SPANISH DECEIT

Dominion, Volume 38, Issue 289, 5 September 1945, Page 7

SPANISH DECEIT

Franco Regime Speaks With Two Voices LONDON, September 3. Diplomatic circles in Madrid are ponderin'' the Spanish Govei'iimen s .•ipp.iientlv deliberate policy of speaking wiili ai, unbending voice for home consumption and .1 more sootlnug voice for al n>, savs Reniers’ eoi'i'espoiideiil. 'Speculation follow* tin' sl)Ppi«-M"l> within I" days of publieaimu in the N’-jm ish Pra-s of two sl.'itemcnts of polio bv the Foreign Minister. Alberto Arlajo. ’The first slalonifiil banned was an interview with a Lisbon newspaper, and I m second was a reply by the I'oroigu M>ister Seimr AHajo. to Mr. Levin s refm-en.-e; |O Spain in the House of ( OIIUIIOIIS on AiiLojst 2D. The correspondent adds: “It seems that ■it the moment there exists an agreed compromise between the various groups of Franco's Cabinet to malic placating gestures abroad without materially changing anything on the home front. “The impression is gained that the regime is watching the effects of these pronouncements abroad, and that so long L the British and American Governments appear to be satisfied nothing mitrll will be cb.'limed in Spain. , "Til" prolongation of .the iron censor .hip of Spanish mm'-’pa PH'S continues to „j u Spun in rd.- a distorted .'Hid uuiufoiunMl I jew of the World siliialioii The < ell,)ir S fops even .such papers ns the London "Times'’ i f they contain comment, adverse to l.h« regime.”