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to ereate thus a reasonable transítion between the present
régime and a future Monarchy, headed by the young Prince.
The question is only whether Don Juan will be ready to
accept such a compromise, and whether he will not, by keeping
his son outside of the country, bury definitely the chances
of his family. It is to be feared that this will be his
decision.
This suicidal course of the Spanish Pretender and his
close friends has led to a rift in the Monarchist movement
of Spain. One of the oldest and most courageous leaders
of Spanish Monarchism, Count Valellano, has now broken with
the Pretender, and accepted to serve as a Minister of Public
Works in the Franco administration. This rift is graver
than many think, since Valellano carries with him a large
popular following among the Monarchists, having been during
the period of the Republic a fearless Monarchist Member of
Parliament, who, besides the late Calvo Sotelo, was among
the most courageous fighters against the Red régime. ‘he —
fact that Valellano has now taken this course had as a
result thet large masses of Monarchists, ineluding numerous
members of the nobility, have broken with the Pretender,
and are now favouring the idea of a Franco Regency for
Don Juan's son, This trend, furthermore, is supported by
the powerful Traditionalist group, which has now joined the
Cabinet too, and is having there a large : ; ks to
Party. Furthermore, it is well know that the new Minister
All this makes a very powerful array of forces behind
the idea of such a Regency, an array of forces which, sooner
or later, will force for a showdown.
While it is as yet too early to say what the real
result will be, it nevertheless seems likely that sooner or
later Don Juan will find himself confronted with a virtual
ultimatum to accept the Regeney for his Son, or or else to 3
. see his family's chances destroyed once and for all.
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