EX-KING ALFONSO

Greymouth Evening Star, 14 November 1931, Page 7

EX-KING ALFONSO

VERDICT OF COMMISSION. % [BY CABLE —PRESS ASSN. —COPYBIGHT.] MADRID, November 12. The Commission which has been considering charges made against exiting Alfonso is by no means unanimous in its report, which it has presented to the Cortes. Some of the members contend that no responsibility rested on Alfonso while the Constitution remained in force, but it rested upon thp ex-Minis-ters. A majority of tha Commission, however, agree that he was culpable for allowing the nation to be handed over to unconstitutional caprices of the Dictator, and alleged that he committed perjury inasmuch as he violated the oath to- maintain the constitution. The committee also Proposed that ex-King Alfonso should be condemned to death if he re-enters Spain, also that all of his property should be confiscated, and that he should be stripped -in public of all his honours. LATER. . The text of the Commissioner’s report relating, to punishment says: Although the gravity of Alfonso’s offences deserves the sentence of death, the penalty imposed is imprisonment for life. Sentence of death should be enforced only if he continues rebellious, or acts against the Republic. The punishment really amounts to banishment for life, and will be posted throughout Spain, and notified to the League of Nations.

“AN IMPOVERISHED EXILE.” LONDON, November 2. Ex-King Alfonso of Spain is an impoverished exile, according to his official life story, as told by his cousin, Princess Pilar, of Bavaria, and Major D. Chapman-Huston. The authors assert that Alfonso is financially careless, and that he and his family had little benefit, from the Civil List, his resources consisting mostly of what the thrifty Queen Mother saved. The authors forsee the return of Alfonso to the Spanish throne. They are surprised at the world’s serious acceptance of the Republic, the real purpose of which, they claiih, is to give Alfonso a sharp lesson. » MONARCHISTS RELEASED. MADRID, November 13. Those arrested and alleged to be involved in a Royalist [dot, have been, released owing to lack of evidence.