" It is a positive fact that the efficiency and
hours of work of Civil Servants are to-day in the Ministries much what they were eighteen months ago. Instead of ma?iana, applicants are politely informed that tan pronto (as soon as possible) their claims will be attended to. This deceivingly alert tan pronto rarely works out at less than several months for a reply, though several tan prontos may be elicited in between."
On the other :— " Municipal autonomy, independence of the judicial power, and incompatibility between administrative posts and director- ships are all far-reaching measures in operation, thanks to the Directory. Above all, there has been peace in Labour• circles. Crime has been put down with a strong hand. Availing them- selves of the new order of things, women have come forward for election to municipal corporations. The alcaldesa and the influence she may exercise is not the least among the new possibilities opened up by the Directory."
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