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Chapter 18

           Allmustbelieveinthefighttheyaretomakeandallmustacceptdiscipline.Wearemakingahugeconscriptarmywithoutthetimetoimplantthedisciplinethataconscriptarmymusthave,tobehaveproperlyunderfire.Wecallitapeople’sarmybutitwillnothavetheassetsofatruepeople’sarmyanditwillnothavetheirondisciplinethataconscriptarmyneeds.Youwillsee.Itisaverydangerousprocedure."

           "Youarenotverycheerfultoday."

           "No,"Karkovhadsaid."IhavejustcomebackfromValenciawhereIhaveseenmanypeople.NoonecomesbackverycheerfulfromValencia.InMadridyoufeelgoodandcleanandwithnopossibilityofanythingbutwinning.Valenciaissomethingelse.ThecowardswhofledfromMadridstillgovernthere.Theyhavesettledhappilyintotheslothandbureaucracyofgoverning.TheyhaveonlycontemptforthoseofMadrid.Theirobsessionnowistheweakeningofthecommissariatforwar.AndBarcelona.YoushouldseeBarcelona."

           "Howisit?"

           "Itisallstillcomicopera.Firstitwastheparadiseofthecrackpotsandtheromanticrevolutionists.Nowitistheparadiseofthefakesoldier.Thesoldierswholiketowearuniforms,wholiketostrutandswaggerandwearred-and-blackscarves.Wholikeeverythingaboutwarexcepttofight.ValenciamakesyousickandBarcelonamakesyoulaugh."

           "WhatabouttheP.O.U.M.putsch?"

           "TheP.O.U.M.wasneverserious.Itwasaheresyofcrackpotsandwildmenanditwasreallyjustaninfantilism.

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