A Declaration of Radicale Support
Hear me now, those of you who would still name yourselves Radicales!
We have come to an impasse. We now stand with two massive hedges between us. One is made up of nationalists and conservatives, those who would supplant Santa Rosa's machine and replace it with one of their own. Another is made up of not only those former Santa Rosaists, but also of communists and socialists, who are perhaps just as bad if not worse. What path will we blaze?
I understand, many of you wish to defy both, and rise once more to the cause of liberty, to stand straight and tall, uncompromising, even in the face of Armageddon. There was a time, once, when even I would have spat both in the face and pursued my own path. But now is not that time. We cannot stand alone. If we stand alone, both sides will fall upon us like two waves racing to meet one another, and our struggle will have been for naught, for no one will remember us in the middle of such a catastrophic war. As much as I hate the communists and the socialists, in the end I would prefer them over the reactionary dictatorship that would be installed were the nationalists to succeed.
Therefore, I hereby issue this declaration, a declaration of Radicale support for the Republic. Go now, Citizen Guard, stand with your Chilean brothers and sisters! Though the Red Guard may be despicable, they bleed red, just as we do! Our fight with them is destined for another day! For now, we take the fight to the reactionaries! Viva la Chile!
-Símon Germán, rightful leader of el Partido Radicale