BRITISH ATTITUDE.

Auckland Star, Volume LXII, Issue 94, 22 April 1931, Page 7

BRITISH ATTITUDE.

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Regime in Spain. e . 1 ALFONSO ARRIVES IN LONDON. 1 , i (Received 1.30 p.m.) LONDON, April 21. The British Empire has recognised the Spanish Republic. The British Government, respecting the incognito of ex-King Alfonso as the / Duke of Toledo, was not represented at the reception on his arrival at Victoria Station, where the democratic crowds gave him a tumultuous welcome. This contrasted with the quietness of his landing at Dover. He was driven in a car to Claridge's Hotel, escorted by mounted and foot police. i Ex-King Manoel, who was deposed - from the Throne of Portugal in 1910, - greeted him in the foyer. Replying to questions in the House " of Representatives, the Australian Prime * Minister, Mr. J. H. Scullin, said the " British Government had been informed ' that Australia was prepared to recognise 1 the Spanish Republican Government if Britain decided to do so. > Alfonso is not a millionaire; lie is not 3 even rich, says the "Daily Mail," which 5 published an official denial to the reports ; that the ex-King has enormous invest- ; ments abroad. The paper adds that Alfonso has invested practically the whole of his surplus funds in Spanish companies. At present he is in a position far removed from eaee and comfort.

FOLLOW ENGLAND. Revision of Spanish Legal ; System Urged. i • ! NEW AMBASSADOR'S VIEWS. : MADRID, April 21. Senor F. de Rios, a former deputy and : a leading Socialist, who is holding a conference of judges at Madrid, urged an immediate revision of the legal system. He recommended that it should be based broadly on the English system. Senor de Ayala, whose appointment as Ambassador to London in held up pending Britain's recognition of him, denies the charge that the Spanish people are ignorant and uneducated. They have learned much from the cinema. , King Alfonso did not realise the change in the masses. If he had surrounded himself with intelligent people, instead of a narrow-minded and ignorant clique, he might have been a constitutional monarch.