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to gain power after the other politi.
cal parties have failed. Francis
bankruptcy may serve As 4 spring.
board for the Communists. led by
Maurice Thorez, to take over the
government and create, on the ruins
Of the middle class, . real Marxist
proletarian majority.
The u ,370, ,000, 900 loan granted
by the United States to the French
republic is considered only q drop in
the bucket. II the French govern
ment does not prove permanent and
its leaders do not take the drastic
measures to salvage the currency.
there will be chaos in France and
this chaos will not be the result of
any direct Communistic activity But
Mr.. Thorez will describe 1t rs the
fault of the moribund and decayins
capitalist-socialist system.
At the same time the Communists
are trying to feather their nest IN
France, serious efforts are being
made to create another civil war in
Spain. Generalissimo Francisco
Franco came to power with the rs.
sistance Of the Fascists and Nazis.
who were attempting to dominats
Europe. Today Gen. Franco Is just
another minor dictator Is far a
democratic ideas are concerned.
France Overshadowed.
Gen. Franco is far less blood.
thirsty than Marshal Tito in Yugo-
slavia or other Moscow-sponsored
rulers behind the Iron curtain"
These men nave at least 10 times
as many men in concentration
camps rs Gen. Franco has today in
Spain. The firing squads are mo-
where near as active as they are east
of the Elbe River. Yet nobody has
suggested in the U. N. to withdraw
recognition from Tito and the other
puppets.
In spite of this contradiction Of
principles, real efforts are being
made, at Russia's instigation, to
overthrow regime which We don't
like, but against which we have
no immediate and plausible COM
plant. There Is . good deal Of
secret activity within and outside
Spain to create another revolution
by infiltration across the Pyrenees.
This will be represented rs the
Spanish peoples answer to the call
of the rest of the world to rid Spain
of its dictator.
People in this country who are
anxious to solve their own domestic
problems and are hunSering for
peace will be satisfied, Moscow be-
]ieves, with any token OF good viii.
particularly after the harsh treat.
ment accorded our Government b.
the Russians since vi day. Wa
want peace and are willing to ~.
cept at face value the concessions
Mr.. Molotov made in New York.
British Attitude Changed.
The British are anxious about
the Middle East and the Eastern
Mediterranean. The refusal of the
U. 8. s. r. to intervene in the in.
ternal Iranian fracas early this
month is taken as an indication
that Russia no longer wishes to
challenge the economic advantages
of the British in the Middle East.
This action has already had an ef.
feet on Turkey.
In the past the British were de.
termined to stand by Turkey at any
cost. On the basis of this policy.
the Ankara government asked
washington and London for . spe.
cific quantity Of military supplies
any eventuahty. London very re.
Gently has become lukewarm to
these demands. A genuine soften
ing Of Russia's policies in the areas
where Britain's interests are really
at stake may serve to change poll.
cies Of the British cabinet and par.
ticularly of Foreign Secretary Bevirl.
Whatever the causes OF Russia's
changed attitude may be, there 10
4 new feeling Of hope in the White
House and the State Department
that the U. N. henceforth will brint
tangible benefit to the cause OF
peace.
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