FRANCE: New Neighbor

France suddenly woke up last week to the fact that hereafter, by virtue of Generalissimo Francisco Franco's conquest of Catalonia (see p. 17), she would have only one neighbor—Rebel Spain—to her south instead of the two warring neighbors she has had for the last two and a half years. Moreover, the realization grew that this new Spanish neighbor, puppet of Fascist Italy and Nazi Germany, might not prove to be the friendly one that France has known for more than 100 years.

All during the Spanish War France has been scarcely on speaking...