Show Spanish Revolutionaries Rue Day When Senoras Won Suffrage Right By MILTON BRONNER NEA Service Staff Correspondent LONDON LONDON LONDON-Dona Dona Consuelo whose husband is a Spanish nobleman Sen Senorita rita Urraca whose father is a great land landowner owner an Angelica AngelCa Angel Angeli ca who is a nun beat Carmen the maker and Dolores the wife of the mason That in a nut shell is Js the story of the debacle of the socialists and other parties of the left leU in the re recent ent elections elections elec dec for a new Cortes in Spain and the astounding victories of the parties parties par par- ties of ot the right It was the women Who upset upset the the republican applecart and ind made it possible that Spain would be ruled by conservatives if it indeed some Bome attempt is not made to restore the monarchy Once more women showed that they are more conservative conservative conservative conserva conserva- tive than the men In April 1931 after municipal elections elections elec dec Lions all nIl over Spain showed republican can victories and the republic was proclaimed King Alphonso XIII slipped sUpped out of a back door of ot his palace pal pal- ace nce in Madrid made a mad automobile automobile automo automo- bile bUe ride all aU night across his country country coun court try and escaped on a cruiser to the friendlier shores of ot France For over two years Spain was ruled by a radical radical radi radi- cal cat cabinet and a huge radical majority majority ma ma- in the cortes An up-to-date up republican constitution was adopt adopted d. d Spurred on by the socialists in the cabinet laws were passed expropriating sting the l lands of the great noblemen man many of whom fled into erfle ex ex- King Alfonso was declared guilty of high treason outlawed and his private private private vate fortune confiscated laws were Increased d power to the working masses other laws were passed aiming to give confiscated lands to the land hungry peasantry Everywhere human ri rights were exalted exalted ex ex- ex- ex alted sited over property rights Where Radicals Male Made Mistake ke But th the revolution did not stop there It attacked the most powerful powerful powerful power power- ful institution in the country the country the Catholic church In their zeal for equality the revolutionaries revo then made the mistake of their lives They granted equal suffrage suffrage suffrage suf suf- suf- suf frage to the women who outnumber the tho men in Spain by They figured that tha the wives daughters and sisters a of the working people would outnumber and outvote the feminine element belonging to the old middle and nd upper classes They guessed wrong They had no conception of the anger that burned in the hearts of the women over the blows struck at ot the church 1 One man was quick to see this this this- Gil Robles a year old pale faced haired black young university professor pro pro- fessor r who hated socialism and all al its works He organized a coalition of all the parties ot of the right He en enrolled enrolled enrolled rolled the women in the cities dUe and on the great landed estates He put them themon 1 on the stump From the various Interests interests in In- he gathered gather d the big biggest st campaign campaign campaign cam cam- fund Spain ever ver knew The women got cot more excited even than the men They marched to the polls in droves Even the cloistered nuns got special permission to ca cast catt t their ballots tOn On two successive Sund Sundays ys the el elec elections c- c c- c tons were held and the left was Wa shat shat- In all aU the lineup is Parties of at the I right parties partied of at the tM center parties of the left 99 The main consolation consolation con con- prize the socialists got was that the capital of at Madrid remained true to them giving them 13 out of the 17 seats scats Republic vs vi Monarchy In the new Cortes Caries the parties of tn the right richt will call the tune tune tune-If if they do not split spIlt up now that the election is over ver They may do s so Th Their Ir origins arid and alms aims are so varied The agrarians strong for the church have 86 scats seats Robles RabIes own ha has had 62 The out and ou out monarchist party has 43 Th The biggest biggest biggest big big- gest party in fu the new ne Cortes Comics is the I radical led by Senor with scats seats is an old lican He sat in itt the first Azana Aana cab cab- met inet and then resigned fighting his old chief chiet bitterly Now as premier again Is believed to h have vc ended the crisis which followed the elections when anarchists and staged a violent though short lived rebellion throughout the second republic With the support of at the right parties Ler Ur- roux raux has succeeded in Informing forming a cab tab inet met which will have a substantial majority in the Cortes In the future anything may hap hap- pen Spain may settle down to a constitutional constitutional con con- eons cons conservative republic or there may be a coup with a arest rest restoration r Uon tion of the monarchy If It it Is Isa Isa isa a republic the parties of ot the l left t. t may growl grow but will remain passive f there is an attempt to restore the king civil war is not unlikely The trades unionists the socialists and the more extreme parties of the left would all be in it This wo would ld be especially true trUc oi ot the towns |