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August 20th, 1634
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TOP STORY
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UN Issues Sanctions Against Russia!
Delhi, India - After a serious of aggressive diplomacy, military build-ups, nationalist fervor, and slanderous insults and accusations the United Nations has succeded in seeing a peaceful resolution to the Sino-Soviet conflict. The conflict began a few years ago when Chinese coal and oil deposits were targets of what was initially believed to be a terrorist plot. However, evidence began to point towards the Russian Soviet Socialist Republics (RSSR), and China demanded indemnities or threatened to invade the Communist state. For Spain's part, the new goverment under dictator Franco agreed to abide by their own Mutual Defense Treaty, and join the war on the side of the Chinese. The situation further escalated when a similar attack took place in the English colony of Vandal not long after the initial Chinese attacks. It was after this that Secretary General Mohandas Gandhi of India intervened, citing a need to prevent global war. After a heated debate, including one portion where the Indian representative accused the Falange of taking part in the deaths of Miguel Primo de Rivera and former Prime Minister Juan Prim y Prats. Following this, the Secretary General called for order and an amount discussed; initially the Chinese demanded a payment of 20,000 Gold. This figure was later turned into a series of payments of 50 GPT to China, and 5 GPT to England for the attacks. Despite their willingness to accept this, the Russians denied responsability for the attacks. Following the meeting two more attacks struck Chinese civilian targets, as well as an American mine.
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DOMESTIC REPORT
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General Franco Suspends Parliamentary Elections!
Madrid - The Fascist Dictator, General Francisco Franco y Bahamonde, has announced the suspension of the upcoming Parliamentary elections citing "a period of international crisis and uncertainty" as cause for concern. This comes at a time when quality of life in Spain is beging to wane and moderate candidates in specific areas of Spain are beging to show signs of political strength. Candidates such as Jose Luis Rodriguez Zapatero who was quoted saying; "I believe in the early stages of the Falange government it was necessary to do certain things that may have been unconstituational... now this has changed, and we can begin to open up Parliament to new ideas." This comes at a time when the Falange is begining to lose support, as many Spaniards have begun to question the motives of Falangist leaders. Despite this, General Franco is more popular than ever as many Spaniards cite his willingness to stand up to foreign leaders as reason for their support. "Crime has fallen, there are hardly anymore foreigners taking our jobs, and my children can grow up as proper Spaniards." Franco has yet to announce when elections shall resume.
Antonio Van Leeuwenhoek Founds Academy in San Pedro!
San Pedro - Renowned Microbiologist Antonio Van Leeuwenhoek has used the proceeds from a patent on some of his most imortant discoveries to develop the Van Leeuwenhoek Academy of Biology in the Bolivian city of San Pedro. However his greatest discoveries were in the arts of Microscope lenses' Leeuwenhoek's interest in microscopes and a familiarity with glass processing led to one of the most significant, and simultaneously well-hidden, technical insights in the history of science. By placing the middle of a small rod of lime glass in a hot flame, Leeuwenhoek could pull the hot section apart like taffy to create two long whiskers of glass. By then reinserting the end of one whisker into the flame, he could create a very small, high-quality glass sphere. These spheres became the lenses of his microscopes, with the smallest spheres providing the highest magnifications. An experienced businessman, Leeuwenhoek realized that if his simple method for creating the critically important lens was revealed, the scientific community of his time would likely disregard or even forget his role in microscopy. He therefore allowed others to believe that he was laboriously spending most of his nights and free time grinding increasingly tiny lenses to use in microscopes, even though this belief conflicted both with his construction of hundreds of microscopes and his habit of building a new microscope whenever he chanced upon an interesting specimen that he wanted to preserve. Leeuwenhoek made good use of the huge lead provided by his method. He studied a broad range of microscopic phenomena, and shared the resulting observations freely with groups such as the English Royal Society. Such work firmly established his place in history as one of the first and most important explorers of the microscopic world. With regards to the construction of his microscopes, however, Leeuwenhoek maintained throughout his life that there were aspects of their construction "which I only keep for myself," including in particular his most critical secret of how he created lenses. His new Academy is expected to boost Spanish science and technology. (From Wikipedia.com)
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FOREIGN REPORT
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More Attacks in China, America.
