Washington, Feb. 11.
Some stir has been caused by an article written in defence of the Spanish Republican Government by the President's wife, Mrs. Eleanor Roosevelt, and appearing in her daily. newspaper column.
Revealing that she had just accepted from the Spanish Ambassador to the United States a gift of Goya prints, Mrs. Roosevelt rejects the objections of correspondents, who state that she should not accept the gift. She adds that she accepts the gift with "deep appreciation and gratitude."
"What I know about the Loyalist Government," Mrs. Roosevelt goes on to state, "makes me feel that we in this country would call it a democratic Government. "Though it may have shown antagonism towards religion at one time," Mrs. Roosevelt adds, "this seems to have changed." his bed for several days to prevent the possibility of a relapse, but it was believed his illness would not prevent him from leaving for Florida on "Thursday io embark on the cruiser Houston for a fortnight's cruise in the Caribbean to view the joint naval maneuvres—United Press,
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