CONFLICT IN SPAIN

Dominion, Volume 25, Issue 272, 12 August 1932, Page 11

CONFLICT IN SPAIN

Monarchist Revolt SPEEDY SUPPRESSION Leader Flies to Portugal By Telegraph—Press Assn.—Copyright. (Rec. August 11, 5.15 p.m.). i Madrid, August 11. L Though a Monarchist revolt broke I out in the capital at dawn yesterday, , the Government’s foreknowledge, of the movement minimised its serious- ! ness, and the Ministry of the Interior announced later in the day that the | situation throughout the country was i under control. An artillery brigade supported the insurgents in Madrid. Many arrests were made, including sons of former members of the nobility, and General Coded,- recently Under-Secretary for War. The rebels entered the Ministry of Communications, and also raided the I War Office, but were driven out. The War Office was the principal centre of the disturbance, the police and Civil I Guards ejecting the raiders after much firing on both sides. The attackers fled, leaving several dead and wounded. The police suffered several casualties. The firing woke the whole city in the earlv hours and great confusion was followed by Republican demonstrations. demanding the death of the leaders of the insurrection. The Minister of the Interior declares that the leaders had received large stuns to foment- the agitation, which had been supported by several Generals and retired army officers. The revolt coincided with the Issue of warrants to arrest ex-King Alfonso, several noblemen, former railway officials, and a British contractor, following the findings of a commission of inquiry into railway concessions. Communications abroad were cut off, but have since been re-established. Several dead and injured are reported. The whole garrison of Seville joined the revolutionary movement, which was led by General Jose Sanjurjo. The Civil Guard took charge of the city. The Governors of other provincial cities were ordered to quell the rebellion at all costs. Latest reports state that the Seville rebels have surrendered and that Generals Sanjurjo and Herranza have fled to Portugal. General Sanjurjo is one of Spains strong men, for many years Comman-der-In-Chief of the Civil Guard.

SANJURJO’S COUP Dictatorship His Aim (“Times” Cable*) London. August 10. The “Times” correspondent at Mad-; rid states that despite the fact that the revolt was quelled at Madrid at a cost of ten killed and twelve wounded, rebels under General Sanjurjo seized Seville and Jerez, and the rebellion was reported to be spreading swiftly, in Andalusia. The news of Sanjurjo’s coup was received in Madrid through a loyal telegraphist, who, despite the fact that he was handcuffed, contrived, while pretending to toy with the instrument, to tap out a message, after which communication was cut. The Government dispatched aero-, planes and numerous trainloads of troops and ordered many immediate arrests at Barcelona, where the troops were confined to barracks. The Government also suppressed eight Monarchist papers and closed the most aristocratic club in Madrid. It also commandeered cars and lorries for the transport of troops to Seville. Two hundred arrests made in Madrid Include General Cavalcante, a close friend of the ex-King Alfonso. Great demonstrations of loyalty to the Republic took place in many cities, people parading the streets and demanding death for the conspirators. The Under-Secretary for the Interior later in the evening announced that the rising in Seville and Jerez had been suppressed. General Sanjurjo, was hailed in Seville as the Mussolini of Spain. There was no evidence that ex-King Alfonso, who is at present in Czechoslovakia, had any direct influence on th® revolt* Sanjurjo is a man of enormous physical strength and Impetuous courage, qualities which were displayed in the Moroccan War. Following the proclamation of the Republic, Sanjurjo nipped the military revolt in Morocco In tb»? bud by driving to the barracks and seizing the two ringleaders and cracking their heads together so that they fell senseless to the ground, whereupon the rest of the rebels capitulated. He has since wearied of Republicanism and apparently alms at a dictatorship.