After i the WaI War Spain General al Franco Fianco W Wont Won't Answer Continued Fascist Utile Rule Probably with Milli King Seen Likely By y JOSEPH W. W The scene Spain A final finni bullet ricochets from the sun suns sunbaked sunbaked baked drenched blood wall Peace Pence returns to n a land which has lost more than of its best men since July 18 1936 The civil war becomes ugly history and history and then what The man who can cnn answer is Francisco Franco a business business- businesslike like generalissimo known to his Loyalist enemies as El EI Carnicero the butcher and to his Insurgent followers as us El 1 1 the chief General Franco FrancoIs Is victor thanks to superior mill mill- tary strategy plus a whip hand over Spain's natural resources rl plus help tram from Berlin and Rome nome Spain's war needs n eds repetition hero here only because things said RaId and done since 1030 1930 must be bo answered for to to- today day Will General a Franco pour aw ow awful awful ful vengeance on the Loyalist ene enemies mies who banished him to a Canary Islands outpost In 1030 Will France and England pay the price ot of their I Indecision these past two years by losing all aU prestige In Spain Will dictatorships dicta rise or fall tall when Spam's Spain's final foal die is cast Man Ian of the Hour Too many answers rest with Fran Fian Fiance ce co Co a shrewd political military gen genius ius lus who became a cadet in Alcazars Alcazar's West Point at 14 won mild fame tame fighting the Moroccan Rifts nuYs at 23 and became the army's youngest brigadier general at 34 Since April 1031 when King Alfonso fled fied the tho country after otter republican election victories Franco has hag been closely enmeshed In Spain's officialdom as lIS asman asa a man to be reckoned with Once chief of the Ule foreign legion and head of the tho war college his allegiance to the deposed Alfonso was so renowned that the jittery young republic quickly made him military governor of ot the Balearic Is Is- j d 1 i r- r f I 6 L i i I 4 I t I 4 J 4 r 4 t t r r I b I 4 1 t y T FRANCO AND ANI FAMILY A 4 A rare ran photo of 0 Insurgent Spain leader 1 i d hi liEs II wife wi till and daughter at government lie id quarter in lands lands his his first banishment In 1034 Franco was rushed back to the tho mainland to crush leftist revolts against the newly established right right- rightIst 1st regime It was W l then that As As- AsturIas tunas and ond dubbed him the tho butcher a resentment which I probably accounts for tor the stubborn resistance those provinces In Inthe Inthe inthe the civil war Hut But to 10 rightist Spain Franco became the man of ot the hour certainly the strongest single figure In the Uie fight Catholics Ca capital capitalists monarchists and fascists were waging against a growing Communist I clement The second banishment to a 0 dreary Canary Islands outpost came caine Immediately after atter a leftist victory In Inthe Inthe inthe the January 1930 election Dut But six months later a mysterious civilian civilian- garbed figure climbed Into a British plane at Las Palmas capital of the Canaries Next day July 18 18 Mo Mo- Moroccans Moroccans remembered the old year 23 youth who had suppressed the tha It RUTs Ids Within a few hours Moors were ral rallied lied under the Insurgent flag and the war was on Franco Frances Course Steady Study The next two and one half years made Spain a common battleground on which all Europe's grudges were paraded Communist fought Fascist while white democracies stood on the side sidelines lines Unes hoping vainly that each would slaughter the tho other In far for away lands the Issue of ot Christianity ver vcr versus sus SUI paganism was held a vital is issue is is- issue sue In the war The worlds world's eyes were focused on a n conflict where American fought Italian and Ger Ocr German German man fought Russian where reli reU- religious political and economic Issues seemed at nt times to tar the mere fact tact of civil war In Spain Through all nil this General Gell rII Franco Franca has pursued a n steady course aided by Fascists Ignored lenored by democracies des cies for tor obvious reasons ot of political expediency But Dut when Barcelona Barcelena fell feti fellIn In late January and the war seemed headed for an nn ultimate Insurgent victory Franco Franca began emerging in his hi true proportions the proportions the man of ot the hour Ills lIIs will shall probably be bedone bedone bedone done in Spain He lie is obviously Indebted to Italy and Germany Rome admits Fascist troops have lave been bren killed kill In Spain and from Balearic Island bases a giant 1 lant Italian air nir armada has hns operated against the Loyalists Germany has been equally helpful but neither nation has hns acted horn from goodness of ot heart Iberian Peninsula Important First the Franco Franca campaign has offered a chance to fight Communism but this has been bern more an excuse than an nn end In Itself More significant are huge Imports of Span Span- Ish Iron by Italy and Germany both suffering acutely from lack of at metal resources Still greater Is the Iberi Iberl Iberian an peninsulas peninsula's Importance In It Italy's alys aly's campaign to control the Medi Mediterranean and force Corce territorial con con- concessions concessions concessions cessions from France Italy Italy German German services have been bren outright gifts gills to General Franco loranc therefore he can call honestly claim to owe them no monetary debt But Dut how about the Ule moral debt Can he turn on Fascism now that the war warIs warIs waris Is won He barely bardy might for one good reason More than anything lhing else Spain Spam now needs money for recon recon- reconstruction obtainable ble only from Great Britain the United States and to a lesser degree France Great Britain is especially anxious to make these loans bans because Spain was once an excellent customer Now British coal exports to Spain have hll dropped 37 per cent motor cars 05 95 per cent and machinery 90 00 per cent Greater Spain Predicted This Is the very logical reasoning behind current French British o over oer er tures to lure Franco from the dic die It is emphasized still more by the growing belief that Spain will some day assume new Importance among European nations holding a whip hand over any potential Med Medi Mediterranean conflict con Dut But just as ns France and Britain look rather foolish In recognizing Franco after he has bas won his battle so 50 would Franco look foolish If he tossed his Fascist friends into Inlo the ashcan For every everT nation concerned It would be an unnatural alliance based on immediate te expediency and would merely delay the eventual showdown Hints UInta have already been dropped concerning Francos Franco's governmental plans lans Last year an nn order was Is Issued Is I sued restoring citizenship and prop properties properties erUes to King Alfonso the alleged inside story of at that restoration be being ing this A monarchist delegation met Alfonso Altonso In Switzerland last sum sumS summer mer suggesting that his privileges and possessions might be bo restored if Alfonso Altonso would abdicate in favor of ot his third son lion Prince Juan Al AI Alfonso fonso reportedly replied he te might Healthiest Don Junn Juan not a great lover lovu like the tile cabellero of ancient Seville is isa Isa isa a healthy young youn man of ot 25 who was brought up under English Influence Int lie He even served as a lieutenant In Inthe Inthe inthe the British navy Unlike his two elder brothers the count of ot Cova Cova- Covadonga donga who died in Florida last year and Prince Jaime he shows no trace of ot the tragic maladies which have afflicted the rest of ot the family He lie was wal married in III 1935 1933 to ta Marie Princess of Bourbon They have one daughter Don Juans Juan's appointment would be bean benn bean an nn important pacifier since he would return to Spain as an outsider capa capo capable ble of arbitrating the differences be between tween Insurgents and Loyalists The selection might meet with Roman toman disfavor because of the strong Influence England has played on the youth during his formative years But Dut II 11 Duce rules under undera a king In Italy and seems to get along nong nicely nicoly Certainly there Is no reason to think Franco would ro- ro retire tire without tasting the fruits of ot hIS hrs dearly gained victory He lie would probably become premier under such nn on arrangement Anyway Prince Juan Junn who has spent the past few years under close surveillance of ot Rome probably bears stronger Fascist leanings Ulan than most people Imagine I B e Western estern ul rn Newspaper N r Union UI