Beijing, China - Despite the UN Resolution calling for sanctions against Russia in the form of indemnities to both China and England, the secret attacks ensued; one of which was directed at civilian targets. The Beijing suburb of WuXai was hit in it's business district, which is one of the most important in all of China, nobody knows for sure how many were killed, but the estimate is in the thousands. The other attack occured in America, and was targeted at an iron mine near the city of Robington. Of the 153 miners, only one named Al Gore survived; "something was trown into the mine from the entrance.... It rolled passed me into the dept.... behind me I heard an explosion and I was trowed against the floor. I don't remember anything from there on. I hate it that the mine has been destroyed. All my coleagues are death. If I wouldn't have walked that fast because I had to pee, then I would've been death as well[sic]." It is disheartening to see such a travesty against humanity as the American education system, and the attack was pretty brutal too.
Brian Thatcher Named Secretary General of the United Nations!
London, England - Brother (?) of English Prime Minister Margaret Thatcher, Brian Thatcher has been named the second Secretary General of the United Nations, defeating incumbant Mohandas Gandhi by a slim margin. "Most of the votes probably went to Thatcher because of Gandhi's handling of the Sino-Soviet conflict," says Spanish Foreign Minister Angel Sanz-Briz "Russia deserved much harsher penalties." However many believed his election to be an act of politics, as many of the votes for Thatcher came from member states of the Resource Defense Pact (RDP). This became evident when the Americans announced in an official statement;
Adolfo Suarez-Gonzalez, a former member of Prime Minister Juan Prim y Prats' cabinet has noted to the Monitor that; "It is clear by America's displeasure that state's whose politics do not agree with those of the RDP were bothered by Thatcher's election, and thus shows the value of a pro-RDP Secretary General."
Nuclear Proliferation Repealed!
Delhi, India - In an amazing change of policy the United Nations revisited the Nuclear Ban Treaty, established by former Secretary General Mohandas Gandhi. "We support the actions of the German people in this endeavor" said Dictator Franco, "If you ban a technology that is not understood by humanity, you ban the quest for knowlege." However critics of the Falange have voiced their outrage, citing "aggressive intentions" for Spain's support of the repeal. Initially the repeal of the Nuclear Ban Treaty was forwarded by German Hauptfuhrer Azimov Kimpler. Gandhi had promised under his administration to put the question on the table, but it wasn't until Thatcher that this actually came to fruition. As of now all testing of nuclear activity for any purpose is allowed.
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EDITORIAL
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The Madrid Monitor would like to thank its subscribers in Spain and worldwide for their support during these trying times. As you are well aware, we have been kicked out of Spain by the Falange, as they deem our newspaper a threat to national security. Those who support our publication, and who fight for freedom worldwide are our most loyal subscribers, and to reward them we have made our paper free to the public. Further we will now see an editorial from former member of Juan Prim Y Prats' cabinet, Sr. Adolfo Suarez-Gonzalez.
Fight Against Franco!
by Adolfo Suarez-Gonzalez
I must show my gratitude to those who read this paper and understand that the dictator Francisco Franco is a murderous thug and must be stopped! How do you do this? Well you've got to educate the public, you've got to do little things to show the rest of Spain that Franco is not totally in control, that he is weak. Spray grafitti, write leaflets, hang up Republican flags, do anything you can to show Spain that this is not the only way. I know it is difficult, and you may be aware that I myself have left Spain for a while, but it is out of necessity. I want you to realize that there ARE people in Spain fighting for the greater good, and the return of true democracy to our great land. I have traveled through both Russia and China, and have seen the countrysides waiting for war, fearing the looming war. They both have the same worries, and the same hopes; we must bring democracy about worldwide to abate the threat of war. Men like Franco, and Kimpler, and Stalin are a threat to global peace and security. States build their military, like the Falange have done in Spain only ensure future warfare and struggle. We must have democratic rule, the people WILL NOT vote to kill themselves. I urge all Spaniards to stand up to Franco, for he will be Spain's downfall.
