Show fifth columns Co lunin what aia it means mea its outside the gates of 0 madrid I 1 four our columns of our troops are engaged but within there is a fifth column which at the proper time will arise a and id overthrow the defenders since the day that the spanish rebel general quiapo de llano made that now famous remark regarding the filth fifth column the term has been used to refer to all those residents citizens or aliens of a 4 notion nation at war or faced with the possibility of war at some future date who act or speak in a fashion that may in some way aid the enemy or possible enemy such aid to the enemy may come in n many different ways it may mean sabotage or disclosing military secrets most striking ei examples amples of fifth column activity usually come however as the troops of the enemy are marching into the home country the filth fifth column it is already there and has placed itself in key positions to aid the ad lancing troops thus far it is claimed the ge german r man forces have successfully used these tactics in denmark norway holland and belgium fifth columnists may or may not be citizens of the country in which they reside they filter filler into the nation in times of peace as students tourists workmen refugees or any guise which is not apt to be alarming |