But it does not follow that they were planning
ageneral attack on the C.
I warneveryone against my bias, and I warn everyone
against my mistakes. Kopp was waiting for orders on the telephone; if we heard
definitely thatthe P.
I myself did not seethe leaflet or La Batalla of
that date.
It was an expensive shop, and theshop-people were
U. Even a man as tall as I am cannot wear a long Mauser down his trouser-legwithout
discomfort.
It was only a question of getting themacross the
street. It was noticeable that most of them had picked up a girl after aday or two.
Sooner or later it might mean being used against theSpanish working class. I had to
tell him that after this affair I could not join anyCommunist-controlled unit. There
areoccasions when it pays better to fight and be beaten than not to fight atall. I
was in a ghastly frame of mind and dog-tired after about sixty hourswithout much
sleep. A rising impliesaggressive action and a definite plan.
In this chapter I have described only my personal
experiences. My wife had come down from the hotel in case a nurse should be needed.
And on every side you heard the sameanxious questions: Do you think its stopped? I
remember the long, nightmarish evening that we spent in fortifying
thebuilding.
If this was history it didnot feel like it. There
is also some uncertainty as tohow far La Batalla expressed agreement with the
leaflet.
It was an expensive shop, and theshop-people were
U. Those who were in personal touch with the P.
I shall go back to myhotel and stay there. So far
as one could gather from what peoplewere saying at the time the C. Huge seizures of
arms werebeing made from C. However, we may becertain that the Communist press would
have said this in any case. TheCivil Guards were still occupying strategic
points.
Those who were in personal touch with the P. But,
after all, there was a war on, and they had no businessto start a fight behind the
lines. As usual, completely innocent people were beingarrested owing to police
bungling.
So far as one could gather from what peoplewere
saying at the time the C. La Batallaalso issued instructions that no troops were to
leave the front. Thirdly, what purpose, if any, lay behind the
outbreak?
I shall go back to myhotel and stay there. After
all, you were only acting under orders. I warneveryone against my bias, and I warn
everyone against my mistakes. It was noticeable, however, that thetrams did not
start running.
Many people were agreeably surprised when there was
norioting on i May.
There was, however,practically nothing to
eat.
And the people in the shoe-shop who were making my
marching-boots.