The Waterbury Democrat., 1932-12-28
AzANA ENDS
 FIRST YEAR
 WITH CABINET
Period Stormy One for the Leaders of Spanish
 Republic
BY WILLIAM H. LANDER

BY WILLIAM H. LANDEH United Press Stan Correspondent
 Madrid, (UP)--The Second Azana government. Spain's first cabinet since the republican con- .stitutoin was approved, today com pleted a year in office.
 During this interval the prestige of the premier. Don Manuel Azana has increased enormously, but at the same time Monarchists and republicans of the Right Wing, accuse him of having converted himself into virtual dictator, who has taken advantage of the fact that he has docile majority of deputies in the Cortes which always obey him.
 On the other hand, Miguel Maura, who was minister of the interior during the first six months of the republic and re- signed on account of differences In regard to the religious question, contends that Azana is in reality a prisoner of the socialists. since they furnish him the bulk of his votes in parliament.
 No Bed of Roses
 Just where the truth lies. is hard to say. It must be remem- bered, however, that the, Azana government has had no bed of roses on which to march. In Jan- uary it had a series of conflicts, beginning with the Castilblanco and Arnedo incidents. Then be- gan the desire in certain sectors for "a Dictatorship of General Jose Sanjurjo. Azana, as minister of war, handled Sanjurjo with some severity, but not quite sufficient, as it later developed. Sanjurpo was busted from his post as com- mander of the Guardia Civil, and placed in charge of the Carabineer Corps.
 Azana had two rebellions to put down-the first being the move ment in the Catalan valley of the Llobregat, centering in Manresa, which was of an anarchical-syn- dicalist nature. The leaders --1OS of tl1em-were kept in pris- on for many days aboard the ship 'Buenos Airfesp and eventually taken to Villa Cisneros, Africa, to serve term.
 Just as the last deportees of the January movement were return. ing to Barcelona, the August IL I MOnarchical movement broke out | in Sevilla, Jerez. and Madrid. Il was energetically put down. | Revolutionary Measures | The government then adopted | certain revolutionary measures such as the confiscation of pro perty of the Grandees of Spain but did not go as far as some 0 the Left clements desired.
 Monarchical, Catholic, and evel Right Wing newspapers were sus pended in mass--a total Of 115 Some reappeared within fey days while others were not pub | lished for several months.
 Under these circumstances. tn Cortesh approved the Agrarian Re form, and granted the statute fo Catalonia, the latetr being con sidered one of the biggest Dolitica achievements to the credit O Azana.
 The second Azana government constituted on Dec 15, 1881, ha' a total of seven ministers wht I formed part of the Revolutionar. committee and have been minist CTS since the day Of the proclama tion of the Republic on April IA 1881. They are Azana, Alvaro d Albornoz, Santiago Casares, Fer nando de los Rios, Indalicio Prieto Largo Caballero. and Marcelint Domingo.
 Today also is the anniversary O the termination of the Radica party's participation in the cabi net, for a year ago it's two min isters, Alejandro Lerroux ant Diego Martinez Barrios withdrew as they considered that the Cab inet had too much of socialis | tinge.