spoken» of so many centuries ago—,——“Greater love hath no man than
this that he should lay down his life for his friend.” And that
“friend” was not only the ‘Spanish worker groaning under the cruel
heel and iron fist of monopoly capitalism and religious bigotry, b.ut the
workers of the world suffering under these same masters in other
countries, in your country and in mine.  
  i Unknown Soldiers of Democracy r
And here theylie, quietly and still. And see what is written above
their heads: “Volunteers of the International Brigade”-——-“Who died as
heroes for the liberty of the Spanish people and the happiness and
progress of humanity”. Above each grave is Written his name, his
nationality and the date of his death. t

Madrid l PeaceFlull,i/\mid War

——Dr. Norman Bethune, it January 2nd, 1937

Europe, ~ .  

It is a city at equilibrium within itself, a city without the
intense class antagonisms and discords that are called disorder in
any other city. This is due to its homogeneous society——the Workers,
the small shop-keepers and the petit-bourgeois all molded into one class

with one ,idea—.——Winning the war against the Fascist aggressor;
So, as in a family or clan inwhich there is internal peace although
the family or clan may be fighting against its external enemies. No

MADRID is, paradoxically enough, the most peaceful city in

police are needed to maintain the law." Every member, every citizen, '

is underathe strict necessity of order——-self-imposed and conscious.
. Property Is Protected by I
p Private property is respected.—-—confiscated property belonging to
the people at large, is equally respected. On large magnificent man-
sions, which once belonged to the late so—called nobility, one maysee
signs such as these: “Citizens, this property belongs to you, respect
it”- Note the Wording of the sign—-not “belongs to the St,ate”——-the
State as an institution superior to and above the people, but——“.belongs
t0 Y011”--be10118'S to me. So, if you or I damage it, we are damaging
our own property. .  
There is absolutely no looting. " This is clear from one manifest
fact—-—the things which are looted in a War are first of all articles
of necessitysuch as clothing and food. Later come the luxuries—-
jewels, fur coats, etc.’ Now the people of Madrid are Wearing the
same clothes as they Wore before the rebellion in spite of the large
quantities of fine clothes left by fleeing Fascists and members of the
so-called upper classes. a V 1
' Buying of necessities and clothing is brisk in the shops." I was
1n.a large departmental store today and saw a Woman of the so-called
middle classes buy a tricycle for her boy of 10 and a large dollfor
her daughter of 5.   a v I
Aerial Bombardment . l V .
We were heavily bombed tfromthe air today about 12 noon.
Twelve huge Italian tri-motored bombers came over, the city and
bombed not positions of military importance, but a poor quarter of