5 Feb, 26.
The recent elections in Spain which resulted in a complete victory for the Left may provide a very unhappy "sequel, for, though the county is at present given over to rejoicing at the complete political bouleversement which has beer: fected, there is a grave possibility that, the party which is now power, will tale advantage of the fact {0 wrong vengeance for past grievances upon its opponents. Political feelings run high in Spain, and much has been done during the lust few years, which has aroused the bitterest sentiment and a desire for revenge. 'That is behind Senor Gonzalez Pena's remarks, reported yesterday, to the effect' that the Socinlist Party, of which he is a Jeader, has not repented, and that those who had persecuted the Left might shortly occupy the cells which he and his fellows had just vacated 'a8 the result of the amnesty recently proclaimed, Space does not permit of a lengthy description of the very complicated party system in Spain, with the overlapping which makes it dificult to discover where one party ends and another begins, but is necessary to indicate that during the past three years there has been built up a strong, wealthy and belligerent "Front "of. Reaction. Fascist by inspiration, it has per-secured the Socialists, who wndoubtedy instigated the risings in Catalonia and the Asturias, and after their drastic suppression fol-Towed a course of conduct which led to accusations of hideous cruelty to the defeated Leftists which almost beggar description. It is indeed surprising that, in' the flood of brutality which followed that period such a man as Senor Bena himself was not given over to the death which his friends feared for him.
He and his followers are now power, and it is apparent from his remarks that vengeance plays a Jargs and significant part in the Lefi's schemes for the future. His
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