Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1931-11-08
Women of Diplomacy
Interesting Interviews With Interesting Person.
ages Now in Washington.
BY PAULINE A. FREDERICK.

miration for the great minds that have
been developed there. she is enthusl-
astic about the artistic talents that the
East has put forth, especially as re-
CARDS Chinese porcelain, OF which she
has a beautiful and interesting coliec-
ton.
Birth and education kept Sonora de
Madariaga far from the shores OF Spain
for many years Following her mar
rage. however, she lived for time IN
Madrid. But whether living in Spain
or not, she has never tailed to detect
any slight degree of change in the SEN
sitive political barometer, ana 10 noIe
the causes behind it.
Whv were the Spanish people able to
make their ideal of republic become
a readily? was a question to which
Sonora de Madariaga responded quickly
and with conviction.
"A people will not always live under
censorship and military dictatorship,
she said. Sooner or later they Will rise
up against such injustice. The Spanish
people have been feeling these things
! for long time and bearing the surfer
| ing entailed until the time should be
ripe when they could accomplish their
purpose without bloodshed. The passing
| Of the monarchy and the coming OF the
republic in such a peaceful manner was
the inevitable denouement for which
the people had been preparing after
they made sure that relief would not
be forthcoming at Madrid"
To the reminder that when ne neo
! from Spain, Alphonso declared he had
| only suspended the monarchy tempo
rariIy and that he would return, she
laughed good-naturedly.
"Alphonso did not suspend the
monarchy" she said. 1T was Sus-
pended for him. Consequently, he
cannot return until the people call
him--an event that can scarcely be
pictured by the widest imagination.
Then Sonora de Madariaga pointed
to instances which displayed the pop
ularity of republican advocates IN
| Spain, even while the monarchy held
| nominal power at Madrid.
when the members of the present
! cabinet were lodged in jail for signing
| the republican manifesto before the
fall of the monarchy" she said. many
people went to see them. In fact,
! there were so many visitors that waste
baskets were placed in the corridors
| of the jails to hold the calling CARDS.
Many women brought flowers TO the
| prisoners.
Later, when they were being prose-
cuted before the Supreme Military
Court for their activities, every one
arose as the prisoners entered to 1ndi-
cate respect for them and for their
cause 1t is needless to say that such
prisoners received light sentences.
There is no religious question In
| Spain today" Sonora de Madariaga
! declared. Spain is a Catholic country
and has no quarrel with Catholicism
as SUCH
"It is true that number Of Catholic
converts have been burned" she con-
| tinued, but that was provoked by the
pastoral letter of the Archbishop of
Toledo and his refusal to recognize
the new government. Considering the
situation, these riots, though regretta-
BILE, owing to the burning OF so many
buildings, stand out, If compared with
similar events in history, from the fact
that no lives were lost. The nuns were
put into taxicabs and sent home before
the buildings were touched, and there
was no looting, except in one single
town. Even there, before the day was
ended, a great part of the loot taken
by hooligans was recovered by the citi-
zens themselves and restored TO the
converts and churches"
When the republic stepped into the
hastily discarded shoes of the Spanish
monarchy. the greatest tasks Of the new
government had not been accomplished.
evils that were its inheritance from
the previous regime had to be corrected
and new adjustments were necessary
to changed conditions.
There was the problem Of education
alluded to above. To those who had
never had the opportunity, learning had
to be made a democratic servant Of the
people that knew neither class nor con-
dition.
Consonant with international Cooper