August 20th, 1634
FREE TO THE PUBLIC
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TOP STORY
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UN Issues Sanctions Against Russia!
Delhi, India - After a serious of aggressive diplomacy, military build-ups, nationalist fervor, and slanderous insults and accusations the United Nations has succeded in seeing a peaceful resolution to the Sino-Soviet conflict. The conflict began a few years ago when Chinese coal and oil deposits were targets of what was initially believed to be a terrorist plot. However, evidence began to point towards the Russian Soviet Socialist Republics (RSSR), and China demanded indemnities or threatened to invade the Communist state. For Spain's part, the new goverment under dictator Franco agreed to abide by their own Mutual Defense Treaty, and join the war on the side of the Chinese. The situation further escalated when a similar attack took place in the English colony of Vandal not long after the initial Chinese attacks. It was after this that Secretary General Mohandas Gandhi of India intervened, citing a need to prevent global war. After a heated debate, including one portion where the Indian representative accused the Falange of taking part in the deaths of Miguel Primo de Rivera and former Prime Minister Juan Prim y Prats. Following this, the Secretary General called for order and an amount discussed; initially the Chinese demanded a payment of 20,000 Gold. This figure was later turned into a series of payments of 50 GPT to China, and 5 GPT to England for the attacks. Despite their willingness to accept this, the Russians denied responsability for the attacks. Following the meeting two more attacks struck Chinese civilian targets, as well as an American mine.
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DOMESTIC REPORT
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General Franco Suspends Parliamentary Elections!
Madrid - The Fascist Dictator, General Francisco Franco y Bahamonde, has announced the suspension of the upcoming Parliamentary elections citing "a period of international crisis and uncertainty" as cause for concern. This comes at a time when quality of life in Spain is beging to wane and moderate candidates in specific areas of Spain are beging to show signs of political strength. Candidates such as Jose Luis Rodriguez Zapatero who was quoted saying; "I believe in the early stages of the Falange government it was necessary to do certain things that may have been unconstituational... now this has changed, and we can begin to open up Parliament to new ideas." This comes at a time when the Falange is begining to lose support, as many Spaniards have begun to question the motives of Falangist leaders. Despite this, General Franco is more popular than ever as many Spaniards cite his willingness to stand up to foreign leaders as reason for their support. "Crime has fallen, there are hardly anymore foreigners taking our jobs, and my children can grow up as proper Spaniards." Franco has yet to announce when elections shall resume.
Antonio Van Leeuwenhoek Founds Academy in San Pedro!
San Pedro - Renowned Microbiologist Antonio Van Leeuwenhoek has used the proceeds from a patent on some of his most imortant discoveries to develop the Van Leeuwenhoek Academy of Biology in the Bolivian city of San Pedro. However his greatest discoveries were in the arts of Microscope lenses' Leeuwenhoek's interest in microscopes and a familiarity with glass processing led to one of the most significant, and simultaneously well-hidden, technical insights in the history of science. By placing the middle of a small rod of lime glass in a hot flame, Leeuwenhoek could pull the hot section apart like taffy to create two long whiskers of glass. By then reinserting the end of one whisker into the flame, he could create a very small, high-quality glass sphere. These spheres became the lenses of his microscopes, with the smallest spheres providing the highest magnifications. An experienced businessman, Leeuwenhoek realized that if his simple method for creating the critically important lens was revealed, the scientific community of his time would likely disregard or even forget his role in microscopy. He therefore allowed others to believe that he was laboriously spending most of his nights and free time grinding increasingly tiny lenses to use in microscopes, even though this belief conflicted both with his construction of hundreds of microscopes and his habit of building a new microscope whenever he chanced upon an interesting specimen that he wanted to preserve. Leeuwenhoek made good use of the huge lead provided by his method. He studied a broad range of microscopic phenomena, and shared the resulting observations freely with groups such as the English Royal Society. Such work firmly established his place in history as one of the first and most important explorers of the microscopic world. With regards to the construction of his microscopes, however, Leeuwenhoek maintained throughout his life that there were aspects of their construction "which I only keep for myself," including in particular his most critical secret of how he created lenses. His new Academy is expected to boost Spanish science and technology. (From Wikipedia.com)
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FOREIGN REPORT
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More Attacks in China, America.
