NEWS OF THE WEEK
THE most important event in Spain in the past week is the reconstitution:- of the Government under the leadership of Senor Largo Caballero, the leader of the Left Wing Socialists. It is a Government of concentration, in which the former Prime Minister, Senor Giralt, has accepted a place, and Senor Prieto, leader of the more moderate Socialists, is also_ included. The personnel of the new Cabinet is more fully discussed in an article by a well-qualified Spanish writer on a later page. Speaking generally, the new Government must' be considered stronger and more authoritative than: the old, both on account of the personality of Sell& Caballero, who combines with the office of Prime Minister that of Minister of War, and also because a Left Prime Minister is in a better position to control the Left parties than a moderate would be. The one purPOse of the new administration is to win the war, and there is little likelihood at the best that it will hold together for many months. It begins its career under the shadow of the loss of Irun, which must inevitably be follOwed by the fall of San Sebastian; but there are Government successes to record at Toledo,- Huesca and l'alavera. Altogetlitr 'the' 'general 'military ;balance shows little change, though what change there is at the moment is in favour of the rebels.
