The Ypsilanti daily press. (Ypsilanti, Mich.) 1928-1962, 1941-03-22

rectly pronounceable as Soon-yayr,
- with the accent on the last sylla-
bic.
Ramon also unquestionably spoke
accurately concerning his govern
ments attitude. He's a brother-in-
law of FL Caudillo Francisco Fran
co and must know what the old
mans sentiments are.
FL Caudillo is a designation cor
responding. in Spanish, to Der
Fuehrer in German and II Duce in
Italian. And Senior Frances re-
gime is the same sort Of an outfit
as Herr Hitler's NaA system or
Signor Mussolinis Fascist set-up,
though in Spain the totalitarians
term themselves Falangists. They
are of the Identical breed Of cats,
though, with the Nazis and Fas-
sists.
But hints that our state depart
ment receives from Madrid strong
ty suggest that by no means all
Spaniards concur with Minister
Suner in his liking for Germany.
In fact, it appears doubtful that
anything like a majority Of them
do.
Back In the late King Alfonso's
day 1 spent considerable time in
Spain, on business for an Ameri-
can news agency. There was plen-
ty of discomfort with the royalist
government, which was what took
me there. There were assassina-
tons and riots and executions.
Even then signs indicated a revo-
luton coming.
Before Fascist Era
The simmering revolutionary
element included all sorts Of radi-
Gals. but I'll be darned II there
were many totalitaFians among
them.
Anarchists predominated. and
an anarchist wants no government
at all, not government raised to
the tn power. as IN Germany,
Italy, Russia and in the Spain Of
today. An anarchist is the subli-
nation CO a democrat. He's subli-
mated to the point Of the ridicu-
lous, but he certainly is no totali-
tartan.
Well, in due course, Alfonso was
upset.
Then followed pretty dicta-
torial period, but not so dictatorial
as the Hitler Mussolini, Stain and
Franco regimes now are. The ultra
and excessive liberals didn't like 1t.
Finally. the thing lapsed into the
so-called republic, which the total
itarian Generalissimo Franco ulti-
mately overthrow. He don't do II
without a nightly mean and pro-
longed civil war, though
Those anarchists take an awful
lot Of licking. And the Spaniards
have a reputation as terrific fight
ers.
The best guess seems to be that
Franco would not have won II he
had not had coolies Of help from
Mussolini's Italy and from Hitler's
Germany. The Duce sent large
numbers Of men The Fuehrer sent
some; not so many. but he sent
guns, munitions. tanks and planes
ad lib.
Aid From Axis
Adolf and Benito evidently had
Generalissimo Franco sized up as
prospective csudiiio,- believed
he'd be an asset to them and
deemed It judicious to help him.
Russia's sympathies were on the
Spanish Loyalist side. Comrade
Stain dispatched some aid to
them. It's little difficult to un-
derstand Just why. considering
that he's a totslitarian. too. Pre-
sumably II was because he's been
middling apprehensive Of Herr
Hitler all along, despite the So
viet's loose contact with the Nazis
and FascistsTand regarded the re-
publican Spanlards as a better bet,
from his standpoint, than the AXIS
powers Joe's assistance didn't
amount 10 much, anyway; the
Russians are numerous but inefi-
cent. "-
It's underestimate bic that Caudillo
Franco considers himself under
obligations TO Adolf and Benito.
50 when Minister Suner ex-
presses SPANS warm friendship
for Germany, the chances are he's
moderately sincere about It. To
have Nazi-ism and Fascism blow
up might have a nasty reaction
upon his brother-in-law's Falangist
regime.