15 MARCH 1924, Page 2

The Madrid correspondent of the Times says in Monday's paper

that since the advent of the British Labour Party to power a curious change has been noticeable in some of the Spanish newspapers. El Socialista, for instance, which used to advocate violence, is now praising the virtues of constitutional action. It appeals to the Spanish hand-workers to struggle for the emancipation of Labour by the same means that are triumphing in Great Britain. It is amusing to read side by side with this tribute from Spain a characteristic outburst by Zinovieff, the Communist leader at Moscow, who describes Mr. Ramsay MacDonald and his colleagues as lackeys of the bourgeoisie and as traitors to the cause of the prole- tariat.