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ANOTHER ANGLE OF FOREIGN POLICY
FRANCO.
Man of the hour in
SPAIN
GENERAL FRANCO,
Spain's Man of the Hour, is noating Barcelona with his Nationalist Army. Hare is a vivid pen-pictura of the soldier who has led the Insurgent forces in that war-torn country...
BU.
PAUL BEWSHER
one of the Daily Mail Special Correspondents. With General Franco's Forces.
A
LITTLE, smiling man with a good- humoured mouth and a dreamer's
eyes.
That is General Francisco Fanco. His mouth and his eyes explain the secret of his leadership, his campaign to free his country from the Reds.
His good humour and simplicity have won him the utter and self-sacrificing devotion of the vast majority of his fellow-countrymen in every walk of life.
His vision and idealism have inspired him to take supreme risks for the salvation of Spain and have enabled him to carry through his plan to a victorious conclusion despite all manner of obsta cles.
This quiet, self-effacing man of 43, who will be remembered as one of the greatest figures among all the rich panorama of Spanish history, has shown himself to be not only a brilliant general but also a sintesmÁN of the highest order.
He showed himself to be a brave, resourceful leader throughout the hard years of the Moroccan war, and he was rapidly promoted to Lieutenant-Colonel, Colonel, and then General--this last high post being given to him when he was only $2 and making him the young- est General in the Spanish Army,
During this time. he was twice awarded the Military Medal for courage. Four years ago he was appointed Military Governor of the Balearic Isles, and a year later was placed in command of the army in Morocco. Ho was appointed chief of the whole Spanish Army in 1935.
Extensive Reader
IN February of 1986, the Popu
lar Front Government, know- ing his sympathies, removed him from that post and made him military commander in the Canary Islands.
WRS.
Such action, however, useless with a man of his force and ideals, for, when the time came for him to undertake his. great task, he was, within a few daya, leading the liberating army from the Mediterranean shores: on the long march towards the capital.
General Franco is a brilliant conversationalist and an exten- sive reader, especially of works. on history and political science.
In ordinary times his recrea- tiona are golf, riding, shooting, and polo; but since the begin- ning of the campaign his only relaxation has been provided by occasional walks and talks with his friends.
Until Past_Midnight HIS day is a long one of almost incessant toil. He rises at and after an 8 o'clock works until 1.30.
7.30,
It may have been a shock to some to realise the trend of British foreign policy, accord- ing to the interpretation of events in London given to the
In both categories his actions have been flaw- in Telegraph'a correspondents Icas. Neither as a soldier nor as a psychologist London yesterday. It was said has he made one single mistake. to be likely that Britain would
I have in my mind three memories of Gen- refuse to give to any Central eral Franco which show him to me first as a man, European power, Czecho-Slova- then as a soldier, and then as head of the State. kia not excepted, any guarantee
his brown forehead there was Like Napoleon against invasion by another state. However, this
MY first meeting with him was. prediction; and while it is true! for me-in most dramatic
As he talked, I studied the tered a military academy. short walk. arrived that Mr. Neville Chamberlain, circumstances. I
at features of the man who had When only 20 he volunteered for From 4 p.m. he works
the
has Seville shortly after midnight stirred the hearts of the nation, service in the Moroccan car- Prime Minister,
With his aquiline nose, paign and was attached to the Complete descriptive catalogue sent on request. appeared to be tending towards after two days of almost con-
firm, full lips, and slight 1st Corps of Moorish troops or- a form of isolationism it is as tinuous motoring in intense heat, I had travelled during which
double chin, he bears a re- ganised by General Berenguer. yet too early to judge accurate from the north to the south of
markable resemblance to Within a year he was promoted ly the exact position Britain Spain.
Napoleon.
to the rank of Captain for his occupies in relation to problems
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myself.
He was born at Ferrol naval breakfast something almost boyish in his base, on the north coast of Lunch concludes about 3 o'clock, expression.
Spain, and at the age of 14 en- then he has a rest or perhaps a
-
When the Spanish Legion was formed in 1920 Franco was ap- pointed second in command.
I visited at once the Army It is not easy, however, to services, and in 1916, after be- of Europe. It is not suggested, Headquarters, a large, stately study his face when talking to ing very seriously wounded, he Chater Road. for instance, that Britain would mansion in the heart of Seville, him because it is almost impossi- was made Major at the age of
desert France or Belgium if to obtain certain permits. With ble not to be held all the time by 28. those nations' were attacked. me were two companions as his eyes. They shine with re- British pledges given during travel-stained and exhausted as solution and courage. the conferences of the post-war
As he speaks, again and again The officer who met us went years make it clear that under
away, returned a minute later, he raises them as though he were certain circumstances
gazing beyond the ceiling, be- and to my astonishment said:
yond the sky, to some secret Government must act force- "General Franco would like
vision. fully. There is no point in to see you for a few minutes. saying: "We shall give no com- He has heard that one of you is mitments in Europe." For the returning to North Spain and British people is already com- he would not like to think you mitted to act under the Articles had made so long a journey for of the Treaty of Versailles in
.THURSDAY THE KING'S. SWING DOWN SWING STREET!
grand story of the honest, gayest, swinglest street in all the world.with the brightest stars of midnight blating out the jam... filling it with melody, dancing and swing! It's sweet! It's hot! It's swelli
WALTER WANGER.
nd STREET
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COUNT
WITH IAN HUNTER LEO OARKILA PÁT-PATERSO
and RUNNY-BAKUR
the
no purpose.
