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SPAIN 41 lot with democracy throughout the world in order to fight for peace and against Fascism. Some of the radicals of the rank-and-file, and the Anarchists, might be difficult to deal with in the event of a Loyalist victory, but they could be handled, as they have been throughout the war, by the common sense elements which still have an important voice on the Government side. In any case neither Soviet Russia as a Government nor Communism as an idea has ever had any important following in Spain. On the other hand, no enduring government would be possible in Spain if the Rebels won. At least not without continued foreign intervention. General Franco's Rebels cannot win the Revolution. Italy and Germany may win it. But they would also have to maintain it. A Rebel victory means the disappearance of Spain's independence. "We want Spam's iron ore" says Hitler. What Mussolini wants is well known. The Rebels represent some of the best elements in Spain, but also all the forces of reaction, a corrupt army, an out- moded monarchy which has given Spain the weakest line of monarchs that have ruled in Europe since the time of Napoleon, and a politi- cally-minded Church hierarchy which has forgotten its duty to the people. Moreover, if Spain becomes a Fascist country under the domination of Italy, democracy loses one more important stronghold in Europe. France might find it hard to maintain herself as a demo- cratic nation shut in, as she would be, by one Fascist state along the Rhine, another along the Pyrenees, and a third across the Mediter- ranean. The Fascist movement in France is still strong. If Fascism were to triumph in Spain, it is at least possible that a French Fascist Government might succeed the Chautemps Government. The battle in Spain is between Fascism and anti-Fascism. Its implications are world-shaking, and its outcome is still uncertain.