SPANISH UNREST.

Grey River Argus, 12 February 1929, Page 6

SPANISH UNREST.

A New Decree. AKIN TO FASCIST REGIME. MADRID, February 9. A new royal ordinance, in tire first place, orders the authorities to arrest anyone publicly predicting a calamitous end to the present regime, or speaking against Ministers or higli authorities for the purpose of injuring their reputation, or damaging authority or prestige. The penalty is fourteen days’ imprisonment and a fine of 25 to 2,500 pesetas, independent of the lines that the Court may order. Secondly, clubs breaking the rule ordering abstention from political discussion, or whose members break tile first article of the ordinance, will be closed. Thirdly, Ministerial Departments will open a register of officials giving an account of their ability, health, zeal, and political discretion, specially I referring to those showing themselves ) enemies to the regime. Fourthly, any administrative juntas employing obstructive or damaging methods will be suspended, or, in the event of a recurrence, dissolved. Fifthly, the Patriotic Union will open registers of persons likely to cause political trouble or publie uneasiness. The Council of Ministers decides the penalties for infringement of Articles two, three and four. The penalties will be irrecovable.