Evening star., 1945-06-08
By not destroying Francois
Spanish Fascism no,U, ,ue
DESTROY VICTORY
LELAND STOWE
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LELAND STOWE
in the NeW York Post

In the NeW York Post
Last time we won the war in l9l8...
and spent the next 20 years losing it.
Allied governments kept tearing victory
into tiny pieces and throwing them out
the window.
Munich was no accident. A long line
oflesser betrayals finally begot the inevi.
table, the big betrayal of Munich i. :. . and
the new war.
Today the American and British gov.
ernments again are tearing little pieces
off victory. The first little betrayals al.
ready are cropping up. Only a few more
and the signpost will be nailed up: 'This
way to World War III and the Suicide
of World Democracy"
1t isn't enoug h to go to San Francisco
to get peace. You've got to compromise
here and there, of course, but you We also
got to take some fixed principles with
you.
We Strengthen Argentine Foseism
In October we say, "The Argentine
government is Fascist and our enemy"
In May we say the same Argentine gov.
ernment deserves a nice seat with the
United Nations. That's Betrayal Number
One on behalf of third World War.
For four years we said we were Fl ght.
ing to destroy Fascism. Now Allied Ar.
mics rule Europe but the Fascist regimes
in Spain and Portugal are doing very
nicely, thank you. None of the Big Three
are saying boo to Franco or Salazar.
After all, they re only little Fascists. But
what do big Fascists grow from?
Madrid and Lisbon we're open sup.
porters of Hitler and Mussolini as
long as they dared to be frank about it.
Madrid's actions cost many thousands Of
British and American lives.
frances Spain Feeds Faseism
Frances Spain is the last unhampered
center of Fascism in Europe the
direct funnel to all of South America
-. and the victorious Anglo.American
Allies close their eyes. This is the perfect
way in which to begin to buy another
world war.
Weclamor that the Polish people must
be given the chance to choose their own
rulers. They should be. But are the
Spanish people any less deserving of free
elections than the Poles?
Spains Falangists have definite
Coebbels-inspired program for all of
Latin America. Are the British and
American foreign Offices soft-headed?
Or are they only half.heartedly demo.
cratic? We shall soon know.
In San Francisco Indalecio Prieto,
former Minister in the Spanish Repub.
ican government warned that the Allies
now have their last chance to do some.
thing about restoring democracy in
Spain. If they do nothing fundamental,
Prieto said Spain would yet throw off
her chains D.. but with Soviet Russia's
influence far greater there than it need
to be.
This is indisputable. The very people
who chatter fear of Russia and fear of
Communism give Moscow it's most
powerful long-term cards.
We say we believe in legal and freely
elected governments. Spain still has a
legal and freely elected government,
headed by DR.. Juan Negrin. Most of her
elected representatives are still alive, on
foreign soil.
If the British and American govern.
ments betray the Spanish people second
time, large part of San Francisco's la.
bors will be reduced to hollow mockery.
cosyrioht 1916 The Nev York Post Con-.
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