The Waterbury Democrat., 1944-03-02
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NEaR1o. the Fascist expressed MS
anlniun Of the FUar Freedoms -; y
neatly enc year after they were
announced hy Churchill and Roose-
eclt He simply wired Hitler:
~Tae fate OF the smaller European
states, their freedom and their in
dependence, does indeed depend
upon q German victory" When 1t
became obvious, after the Russian
Reversea that Hitler was not going
20 win, he decided 10 string along
nnyway--he had to :. From Feb.
kuary to June, 1913, the Spanish
govt was the principal advocate of
y negotiated peace-at the direct
bidding Of Musolini and Hitler.
Khin d why France has to go
along. As early as December, 1889,
5000 German tourists were in
gpain. Since then the number has
considerably increased The Ger
man embassy alone has 200 C:n-
ployes There are more German
news correspondents in Madrid than
all other countries combined. OF
course they are not newspapermen,
they are part Of the German gar
risen, In civilian clothes At the
German embassy sits Hans Lasar,
who has direct control Of the Span
iel press. He issues orders daily TO
the Franco regime, and they pass 1t
on 10 the Spanish newspapers. On
one occasion, before America entered
the war, @ Spanish paper indicated
chat the United StRets was pow
erful factor. The editor was called
10 the German embassy, handed an
article contradicting his previous
statement, and ordered to run it,
:. Some countries take their COM
plants about the Spanish press di-
rect TO the German Ambassador
Franco, the Fascist, always be-
slows upon the German ambassa-
dor, ct all public ceremonies, the
place OF honor. But there is the
notorious appeaSer, Sir Samuel
Hoare, ambassador to Madrid from
His Majesty'S government . How
q fighter like winston Churchill can
brook such a furnished appea3er
anywhere near his government Is
one of the mysteries of the war.
Hoare'S record as an enemy Of de.
nlocracy and friend of the Fascists
goes back to 1895, when he sold out
Ethiopia to MuSSolini with that
other shining light OF honor-Pierre
Laval. He underestimate his coun-
tTy's conscience. however, and he
hal 60 ctAvA Stnxyv@ RpoS,a khA nf"'aA
Of foreign minister :. Hoare is re-
gaYded as an enemy Of every demo-
cratic force in Spain. It was Hoare
who urged the United States to
supply Franco with gasoline, wheat,
meat, rubber and other products as
lar back as 1940l At time when
Britain's crack regiments were up to
their aYmpits in the waters OF Dun
kirkl
The British and American en-
baSsies in Madrid may have q right
TO adopt whatever attitude they
wish toward the Fascist murderers;
but they have absolutely no night
TO bargain with the welfare OF
American or British citizens In
the Vail Of l041 the wife of a prom
tnent American resident In Madrid
was imprisoned for the "crime" of
trying to leave the country with a
sample Of the Sawdust bread Franco
wa5 feeding his people in lieu OF the
wheat he was sending to Hitler =. "a. {.
The wife Of an American bank Of
fictal In Madrid was arrested be-
cause when a movie Of Hitler was
shown, the secret police thought
they heard her his. Actually, she
was only whispering to her children
in an effort to keep them quiet dur
ing the show.
This unofficial antagonism is fully
matched by the contemptuous Of
1icial insults. In the Spring OF 1871
a gang OF, Falangists stoned the Bri.
fish Embassy in Madrid, breaking q
number OF windows but not breaking
Sir Samuel Hoar'S appeaser smile.
-. A woman employe Of the Bril-
tish embassy In Madrid, who should
have been immune from arrest was
thrown into Frances dungeon for
three days on unspecified charges
She was released on direct represen-
tation Of the British Foreign Office
:. In the Fall Of 1910 the then
American Ambassador in Madrid
Alexander w. Weddell, was attacked
BY . gang of Falangist youths, who
grabbed his arm and tried to force
him to give the Fascist salute. When
he escaped they threw stones at
MIN and at the Embassy, striking
the emblem Of the United States
. with stones and bottles. The Ameri.
can ambassador had previously in
formed Franco that the attack was
coming. Franco did absolutely
nothing about guards. Since that
time he has received millions OF
! dollars In all kinds OF supplies
believe 1t or not--aS part of our
country's war effort!
Hitler net only has secret
espionage and political army in
Spain: he has an open industrial
army In one week Spain. which
with italy has almost a monopoly
OF the worlds mercury, shipped $50
tons 10 Germany. In one week Hit
Ter has gotten $50 tons Of cork. In
one week shipments OF lead from
Franco to Hitler have run as high as
go tons. Iron pyritse are crossing
the Spanish border to Germany at
the rate Of 80 carloads per week.
Olive oil has been particularly inn
portant to Hitler. German planes
fabricated with olive oil have been
shot down in Russia :. Franco has
sent Hitler more than 20 carloads
OF olive oil and 400 carloads of
wheat In q single. week. Franco has
certainly opened . and front!
The Axis speaFhead In the Amer
teas u run by Nazi Wilhelm Won
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