How
Simple Words THE next time I met him it was for a formal interview, and here
that he revealed astonishingly methodical mind which is probably the greatest secret of his military success,
with his secretaries; he re- ceives visitors until o'clock, has dinner, then works again until midnight or one in the morning. He never amokes, and is very abatemious, taking just a little wine with dinner. He is mar- ried and has two children, to
whom he is greatly devoted.
To-day he is giving that same devotion to all his people, whom he looks on as his children, to be, protected, guided and helped.
Often
DO YOU STEAL?
"FARES pleasel Farca Flease!" Danger Signat which I was travelling the other day
The conductor of the tram on
If this class of petty crime were We were shown into a small
generally recognised as something defence of the victims of ag-office furnished with chairs and
looked enquiringly round, but a gression generally; and by the' a small table which was cover-
woman who had got on while he was to be ashamed of, instead of with Every question I asked,
downstairs suddenly became immer- indifference or even something to Treaty of Locarno to the de-ed with papers.
sed in her newspaper and remained boast about, I think it would soon fence of France and Belgium Towards us walked
however difficult, was ans- a short,
wered immediately and
silent. After a ten cent ride she disappear. I should suggest that the went out, only to be asked for her penalty for being caught might be
p against attack by Germany; rather plump man with one of
directly in simple words.
money by the conductor as she was the wearing of a special badge for a
to car and, for that matter, guarantees the most pleasant smiles of wel-
We were interrupted by a leaving. She pold it with ill grace, month as a danger signal to
ductors and ticket collectors. Germany's and Italy's frontiers come I have ever seen. He was
wha people I believe that these her. as well, according to the game wearing an officer's simple khaki telephone call from a high mili- as the conductor were insulung uniform with the red sush of a tary leader. For five minutes
The Incident is not uncommon and cheat the communications companies five-power undertaking.
General at his waist. Despite General Franco replied to a long to me it seems amazing that hun-are drawn from all classes of society Britain's Imperial problem is his greyish, curly hair behind series of questions with swift, dreds of men and women who are the rich no less than the poor.
short sentences: "Yes. On scrupulously honest about every have been amazed to find that men recognised. A war in defence
Four thing else do not hesitate to cheat and women who could write a cheque Wednesday morning.
the
bus and tram companies. The for several hundred pounds will of some remote European state breach of peace. This rather o'clock to-morrow afternoon. majority of them would be distinctly stoop to cheat the bus conductor. might not be popular with the vague policy commends itself obtain everyone available," and hurt if you told them they were Yet these very men and women, if grand scale, would probably never. Dominions, it is true. Britain for various reasons. An under-so forth. Not more than 100 thieves, yet in a way they are overy they discovered anyone cheating on
man who takes bit as bad as the does not want to quarrel with taking to defend Czecho-Slova-words in five minutes' conversa-coppers from the till or the women recognise them again.
kin would probably antagonise tion.
who shoplifts. They are sometimes Not dissimilar le, the person who any of the Empire nations over Germany; it would unquestion- My third memory is of his quite frank about their petty dis- cheats at games the woman who les, and openly boast about calls a ball "out" at tennis when she such a question. Nor does she ably create a bad impression in headquarters in an old mansion honestis, reds their friends know knows it was really "in, and the want to put any of them in the Berlin and Rome; it might also in the crooked streets of the that they could safely trust them man who appeals for a catch behind awkward position of having to stir things up in Central Europe little town of Caceres.
with Afty pounds,
the wicket, although he knows per- the refuse support in a European and bring to a quick and un-
whole trouble lies in fectly well that the ball did not touch think Late in the evening he came conclusion the campaign. But that cannot be satisfactory
negotiations now in progress down the broad staircase to re-lock of thought. Just as the boy who the bat. Perhaps there is some it is often done in the heat of the the sole reason for avoiding
realise what he is doing so those
habit of cheating public moment pledge to support France and and aimed at a general appeate-sume his work after dinner in pulls off files wings doce not fully excuse for this kind of cheating, as There used to be, and possibly ment. Mr. Chamberlain should accordance with his custom, who make a Russia in their undertaking to be given a chance to finish his With his staff behind him, he companies do not think of the utilis à reculler kind of schoolgirl Czecho-Slovakia. It comes down experiment. Meanwhile, his walked with superb dignity and mate results of their dishonest acts.
In the first place, the conductor moralliy which allowed you to "bag to this: Britain will not give Government takes pains to gird calmness. Here was the very of the bus has either to make up the something belonging to someone else
the deficit himself at the end of the way, as long as it was not plodges to any individual nation itself for any emergency, and is symbol of statesmanship,
Ideal leader of a proud race of or to confess that he must have made schoolgirl alang
it to which she is not already being wise before the event.
when a forin has been successfully sounds very much! bound by treaty. She is pre policy in Europe, however, there reserve and calm.
passed off as half-crown. It is not and I have known girls and boys, pared to join a general scheme is one thing to be said. If Mr. Youngest Generalna to keep a wife and children Uing about, think hothing of "bag- a rich company with a capital of who would not take a penny from that is cheated, but a man their mother's purse if it were left of collective security, is still Chamberlain has any doubts
i pencils, pens, and loyal to the League of Nations about the sympathies of the principles and the democratic Dominions, or their support of the collective security, formula, but she Idéales of rovernment ;; t
it would be wise to call the consultation. A common Britišl Empire foreign volley would be
Vold it!
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