The Spanish, Republican: Parliament convened to-day in a secret meeting of Montserrat Monastery, "3,000" feet up in the mountains near here, in order to avoid danger of Nationalist it raids.
Dr. Juan Negrin, Premier of the Republican regime, in an opening address before the parliament, accused Signor Benito Mussolini and Herr Adolf Hitler of using Spain as a testing ground to prepare for the next great war.
In a lengthy speech, he proclaimed the ability of the Republicans of Spain to win the present civil war despite the lack of assistance from the League of Nations.
The Cabinet later received a vote of confidence from the newly convened Parliament "We are bound by the League of Nations," Dr. Negrin told Parliament, "but we recognize the failure to assist us because of the things the League failed to do in Manchuria, Ethiopia, Spain and China—all victims of the same aggression. The only solution is a Republican victory and the elimination of the enemy government."—United Pres:
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