged by various radicals and beras-the time
to have done that if wanted help the oyasts is
long Even if we lifted the embargo the arms could
hardly reach the oyaists Let's not stick finger
: into the fight at this late date.
York; Dali News
/ Washington Needs
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