4 SEPTEMBER 1936, Page 34

A Hundred Years Ago

" THE SPECTATOR," SEPTENEER. 3RD, 18364- - The news from Spain this morning- is important. The Queen Regent issued two decrees on August 22nd. The first convokes the Cortes for Clabber 24th; the members to be'ehosen under the electoral system of 1812. The second declares, that the laws promulgated by the Cortes when the Constitution was formerly in %roe, are not to -be deemed valid until- they have been revised and sanctioned by the .Cortes to, assemble in October. . The Queen has taken this step on the advicO of her Ministers ; whose address, with her* reply, appears in' the Madrid Gazette. loth documents are -couched in very moderate language. At takliz the news of the revolUtionnt. St. Ildefonso and Madrid paused enthusiastic rejoicing.