Wednesday,
HONGKONG .TELEGRAPH
July 26, 1939.
"People Are Waiting For A Major Uprising” EX-CIVIL WAR AIR
ACE,
(in Hongkong) FEARS UPRISING
Purge Already Started, News Agencies Report
SPAIN, crippled and bleeding from one of the most horrifying civil wars in history, is facing the prospect of another bloody revolution.
Although defeated by General Franco's German and Italiah soldiers and airmen, the Republicans are cease- lessly organising sabotage amongst the new regime, and waiting for the moment when they can again call to their BIARRITZ, July 25. in the demarche and addressed Reports reached the border to-night | leller in similar terms to
followers to overthrow the Nationalist, Government. that Generals Franco and 'Surer are Franco.
This possibility was forecast working together, preparing to purge
From San Sebastian, Il is reported some months ago in the "Tele-
Systomatic Sabotage. the military high commands.
that General Davila, e Minister of National Defence is attempting to re-graph" in an Interview with Mr.heaval in Spain, he gold, have been concile Generals Franco and Del Ramon M. Lavalle, who, in the exaggerated, but he has sumelent Lano,-United Press.
It is expected that may high officers will be released from their duties, as was General Quiepo Del Lano. Gen- crai Solchinga nid other generais suspected of attachments with the Monarchist circles are mentioned.
of Ministers,
General
Dol Lano Scotches A Rumour
early stages of the civil war, fought for the Republicans.
Mr. Lavelle has since kept in con-
It is reported that, officers. In u BURGOS, July 25.--General Queipoj stant touch with Republican circles large majority, side with. Generel del Lano was in conference with in Spain and with different groups Del Lano. General Jordana re-General Jordaná here to-day.
of Spaniards in France, Mexico, the ported to have vigorously criticised He afterwards told the "United Argentine, Amerlen, Britain and other Del Lano's disgracing the last counell | Press" that he came to Burgos at countries, and in another interview General Franco's request to confer with the "Telegraph" to-day, sold "on the important post I am to be that, based on information he had given, abrond".
received from these connections, he He asserted that the rumours was confident that some ilme in the abroad of his being, arrested were future there would be another civil "fantastic and pure nonrense" war In Spain to overthrow the United Press.
Franco regime,
It is reported that the Municipality of Seville, as well as an Andalusia Provincial deputation; protested to: General Franco against the mistreat- ment of General Del Lano. Cardinal Segura, the Bishop of Seville, joined
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AT THE
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OF THESE YOUNG BELLONE WITH
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IN MY PLACE
AT HOME
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always...
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SIX WEEKS LATER JONES FELT ON
TOP OF THE WORLD AGAIN
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doctor
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SIX MONTHS LATER
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NIGHT STARVATION
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Certain 'press, reports of an up-
evidence to indicate that systemised sabotage is being carried out, the eral Franco's economic programme. immediate object being to ruin Gen-
tioned," declared Mr. Lavelle, "main- "These groups which have men- tain secret correspondence with their supporters within Spain, and are actively organising widespread sabot- age of crops, factories, shops, trans- port, railways, telephone and tele-
raph communications, and so on. "All over central, south north-cast Spain, the people, especi- ally the farmers are destroying, under Instructions, their harvests in order to economically sabotage the Franco dictatorship.
findi
"The revolters are acting on the theory that if they succeed in their sabotage work, it will be necessary for the Spanish Government to im- port food for which there is a scarcity of money for payment. With famine facing the country, unrest will spread and the people will rise up against the Government."
.
Some Amazing Events Mr. Lavelle has documentary evidence of some amazing events which have occurred since the fall of Madrid and the apparent com- pletion of the civil war.
Seven high officials of the Franco refme have been killed or seriously wounded.
In the factories are squads of Republican workers who are sabotag Ing machinery and ruining production. This is accomplished through their political organisation which is work- ing under the surface at high pres sure, and they find this type of sabotage easy.
Four main railway crashes have occurred in the last few months, all of them the work of specially train- ed "dore-sabotage soldiers."
In Asturias the miners are flooding the mines, and here unrest has been very serious. The sabotaging miners have come into open 'conflict with the autorites and ILLIN executions have been carried out, Republican guerling are still active in the hills around.
In Gallejo fishermen. are inking part in the work of insurrection. Near Vigo recently they act fire, to 150 boats. Other methods of sabot- Age are to cut fishing nets and even to poison the captured fish.
The unrest in Catalonia is mainly confined to the countryside, and in Barcelona itself there is-lttio-or- ganised sabotage as yet. However, the farmers are carrying, out policy of hindrance by refusing to work in the fields, production being cut down to practically nothing.
Waiting For Major Uprising
"I have plenty of evidence from these various sources in Spain, and elsewhere," said Mr. Lavelle, "to prove that to-day 85 per cent. of the Spanish people are waiting for A major uprising."
When asked what he thought of the immediate prospects in Spain, Mr. Lavelle replied: "In my opinion the actual unrest in Spain is not as big as some sections of the press report. It is too early and the Re publican organisations are careful not to act over-hastily and so spoil better chances for the future. There is no doubt of unrest und diesensions be tween Franco's supporters, but the time is not yet ripe for u general uprising
"General Franco knows that hei won the war because of foreign help. He knows that anything up to 00 per cent, of the population is opposed to his regime. He is aware of the hatred felt against him.
"The second Spanish revolution is on its way...It may take one, two, ave or even ten years to ripen, but It is doubtful if anything can stop it."
An Old Struggle
Mr. Lavelle said that the struggle between the Falangists and Monr chists is an old one, and the dissen - sions between the various leaders of these factions, including Senor Suner. Franco's brother-in-law, Senor Fernandez Cuesto, and Gen- eral Queipo Del Lluno reported re- cently, by the world's news agencies, are indicative of the strife which is going on between General France's supporters.
Although General Franco, by creating a unique official party, has tried to keep these factions together, there is evidence to-day that the method is too artificial to succeed. The alms of the Felongists and Mon“ archists are too widely divergent to permit any lasting co-operation and amicability..
The outlook in Spain, said Mr. Lavelle, was far from happy but he felt sure that when the next re- volution comes, it will not be long drawn-out and sanguinary like the 1,000-day war which ended but a few months ago. He belleves that it. will be short and decisive.
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