Word: loyalist
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Dates: during 1930-1939
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...Minister Chamberlain's policy of dealing with dictators. Long a sharp-tongued critic of Mr. Chamberlain's foreign policy, the Duchess, one of the brainiest women in British politics, has been tagged with such sobriquets as "Red Kitty" or the "Red Duchess" because of her support of Loyalist Spain and other causes unloved by Mr. Chamberlain's Conservative Party...
...contained some very interesting items. Wrapped in one of his dirty shirts they found: 1) a collection of maps giving the positions of Rightist troops; 2) detailed reports of disaffection in Generalissimo Franco's Spain; 3) a list of 200 of the Generalissimo's spies operating in Loyalist Spain...
...week's end no large-scale revolt against Generalissimo Franco had materialized, but reports, rumors and facts did provide some inescapable conclusions: 1) there was widespread if suppressed disaffection in Insurgent Spain; 2) the slogan "Spain for the Spaniards," introduced by grapevine from Loyalist Spain, was making trouble for Generalissimo Franco's Italian allies; 3) the Loyalists had an efficient espionage service in their enemy's territory...
...week's end, after three days of fighting, Generalissimo Franco's troops- Spaniards, Italians, Moors-had advanced an average of about five miles on a 100-mile front. Insurgent communiques claimed a rout near Tremp. but U. S. newsmen back of the Loyalist front saw no signs of panicky retreat. Both sides agreed that the full force of the offensive had not yet been launched...
Rightist long-range objectives appeared to be Barcelona, Loyalist capital, and Tarragona, to the south, from 60 to 80 miles away. Many ranges of hills lie between the front and the objectives. More important than anything else, however. Generalissimo Franco hopes to provide his ally. Dictator Benito Mussolini, with a first-class victory before January 11, when Dictator Mussolini meets British Prime Minister Neville Chamberlain at Rome. Dictator Mussolini wants very much to persuade Mr. Chamberlain to grant Generalissimo Franco belligerent rights, most valuable of which would be the right to blockade. After that Loyalist Spain, already near famine, could...