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...September 29, 1938, a copy of which was apparently sent to every graduate of the Harvard Medical School by "The Medical Bureau to Aid Spanish Democracy." The letter consisted of an appeal to contribute money as a tribute to Dr. Walter B. Cannon to be given to Dr. Juan Negrin, Premier of the so-called Spanish, republic. It says, 'we hope that you will want to share in this tribute to an eminent doctor and statesman, in honor of a beloved American colleague and champion of democracy'. I wish to protest against this, and to say that every well-informed...
...eclipse of Commissar Litvinoff last week left the Geneva limelight to Premier Dr. Juan Negrin of Leftist Spain. In a noble speech, upholding with Spanish fervor the ideals of the League, Dr. Negrin cried: "Once foreign intervention in Spain has been eliminated, I can assure you a policy of national conciliation, conducted under the firm, energetic direction of an authoritative government, will make it possible for all Spaniards to forget these years of conflict and cruelty and will rapidly re-establish domestic peace. Then the harsh trials of the present times may be regarded in our country as a baptism...
...Negrin did not ask the League to do anything about removing the Germans and Italians who are fighting for Rightist Spain, but he did go on to announce dramatically that Leftist Spain, which has been sending home its foreign volunteers for several weeks past, will now send the last of them home (see below), and only asks the League of Nations to send a commission to Spain to verify this fact. The cautious Assembly did not at once appoint the commission requested by Dr. Negrin, but he was cheered for having struck a purely idealistic note "proving that the League...
...Moors). Each side was busy with widely separated, half-hearted and ineffective offensives at the Leftist-held Ebro River salient and at Rightist-held Cordoba, but the bogged-down Spanish war made a spurt of news when at Geneva the League was suddenly told by Leftist Premier Dr. Juan Negrin that he will speed up and continue his recent evacuations of foreign volunteers from Leftist Spain until not a single member of the famed International Brigades remains (see above...
Today, the Internationals are a political embarrassment and, in overpopulated Leftist Spain, are so many more mouths to feed. For two months Dr. Negrin has been sending Internationals home by small groups. That they leave with the gratitude of Leftist Spain was indicated by the Premier. He called them "courageous, devoted men." proclaimed the "high moral value of their sacrifices" at Spain's "most critical hour," assured them that Spain would be "sad" at their leavetaking, "this new and painful service we now ask of them...