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Author: Sean |
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Date Posted: 06:17:12 11/13/02 Wed In reply to: historian 's message, "Re: General Franco" on 02:54:29 10/21/02 Mon Here is the summing up of the Leftist leader Lerroux, one of the outstanding figures in Spanish politics, and several times Republican Premier after the fall of the monarchy:- "General Franco's revolt is not a military rising against the law, but for the law, not against the people, but for the safety of the people. It is a national rising as legitimate and holy as the war of Independence in 1808. "It is even more sacred, for it is not only a question of political independence, but of home, property, culture, conscience and very life - in a word our whole civilisation as handed down in history. "When the army took up arms the people, without distinction of class or outlook, deliberately took their stand by the side of the army, and shed their blood in common with the army from the very first day." >what a sick, twisted view of history this is, ignoring >the severe repression enacted by franco to repress all >who disagreed with him. how pathetically jingoistic to >celebrate the rallying cries of narrow fundamentalism >as you do. freedom to express opinion is something >denied catholics and non-catholics the world over. no >catholic can say that a nation where soldiers stood at >the back of lecture halls supervising the teaching of >history and literature is something to be celebrated. > >>Calvo Sotelo was murdered in Madrid, during July, 1936 >>by uniformed forces of the State. When chaos and >>anarchy broke out all over the country, Catholic Spain >>turned its eyes to the Canary Islands. If there was to >>be a movement, nobody doubted who would direct it. >> >>An aeroplane left for the Canary Islands on 17 July >>bringing Spain's call to Franco. When be became >>convinced that there was no possible alternative he >>accepted, flew to Morocco, called the army into >>action, and it responded to a man. >> >>Soon all the best elements in the national life of >>Spain were flocking to the Nationalist cause with >>shouts of "Long live Christ the King," "Viva Espana," >>"Viva Franco", and at the end of two months General >>Franco was invested as head of the new Spanish State. [ Next Thread | Previous Thread | Next Message | Previous Message ] |