SPAIN’S SENSATION

Feilding Star, Volume 9, Issue 3794, 11 August 1932, Page 8

SPAIN’S SENSATION

THE REBEL OUTBREAK AGAINST THE REPUBLIC WOP SE TIIA X REPOIITED TWO CITIES SEIZED (Aust. and N.Z. Cable.) (Received AuguH 11, 1.30 p.m.) AJadrid, August 10. Despite the revolt having been quelled at a. cost of 1(> killed and 12 wounded, rebels. under General San jur ge* seized Seville and Jerez. Th e rebellion is reported to be spreading swiftly in Andalusia. OA PLANT TELEGRAPHIST News of General Sa.njurgo’s coup was received in .Madrid through a loyal telegraphist, who despite the fact t,haf he wa« handcuffed contrived while pretending fee toy with hi- jn-strumon-j, to tap out the message after which the communication was j cut PROMPT ACTION The (1 ov c rii men t < iospatohod aeroplanes and numerous train loads of troop s and also ordered many immediate arrests in Barcelona, where \ the troops aig confined to the bar- j racks. The Government also -oppressed eight- .Monarchist papers, closed most of the aristocratic- clubs ih Madrid and commandeered motor ears and lorries to transport the troops, who are being hurried to Seville. The 200 arrest- in Madrid include Cavaleante, who is a close fi iend of ex-King Alfonso. 1 ,OY AI. D-E AIOSTR ATT OX Groat, demonstrations of loyalty to (be republic took place in many cities the people parading fhe streets and demanding the death penally for cemspi uaters.