MILITARY RISING IN SPANISH MOROCCO.

Auckland Star, Volume LXVII, Issue 170, 20 July 1936, Page 7

MILITARY RISING IN SPANISH MOROCCO.

REVOLT SPREADING. Government Changes in New Wave of Unrest. CONFUSED SITUATION. United Press Association.—Copyright. (Received 10 a.m.) MADRID, July 19. The jxisition in Spain is generally believed to be as follows:—The military rising in Morocco, which spread to many parts of Spain, lias been generally overcome. Airmen bombed several towns where garrisons had rebelled, including Seville, Ceuta and Melilla. Five generals have been degraded. There is no rising ijj Madrid but some desultory shooting is reported. In Tangier rebels still hold key points, but at Tetuan, Melilla, Laraiche, and in the Ceuta territory adjoining Tangier all is quiet at present. Senor Quiroga's cabinet resigned and a new Government was formed headed by Senor Martinez Barrios, ex-linotype operator and Speaker or the Cortes, who founded the Republic Union party. It now is officially admitted that the rebel movement was not confined to Morocco.

A subsequent message, however, stated ' that the former Republican Minister of the Navy, Senor Jose Giral, Cuban-born professor of chemistry, has superseded Senor Barrios, who resigned the Premiership. General Sebastiano Pozas, new Minister of the Interior, announced that the Government was strongly anti-Fascist. General Cabanellas, commandant of Madrid garrison, was dismissed. Loyal troops are temporarily in the ascendant in the hinterland. General Strike Weapon. British refugees from Laraiche say that there was severe lighting. The Government is using the weapon of the general strike to kill the insurrection, and orders have been broadcast to trade unions to strike in any area where Fascists have declared a state of war. For instance, the railway unions have ordered their members to "join the proletariat in the defence of liberty and the Republic against criminal Fascist subversion." The Government announces that civil servants at Malaga, Seville and other centres are supporting the Government. A message from Barcelona says that Senor Louis Companys, president of the Government of Catalonia, was all night in a building which -was attacked by rebels. A destroyer has arrived at Malaga to protect the narrow, seas between Spain and Spanish Morocco, where Foreign Legionaries and Moorish troops still control many parts. A Gibraltar message states that rebel troops are marching to Seville after disembarking at Cadiz. A broadcast from Seville, as was to be expected considering that it is in the hands of rebels, said the Government was led by Senor Barrios as was the previous one. The new Minister of War will be shot as soon as possible. A destroyer bombarded the barracks at La Linea and white flags were hoisted. Ships arriving from Algeciras report that the rebels are gaining ground. Englishwoman Wounded. An official announcement says the rebel troops attacked the prison at Barcelona to-day but were repulsed by police and warders. At Cadiz, rebels are besieging the offices in which the Governor-General is housed. An Englishwoman, Mrs. Bower, returning to Gibraltar from Algeciras, was wounded in the shoulder when rioters shot at and wrecked her car. Socialists have been excluded from Senor Barrios' Cabinet, which, with live exceptions, is the same as the previous one. While the rebel movement in Morocco and the Canaries persists, the movement inside Spain appears to be weakening. The Government retains control of communications except the Seville wireless station. The arrest of several generals, including General Franco, Governor of the Canary Islands, has been ordered. Rebels in the Canary Islands besieged the civil Governor and several Cabinet Ministers in the Governor's Palace at Las Palmas. The Workers' Union declared a general strike in support of the Government. President Azana signed a decree disbanding all Army units participating in the revolt. Leftists, with Government permission, broadcast a statement assuring the Government of their support.