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Salient. An Organ of Student Opinion at Victoria College, Wellington, N.Z. Vol. 1, No. 3. March 23, 1938

. . . and Death

. . . and Death

Another book on the Spanish tragedy is Elliott Paul's "The Life and Death of Spanish Town." It is not a propagandist tract—it is the tragic portrayal of murder and rape of a happy community.

Mr. Paul says this book is a repayment to the people of a community which save him the happiest times of his life. These folk were or Iriza, one of the Balearic Islands; they led a simple, happy life, fishing, drinking and fraternizing.

Upon this little island the fury and horror of civil war burst, and the monstrous horrors and atrocities committed by some Italian troops are vividly and gruesomely described.

The Italian troops still occupy the island, and the day after Mr. Paul left, 400 of the inhabitants were machine gunned.

The intimate picture of the Spanish life and character in the happy days is as wood as anything we are likely in get on that aspect.

—V.E.