New York, Feb. 1.
Spain will become a totalitarian state similar to Italy, sign a concordat with the Vatican and safeguard the interests of all classes when the insurgents win the Spanish civil war, Gen, Francisco Franco, Spanish nationalist leader, said to-day "in Fesponse to a questionnaire by Mr. Roy Howard, editor of the New York "World "Telegram," published to-day.
'Asked whether' he personally was a Fascist, Gen, Franco said, "Iam an admirer of the way in which Fascism has stemmed the advance of Communism in many countries and can-hot doubt that in evolving a corporate state, increasing the eflcleney of administration and aiding the citizens the fulniiment' of their duties: toward the nation as a whole, Fascism has contributed more than' political science theories are capable toward Political development, and that It is therefore of the highest value in ref erence to Spain."—United Press.
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