SPANISH MONARCHY

Manawatu Standard, Volume LI, Issue 116, 17 April 1931, Page 7

SPANISH MONARCHY

EXILE ONLY PROVISIONAL. AWAITING ELECTION RESULTS. ALFONSO’S STATEMENT. (United Press Association. —By Electric Telegraph.—Copyright.) Received April 17, 10.20 a.m. PARIS, April 15. A message from Marseilles quotes King Alfonso as saying: “Believe me, more courage was needed to do what I have done than to lead a cavalry charge.” When he was entering the train for Paris to-day he said: — “We shall see what happens after the elections. My exile is only provisional.” This means that Alfonso will remain in France until June, hoping that the populace will recall him after the elections in that month. UNEXPECTED CHANGE. Queen Ena arrived in Paris to-day and received an affectionate welcome from the Spanish Monarchists, after which she drove to the Hotel Meurice. The Queen said in an interview that the sudden change in the Spanish opinion was altogether unexpected. “There was a kind of Keel Communist wave, which swept all before it. The people were in a state of frenzy. If we had remained in Madrid I do not know what might have happened. Even our lives .” Her Majesty did not finish the sentence. She added that the King did not desire to appeal to the army, which was partly for him. French newspapers says that the Republican Government will not publish Alfonso’s manifesto until the danger of a Monarchist coup d’etat has passed. MARTIAL LAW IN SEVILLE. Received April 17, 10.5 a.m. MADRID, April 16. Martial law has been declared in Seville owing to the Communists attacking the barracks of the civil guards. The troops fired a volley and drove the attackers off. Elsewhere it is quiet, except that .a mob razed the Fascist offices at Madrid and set fire to the furniture because the Republican flag was removed. Mobs everywhere are destroying the Royal coat of arms. The authorities have taken precautionary measures at the Royal Palace. GENERAL BERENGUER IN PORTUGAL. It is announced that General Berenguer, ex-Prime Minister, has arrived in Portugal, having avoided arrest. A national holiday was celebrated on Wednesday. . Steps have boon taken by the in coining Government to prevent further disorders, the Civil Guard being at the disposal of the authorities. NEW AMBASSADOR IN LONDON. Received April 17, 11 a.m. LONDON, April 16. The Spanish Embassy at London has been officially informed that the new Ambassador will be Senor Don Ramon Prez Deayala. He signed the Republican nip.nifesto; otherwise hie is not known in politics. HUGE FORTUNE. PLANS MADE MONTHS AGO. LONDON, April 16. The Daily Express says: “A few months ago Alfonso anticipated the possibility of abdication and made full plans to safeguard his own private fortune, estimated at £2.000,000. An old-established London banking firm acted as his financial agents. Though he has a large banking account in Paris, his chief investments are in English securities. The Spanish Crown jewels belong to the nation and probably will l>e housed in a museum, hut Alfonso has extensive private property in Spain, which will be sold. “Alfonso is expected to buy a large house in London and a country house in the Midlands for hunting and polo. It is very probable that lie will take up a ranch in Canada —near that of the Prince of Wales—where he will breed prize cattle and horses. “It is understood that Lord Londonderry Iras invited Alfonso to occupy either his West End or one of his country homes.” QUEEN ENA’S TREASURES. Reports indicate that at every station after crossing the frontier Queen Ena’s train was stopped and the Queen was greeted with the warmest acclaim by sympathetic crowds. She arrived at Bordeaux at 1.22 o’clock in the morning. The British United Press Paris correspondent states that the Queen’s treasures include a gold crown and one of the most valuable collection of pearls in the world. THE ABANDONED PALACE. (Times Cables.) LONDON. April 16. “The Times’s correspondent at Madrid states: “This building is thine, O people; do not harm it.” This notice has been posted in front of the abandoned palace. On the massive panels of the doors are pasted portraits of martyrs.