by the people of Spain, is suddenly attacked by its own' troops and officers. That is nothing more nor Jess than a rebellion against the properly constituted government of the country, and the men engaged {in it are rebels. When in the early stages of the struggle reports of Communist atrocities wreaked on priests, nuns and the churches were not, of course, in the ayes of the fascistically inclined,—propaganda. That was the naked truth about the hated Communists, and a worthy exercise by the press of the freedom which should properly belong to it. Tt was backed up by pictorial evidence which could not be denied. 'The rebels, in Fascist eyes were chevaliers sans pour et sans reproche conducting a civil war with the lly-white fingers of chivalry, men "who could not] possibly' be guilty of the hideousnesses. alleged against the Communists. And that despite the fact is more bitter and civil war. But when itis alleged against them that they have been just as guilty of atrocities as their opponents, and the Press reports the fact of those allegations which is the news—then it is in the eyes of the Fascists guilty of propaganda. Obviously they cannot have it both ways, though they! would dearly like to do so, and [the suggestion that the Press is merely publishing propaganda and thus prostituting the freedom, which gained after very bitter struggles, only arises when something unpalatable is printed.
Let there be no mistake about it, there is little to choose between cither of the two forms of {otalitarian government engaged in this Spanish struggle, either in the doctrines which they represent or {in their methods of government and) diplomacy. Take for example the astonishing book recently published by Marshal de Bone, which shows conclusively that the Abyssinians, despite Italian propaganda to the contrary, were so anxious to avoid war that in the end the Italians had to force it on them.
That is not propaganda, it is confessed in his bool "Anna XIII; The Conquest of an Empire." It probably unpleasant reading for the fascistically minded, but the fact that the book is sponsored by Signor Mussolini in a foreword permits of no doubt of its truth, The pre-
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