UNREST IN SPAIN.
STUDENTS CAUSE FRESH TROUBLE. (United Service.) LONDON, June 2. The Daily Guardian’s correspondent at Bordeaux states that following the decapitation of a bronze bust of King Alfonso —the bust stood in the amphitheatre of the University at Madrid — there have been numerous fresh arrestt of students. After the decapitation the remainder of the bust was painted blood red. It had been intended to make the head into a plaque and present it to Comrade Sberg, president of the Federation of Students, who is at present in prison, but the students decided to throw it into a water main. The police adopted an extraordinary means of interrogation, which resulted in one of the arrested students inculpating many of his companions. General De Rivera, the Dictator, declares that it is his intention to courtmartial _ the students on a charge of jlese majeste.
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Manawatu Standard, Volume XLIX, Issue 157, 4 June 1929, Page 7
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143UNREST IN SPAIN. Manawatu Standard, Volume XLIX, Issue 157, 4 June 1929, Page 7
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