Popular Rule in Spain The Left has come--into power in
Spain without the disasters hinted at by some sections of the Press in this country. An excellent letter in The Times of Tuesday, from three Englishmen of distinction who own property in Spain, protested against the somewhat hysterical accounts of the new regime published, among others, by the B.B.C. The authors of the -letter point out that they at least have greater hope of security under the Radicalism of Senor Azana than under the repressive rule of the Right. Senor Azana is already carrying out his election pledges, beginning with the most immediate. The political prisoners are being released, and Senor Com- panys is free to take over the restored autonomous Government of Catalorlia. Undoubtedly, it is largely due to the personality of Senor Azana himself that the change-over has been made with relatively little difficulty. He is a strong man, with a clear conception of his aims. It is -already a sign of wisdom in him that, despite the persecution he suffered under the rule of the Right, he has refused to indulge in any reprisals. But one of his most difficult problems will be whether to resist or give in to the hatred which the President of the Republic has earned among. the supporters of the Frente Popular.
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