SPAIN---
Battleground of Democracy 

The miscalled "civil war" has now raged in Spain for 
over two years and, contrary to the expectations of those 
who planned and began it, the end is not yet in sight. 
Neither can we yet calculate or gauge the serious interna-
tional complications that have arisen or may still arise 
therefrom. Unfortunately, there has been much confusion 
and misunderstanding in the public mind as to the nature 
of the conflict. This confusion and misunderstanding was 
deliberately created and fostered through misleading and 
extensive propaganda. 

But a change has come. Much that was confused is 
beginning to clear up. The world at large is coming to 
"realize that the liberation of Spain from the yoke of fascist 
reactionaries is not the private affair of the Spanish people 
but the general concern of all advanced and progressive 
mankind." 

In an admirable review of an important book recently 
published, Margaret Gould says (Toronto Daily Star, 23rd 
August, 1938): 

"Those who wish to see the whole picture clearly can get 
it for just 20 cents, thanks to the Penguin books series. 
The Duchess of Atholl, British peeress and M.P., who is a 
noted scholar and historian, spent over a year collecting and 
studying all authentic records, and has unravelled this 
tangled skein. The result is "Searchlight on Spain," a 346-
page booklet of carefully documented facts, set forth in 
simple and objective style."

She closes her review of the book by advising all who 
can read to read it. We endorse that advice, and strongly 
urge all who would know the truth about the conflict in 
Spain to read "Searchlight on Spain."

ISSUES OF CONFLICT 

The armed revolt against the democratically-elected Re-
publican Government of Spain began on the 18th July, 1936, 
with the officers of the army in Morocco, and spread 
throughout the garrison towns in Spain. The officers car-
ried many of the men with them. In this struggle against 

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