Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1931-02-23

Special Dispatch to The Star.
j. MADRID, February % (N.AN.A).-
How long the present monarhcial coal
lition cabinet will continue to func'
ton is the paramount question IL
Spain today. No one outside OF TIT
country can appreciate the determine
ton of the great mass of Spaniards tt
establish a parliamentary government
The Spanish declaration Of indie
pendence" has already been written
It is in the form of manifesto re-
Gently issued by Gregorio Maranon
Perez de Ayala and Jose Ortega
Gasset.
These men are in no sense ordinary
political leaders. They are among the
most eminent citizens of Spain. Senoi
Maranon for years has been personal
physician to the royal family. Senol
de Ayala is a distinguished author ano
Senior ortega Y Gasset is recognized as
SPANS greatest living philosopher.
Keen Interest Shown.
The manifesto they have written pre-
sents the troubles OF Spain as seen oS
the leaders in literature, science ano
art. as we'll as in the social lie OF tne
country. While the document. issued
in this city by 1.-The Society OF service
To the Republic" was Immediately sup
pressed, the fact that it had been writ
fen spread throughout Spain, and the
announcement that it had been cen
sored'' greatly increased interest In IL
From all sections of the country came
demands for copies of the document.
THE only way it was possible to COM
ply with these demands was through
COPYING the manifesto on the typewriter
or nimeographing it. THOUSANDS vol
tinteered to do this work, ana tne
copies thus made have been and sun
are being handed about, more or less
surreptitiously, in all sections OF spain.
Features of Manifesto.
Here are the salient features of the
manifesto:
To the Spanish people
BY the Society of Service TO the Re-
public.
When q nation proceeds with its &C
customed normality. it seems right that
every one should keep to his own bust
ness and devotedly follow his vocation.
But when a profound crisis arises, in
which normality disappears, new ma
tional destinies begin to coalesce and
new forms come into being. Therefore
at becomes compulsory for each to sub
ordinate his own affairs to the good
Of the state.
It is so evident that Spain now finds
itself in such an extreme situation that
it would be redundant to try to en-
phasize this manifestation with mop
perfume grandiloquence.
In the months-we could almost say
are coming, every Spaniard
must shoulder, whether he wants to or
Of those great collective decisions in
which people irreyocably creates its
own future.
SEES State In Decay.
This conviction moves us to address
our fellow citizens, especially those de-
voted to professions such as ours. Never
have We been In politics, but we have
participated in public struggles when
ever danger TO the state made 1t i'm
perative.
Our traditional state is coming t.
the very last stage of decay, it is not
because we are faced with hostile
strong forces. but because the state il
being undermined by the corruption Of
its own inherent vices.
The monarchy of Sagunto (Alfonso
Kills father, Alfonso XII, was made
King at Sagunto) was restored by dis
satisfied soldiers after a period of stres,
and storm that followed the short.
lived installation of Abadeo de Saboya
an Italian, as King of Spain.
Those were tragic years for thu
country. 1t struggled with corrup
Bourbon -Hapsburg house unfit TO rule
insignificant republican movement and
the vacillations of political parties tina
wanted q king but did not know where
to find one.
Form of Rule Criticized.
Spain did not know how to turn itsel
into a nationalized institution tina
could control the exigencies of the ma
ton, but adopted government con
Quoted by private groups which hvec
parasitically upon the national organ
ism, using power for enriching thu
private interests that the groups re-
presented.
This organization has never servet
the people or considered the people
vital needs. On the contrary, it ha
retarded the natural course of the ma
ton along historical paths, fomentet
inveterate defects and discouraged
every honest intention.
Day by day. the monarchy has shown
It's deficiencies until now 1t disclose
its true character--not that Of a ma
ional state, but Of cabal using nationa
power fraudulently, nationally and sci
nshly.
We believe this this state, alread,
decrepit, must be supplemented by an
other, honestly national and not fas
cistic or communistic, for these lead Il
clear perspectives.
Would Coerce Monarchy.
It is an Illusion TO suppose that tn
present monarchy is going TO give wa
calamity TO a public order now opposed
TO its selfish ways. its privileges and IL
egotisn1s. II will bow only TO tn
formidable pressure of public opinion
It Is, therefore, urgent to organize thi
pressure 30 that monarchical caprice ma,
give way TO the will of the people.
Such a magnificent prospect shoul
delight and animate every Spanisl
patriot, for its realization means Tn
liberation of the soul of Spain fror
the vile existence in which the mon
archy has kept it, making the natiol
incapable Of great enterprise and G
building an order that would dignif
II among the nations Of the world.
The establishment of a republic wi
be the announcement TO the world tina
Spaniards have, at last, resolved to TAX
vigorously into their own hands thei
inalienable destiny.
Signed.
GREGORIO MARANON.
RAMON PEREZ DE AYALA,
JOSE ORTEGA Y GASSET.