Economic Policy of Wealthy Democracies Attacked Rome, June 12.
Spanish friendship for Italy, the Reich and Portugal was highly lauded by Senor Serrano Suner, visiting Spanish Home Minister, when he granted an interview to official Ste-tani news agency today, At the same time, he branded the democracies and their "encirclement policy."
Tt is clear," he said, "that we will forever remain faithful to our friendship for Italy, Germany and Portutugal.
"Only the enemies of Spain can believe that we might disown friends of hard times and prefer those who did their utmost so that Spain should lose her war of liberation."
In the ranks of those who allegedly hindered Spain's progress to liberal tion, Senor Serrano included "some who still defer carrying out pledges solemnly taken up."
He castigated propaganda fostered by "certain wealthy powers," and added, "What certain countries mean by peace is the maintenance of all the injustices which are a benefit to them and a humiliation to other countries,"
He referred to Generalissimo Fran-
Chicago Fire That A view of the battle as firemen and fireboats fought the great grain elevator fire that followed an explosion' at the Rosenbaum Bros. Grain Elevator in Chicago recently. Eight workmen were killed in the explosion and the subsequent blaze. The damage was estimated at U.S.$1,000,000. cisco Franco's recent speech of acensation against nations assortedly trying to enforce an economic siege of Spain to prevent Spanish development, Senor Suner declared, "Spain is ready to break the iron ring with which Jewry is trying to surround her."—Havas,
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