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Show good cilltenahlp In heeding the) good Inlentioned dvtoe of their government, but s verted tha possibility pos-sibility of dragging tha United States Into the) fracas by becoming Involved In any untoward eventuality. But there were some stubborn Tsnltees who stood on their rights. They rem el nod bi Madrid for purely persona! profit or for purely personal I " plsasura. Money Is money, they reasoned, or fun" It fun. But war also la war, even if It It civil war and what's so civil bout ItT But, as Americans they had right to remain. If they (ot hurt couldn't they call on tha army, navy and marina corps to coma over and put bandagee on them and then shoot at tha mean Spaniards and make them sorry they aver hsd insulted or bruised an American? They didn't giva a hoot for the warning! from tha state department. de-partment. In all circumstances. Just why should 123.000,000 Americans give hoot for them If they persisted In sticking their necks out during tha ruckus? It might have been different If It had not been at that time Just bloody political fight But they ara still there, and they are hungry. They have sent an urgent plea for food to tha temporary American embassy In Valencia. Tha foolhardy and Independent Americans at Madrid want beans, sugsr, rice and potatoes. Much as It is tad for our countryman to be hungry anywhere under any conditions. It would not be such dirty trick If the embassy at Valencia told them that if they want food to coma and get It. They had their chance to est and be safe and turned It down. Paying for Their Folly . 117 HEN tha spearhead of General Franco' VV push on Msdrid had worked Its wsy precariously precar-iously near tha capital, our ftate department warned Americans in the danger lone to move out Our ambassador already had sought the mora comfortable security of villa In France, but embassy officials ha hsd left behind to face the music quickly arranged for transfer of the embassy. Its effects and our endangered nationals to Valencia. Soma Americana wanted to be even farther away from war's alarms and to cheerfully put aboard vessels the government had provided for them. These citizens of this country not only exercised wiadom in seeking personal safety sod |