Evening star., 1932-08-02
A VANGUARDIA, Barcelona
The first anniversary of the
birth of the second Spanish re-
4 Dublic finds Don Niceto Alca1a

plrCh OF the second Spanish re-
~ public finds Don Niceto Alcala
Zamora controlling the destinies
of all his people. 1t is doubtful if a
more congenial selection could possibly
have been made. For President Zamora
is of plebeian stock; he knows all the
problems and all the desires of his
fellow countrymen, and he is young
enough not to be imbued with the un-
changing prejudices and traditions
which hamper older generations seeking
to adapt themselves to the eXigencies
Of life in the swiftly moving evolutions
Of modern world.
The Senor President, Don Alcala Ia
mora, is now 54 years old He was
born into family possessing some
modest olive groves in nearby Priego.
At considerable effort, due to a certain
limitation of finances, the son and heir
was sent first to the university at
Granada, and then afterWard to the
University of Madrid 1t is said that
the expenses of his maintenance while
in the latter city amounted to no more
than three pesetas a day. (Fffty or
sixty cents them
He received his masters degree at
the age of %, but returned home to
assist in the olive groves until a further
examination obtained him a modest post
in the civil service, paying some 225
pesetas monthly. Senor Zamora did
not definitely enter politics, however,
until some five or six years later, in
1906. Though an anti-monarchist in
most respects, this did not prevent his
appointment to several cabinet posi-
tionS
1t was not until the time Of the die
tatorship, however, about 1924, that
his views, combined with his oratorical
ability, began to make him conspicuous
as one of the leaders of Spain. In 1880,
while other chiefs of the government
were still debating what attitude they
should assume in the clearly imminent
crisis, Senor zamora openly proclaimed
himself in favor of the republic. This
radical pronouncement was manifestly
premature, for 1t secured for him MOTH
ing more than at least a nominal in
generation, first at Valencia and then
at Madrid. The republican leaders,
however, soon seemed to be more popu-
lar and powerful in prison than out,
and it was not long before they were
all acquitted of any guilt in the
frustrated rising.
But in 1891 it was a different story,
when the whole country was palpitat-
ing with the republican successes in
the municipal elections. Within a few
hours following, Don Alfonso had left
Spain, and Don Zamora, as provisional
head of the Spanish Republic, had told
the people that, though the new order
could not guarantee to all immediate
ideals of prosperity and happiness, yet
there were offered benefits even more
valuable-equity before the law and
responsibility owed and exercised by
the government to each individual
citizen.
Senor Zamora is certainly the logical
incumbent of the Office he holds. He
was one of the first to have the vision
of an enduring republic, and has now
Subordinated his own opportunities and
personal aggrandizement to the basic
interests and bright hopes of that re-
public! He has made the vision a
reality.
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u. S. Urged to Cut
South American Debts.
Diario Del Comercio, Barranquilla.
Pan -Americanism is the tangible
expression of the solidarity exist
ing between all the nations of this
hemisphere. Though we are many in
political divisions, yet we are mutually
dependent because of our geographical
relations and our historical antecedentS.
Thus, while the United States has been
our defense against the aggreSSionS Of
great European powers, we have made
possible the inspiring achievements of
that grand republic by faithfully sup
porting all her efforts and objectives
in our behalf. And the results have
been beneficial to both North and
South America, apart from the entire