1915 at the Austro-Hungarian Consutate-General, before Dr. K. Bernauer, Pav, eldest son of Mr, and Mrs I, Komor of Shanghai to Apeix, stoond daughter of Mr. and Mrs." A, Rogalsky of Harbin.
Little if any of that gruesomeness which: was experienced in those three years is introduced into the Book. 'The bloody battlefields and the corpses which were strewn' all over the country are not relied upon by the authors to convey what happened in Spain. Instead they deal with those unsung heroes who did not shoulder rifles but who remained firm in their beliefs, and one of the Rreatest truths about the Spanish struggle, which unfortunately is only touched upon lin a few sentences, is the fact that in both the "Red" and the "White" armies, men whose convictions were fon the side of the "enemies" were forced to fight, often brother against brother, father against son, There was no alternative, and refusal to Aght meant the firing squad, The latter alternative was gladly chosen by men who, at the outbreak of the conflict, had enrolled in the militias lof factions to which they were bitterly opposed, merely to protect their own lives, What they subsequently saw and had to endure convinced them that execution was the best way out of it, and legion are those who chose this alternative, The book Is heartily recommended to readers who are nol only fond of fiction but of learning about Spain—that Spain which once Printed and published at the office of th Nom Guna Denix News & Hiaata, Giortn-china Building, Shanghay Chi
Text read from the printed page and cleaned; old type leaves the occasional error.