SPIRITED APPROVAL

Manawatu Standard, Volume LXVI, Issue 27, 31 December 1945, Page 5

SPIRITED APPROVAL

SPANISH NOTE ENDORSED NO INTERFERENCE WANTED (N.Z. Press Association. —Copyright.) (Rec. 9.30 a.m.) MADRID, Lee. 30. Amid a roar of "Franco! Franco!" and with many arms raised in the Falangist salute, the Spanish Cortes last night endorsed the Government .Note answering "calumnies from abroad.'' inis action was taken, without a vote, after tne President ox tne fortes (oenor jiisteoan Unbao; made a speech venerating tne government s contention that opain has a pure .uemocraey. benor linuao said tnat fcipaiu s internal policy was an exclusively opauisu anair. bpain wanted peace, uat sue uia not want to speais or world peace n it had two faces—one for Spain and one lor tlie otuer nations. The Cortes received a petition signed by 2UU .Deputies "inviting the fortes to adhere lervently to tne vigorous patriotic position of our Caudiiio." iToni the use of the title "Gaudillo" and the fact that the lirst signature was that of benor Jose Luis, SecretaryGeneral of the Talange, the petition is believed to be of Talangist origin, though the Falange has been formally abolisncd and General Franco is now oihciaily "Chief of State." GOVERNMENT'S CONTENTION. An earlier message stated that the Spanish ijovernmeuc had' issued a rsote declaring tnat iutenerence by loreigners in Spanish internal affairs would not be tolerated. The iNote alleged that an insidious campaign naa been launched against bpaui uy ner enemies with the aid of gold and jewels worth MO,tJM,V>M looted during the civil war. Continuing, the Note stated: "Spain considers campaigns ot this kind an attack on the sovereign rights and is ready to isolate herseir from ail those who hold such a stunted conception of international relations."

The Note claimed that Spain maintained peaceful neutrality during the World War, although the belligerents on both sides planned to attaeK her. "ijipain rejects the supposition that there is any fundamental political problem in Spain, since after all attempts at a concord failed, the country solved its own problems over six years ago by a Nationalist victory, as in a similar manner the world solved its problems by means of the last war," the Note concluded.