The Troubles in Spain
Disorder in Spain usually has characteristics of its own. The disturbances that have broken out in the .past week, not only at Barcelona and Madrid, but in :various other centres in Catalonia and Castile, are spoken of vaguely as the work of terrorists or anarchists—a .deseription which has this much accuracy, that the authors of them quite certainly have no constructive aim in view. There is economic depression in Spain as everywhere else, and subversive elements are taking advantage of it as they often do. But there is no reason whatever to suppose that they would introduce any new regime in any centre where they secured control. All the -indications are that the Government is getting the situation in hand, though Senor Azafia would find his difficulties fewer if he had in the past been more con- ciliatory towards the Right, and able, therefore, to count more fully on their support than he can to-day.
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