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Author's Forward The Men and Women of Santa Eulalia
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"Christ said, 'Father, forgive them, for they know not what they do.' In this case they shall
not be forgiven, for they know very well what they are doing." The late Louis Delapre, Paris journalist, whose dispatches were distorted an rejected by the reactionary Paris Soir, and were publishes by Humanite after Delapre was shot down, flying over Marid.
Russia, who was cursed for helping the patriotic Spainiards, now is a great ally of the United States. Hitler and Mussolini, who denied hypocritically that their forces were invading Republican Spain, now openly boast of its conquest. Chamberlain is dead. Blum is a prisoner. Our own appeasers are still at large, and in power. It is easy for Americans to enjoy, vicariously, the formerly idyllic life of the people of Santa Eulalia del Rio and to approve their mildly liberal views. It is nearly impossible for Americans to express their sympathy in practical ways because of diplomatic barriers. We all know that the war that we are preparing to fight began in Spain in July, 1936, if not sooner, and that the oppressed Republican Spaniards were on our side and against our enemies. We all know, those of us who have the slightest understanding of European conditions, that should an American force of Liberation set foot on Spanish soil the great bulk of the Spanish people would welcome its members with tears of joy and thanksgiving and would fight at their side to the last drop of blood. The world is at war. No country can be neutral. On which side is Francisco Franco? Many good men of Santa Eulalia are still fugitieves in the woods of the small island of Ibiza. They have eluded their executioners six long years, and harassed them. Others in exile, like Cosmi and Pep Salvador, have found means to aid their stricken families an communicate with them. There is still hope in the hearts of these brave people, not based on conditions around them or encouragement from free America, but on the justice of their cause. Until they are emancipated and their faith redeemed, the war cannot be won.
Elliot Paul
Captain Juan
Cosmi; his wife Anna
Old Juan, of Casa Rosita; his son Mariano; his daughter-in-law Vicenta
Guillermo, the blacksmith Father Torres Father Margall And, assisting on holidays, Father Clapes and the priest who looked like a butcher boy The San Carlos priest an his father
Mayor Serra, republican FARMERS AND LANDOWNERS
Pep Salvador, Cosmi's brother Don Abel Matutes
Andres, the young socialist
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