Beijing, China - Despite the UN Resolution calling for sanctions against Russia in the form of indemnities to both China and England, the secret attacks ensued; one of which was directed at civilian targets. The Beijing suburb of WuXai was hit in it's business district, which is one of the most important in all of China, nobody knows for sure how many were killed, but the estimate is in the thousands. The other attack occured in America, and was targeted at an iron mine near the city of Robington. Of the 153 miners, only one named Al Gore survived; "something was trown into the mine from the entrance.... It rolled passed me into the dept.... behind me I heard an explosion and I was trowed against the floor. I don't remember anything from there on. I hate it that the mine has been destroyed. All my coleagues are death. If I wouldn't have walked that fast because I had to pee, then I would've been death as well[sic]." It is disheartening to see such a travesty against humanity as the American education system, and the attack was pretty brutal too.
Brian Thatcher Named Secretary General of the United Nations!
London, England - Brother (?) of English Prime Minister Margaret Thatcher, Brian Thatcher has been named the second Secretary General of the United Nations, defeating incumbant Mohandas Gandhi by a slim margin. "Most of the votes probably went to Thatcher because of Gandhi's handling of the Sino-Soviet conflict," says Spanish Foreign Minister Angel Sanz-Briz "Russia deserved much harsher penalties." However many believed his election to be an act of politics, as many of the votes for Thatcher came from member states of the Resource Defense Pact (RDP). This became evident when the Americans announced in an official statement;
This is pure provocation... [and] another step towards more anarchy and instability...
Nuclear Proliferation Repealed!
Delhi, India - In an amazing change of policy the United Nations revisited the Nuclear Ban Treaty, established by former Secretary General Mohandas Gandhi. "We support the actions of the German people in this endeavor" said Dictator Franco, "If you ban a technology that is not understood by humanity, you ban the quest for knowlege." However critics of the Falange have voiced their outrage, citing "aggressive intentions" for Spain's support of the repeal. Initially the repeal of the Nuclear Ban Treaty was forwarded by German Hauptfuhrer Azimov Kimpler. Gandhi had promised under his administration to put the question on the table, but it wasn't until Thatcher that this actually came to fruition. As of now all testing of nuclear activity for any purpose is allowed.
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EDITORIAL
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The Madrid Monitor would like to thank its subscribers in Spain and worldwide for their support during these trying times. As you are well aware, we have been kicked out of Spain by the Falange, as they deem our newspaper a threat to national security. Those who support our publication, and who fight for freedom worldwide are our most loyal subscribers, and to reward them we have made our paper free to the public. Further we will now see an editorial from former member of Juan Prim Y Prats' cabinet, Sr. Adolfo Suarez-Gonzalez.
Fight Against Franco!
by Adolfo Suarez-Gonzalez
I must show my gratitude to those who read this paper and understand that the dictator Francisco Franco is a murderous thug and must be stopped! How do you do this? Well you've got to educate the public, you've got to do little things to show the rest of Spain that Franco is not totally in control, that he is weak. Spray grafitti, write leaflets, hang up Republican flags, do anything you can to show Spain that this is not the only way. I know it is difficult, and you may be aware that I myself have left Spain for a while, but it is out of necessity. I want you to realize that there ARE people in Spain fighting for the greater good, and the return of true democracy to our great land. I have traveled through both Russia and China, and have seen the countrysides waiting for war, fearing the looming war. They both have the same worries, and the same hopes; we must bring democracy about worldwide to abate the threat of war. Men like Franco, and Kimpler, and Stalin are a threat to global peace and security. States build their military, like the Falange have done in Spain only ensure future warfare and struggle. We must have democratic rule, the people WILL NOT vote to kill themselves. I urge all Spaniards to stand up to Franco, for he will be Spain's downfall.
