The Outbreak in Spain The back of the rebellion—for so
it may reasonably be described—in Spain has been broken and Senor Lerroux's government is declared to have the situation in hand. So, no doubt, it has, at the cost of a talc of dead and wounded still. to be accurately numbered. The former cannot amount to less than 500. In certain regions, notably the Asturias mining district, the Socialist and Communist elements are still holding -out. But their subjection. is only a matter of time. This Particular Left revolt has been crushed, and so has the autonomous rising in Catalonia, where Seiior Companv,; yielded to rash pressure and took advantage of Madrid's preoccupation to set up an independent government at Barcelona. But nothing, of course, has been settled and nothing in Spain is stable. Failing a deliberate policy of clemency and conciliation by Sefior Lerroux's government the Left will remain sullen and watchful for the next opportunity for trouble. The background of the recent outbreak is illuminated by Mr. John Marks in an article on a later page. Of the immediate outlook it can only be said that the Republic is still in the balance and its survival by no means certain. Whether monarchy or sonic form of dictatorship would take its place if it disappeared is equally doubtful.
