Salt Lake Telegram | 1938-11-07 | Page 2 | Civil War Won, Franco Claims

CIVIL VI WAR AR WON FRANCO CLAIMS By JA JAMES JAlES lES I. I MILLER Copyright 1938 for The Telegram NATIONALIST FIELD HEADQUARTERS HEADQUARTERS HEADQUARTERS HEAD HEAD- QUARTERS Ebro Front Nov 7 UP General UP-General General Francisco Franco Franc leader of nationalist Spain declared in an interview at his mobile fie field headquarters that the civil war a aready already already al- al ready had been won by the nationalists nationalists nationalists nation nation- and that fighting would cease ceas as soon as republican soldiers broke brok the influence of their officers In postwar Spain Franco sai said the the- nationalists expect a land o of plenty in which capital will be r respected respected re- re but will be forced to fulfill its social functions to produce wor work and liberate energy through which Franco hopes to restore Spain to i its former prestige as a world power powe Plans Strong Rule Franco said he did not intend t to establish a liberal democratic r regime regime re- re gime such as that of the United Unite States but rather one of stron strong leadership and domination of national national national na na- na- na life by the state However he said he did not intend intend intend in in- tend to transplant Intact to Spain Spai the regime of any other country countr such as G Germany or Italy emphatically emphatically cally not their racist policy I asked Franco when he thought though the war would be won He replied replie promptly We have already won the wa waI war I do not like to prognosticate when the fighting will cease but the reds red are in the position of a besieged citadel Their leaders still resist because there are still people who wh can be led into battle to die fo for them Do you need foreign volunteers volunteer or do you believe the nationalist army alone can win can win the final victory victory vic vic- tory I asked Dont Don't Need N pl For e i n Aid A 1 w g 4 n. n Emphatically no Franco said We are not dependent on foreign fighters We never have had more mor than a maximum of 5 per cent o of foreigners in our army We just sent away Ita Italians Italians Ital- Ital ians and they were not wounded o or sick as the enemy says but stron strong and healthy Evacuation of these thes troops left us with only 2 per cen cent of foreigners remaining in ou our army On the basis of Francos Franco's reply it is calculated that his entire army would number only