Franco's hold over Spain began to wane in the mid-1600s, as his Falangist regime shrunk from their obligations to their fascist allies in Germany. It was difficult to tell exactly why Franco was reluctant to help the regime of Hauptfuhrer Azimov Kimpler; some say he was afraid of the ramifications if Spain were to lose, others say it was revenge for Germany's insistance that Spain apologize for the Zaragoza incident, and others simply believed that Franco feared he would lose power along with his military if he fought in such a far-flung conflict. Regardless of the reasons Franco's grip over Spain began to weaken as political opponents cited his failure to aide his allies as proof of Franco's weakness as a leader. The situation became worse when Franco was hospitalized, and Parliament opened Spain's markets to trade with all of Terra. This clearly was a slap in the face to his regime, as even members of the ruling Falange party began to split into opposition factions. One particular session of Parliament saw an argument between Leopoldo Calvo Sotelo and Foreign Minister Angel Sanz-Briz, which lead member of Parliament Jose Maria Aznar to call to question the validity of Franco's position as Prime Minister. Parliament would then announce a vote of no confidence...
While it was difficult to be a political opponent in Spain under Franco, it happened enough to be an annoyance to the Falangist regime. Many of Franco's critics hailed from the city of San Pedro, which suffered countless riots including Liberalist protests and bombings since the begining of Franco's rule. Those responsible were normally exiled, arrested, or killed. The rest of the resistance to Franco came from within the Falangist coalition government; there were conservatives, traditionalists, and hard-line socialists who considered Franco's rule to be either too much or too little for Spain. Jose Maria Aznar was one of the first Spaniards to join the Falange, but later realized that many of Franco's policies were installed out of mere political considerations and not out of love for Spain. Thus he founded the People's Alliance, a party that was technically part of the Falange, however wanted to repeal some laws that the party deemed "offensive to the betterment of Spain." The party accused Franco's goverment of cowering to the Americans, Russians, and Indians and chastized the dictator for his failure to save his allies the Germans from the American onslaught. For his part, Franco admitted that he was caught off guard and would have helped Germany if the Chinese, English and Incas (the latter two were official allies of Germany, China was part of the now defunct Resource Defense Pact). Unfortunately for Franco the damage had already been done, and the elections were just around the corner.
Franco realized that he didn't have the mandate to act against the People's Alliance like he did with the Liberal party. Firstly it was part of his coalition government, and secondly he understood that his approval rating in Spain was dropping quickly, especially after he failed to act on the side of Germany. It was evident in Parliament and throughout Spain as many began to openly question the dictator's policies, further he understood that you can't kill everyone. So on November 7th, 1658 (just days after getting out of the hospital) the hard-line Falangists staged a pro-Franco rally in the capital city, calling for all "True Spaniards" to come show their support for the aging dictator. Countless military officials, soldiers, and Spain's fleet of tanks were all summoned to the ancient city to show Spain that despite their failure to fight for Germany, the Falange was powerful and would keep Spain powerful too. 
Exiled Liberal leader Adolfo Suarez Gonzalez sent leaflets throughout the country, calling for an anti-Falangist rally, and for Spain to boycott Franco's parade. Clearly this wouldn't occur, but the simple fact that the Liberals were able to distribute the leaflets was a further sign of the Falange's weaknesses. Despite the recent turn of events numerous Spaniards (including many young Spaniards) took to the streets in support of their dictator, claiming that the world was against Spain and Franco was the only one who would stand up to the United Nations. The rally continued for three days, leading up to the day when Parliament would hold the vote of no confidence, Franco's rule was being questioned for the first time... but would the resistance be enough...
, but one question, what does OOC mean? Very interesting story.
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