Republican Regime New York, Dec. 30, The sympathies of the population of this country in favour of the Spanish Republicans are increasing progress sively, statistics compiled by the Institute of Public Opinion revealed today.
A popular referendum organized by the Institute revealed that 76 per cent. lof those questioned expressed themselves for the Republicans and 24 per cent. for the Nationalists, The previous referendum, organized a few months following the outbreak of the civil war in Spain, resulted in 63 per cent. favouring the Republicans and 35 per cent. for General Franco. Moreover, the percentage of those who" refused to give their opinion totalled 33 per cent. against 50 per cent. last time. 3
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