Turmoil in Spain
FURTHER EVIDENCE OF POLITICAL UNREST. United Press Association —By Electric Telegraph.—Copyright. Received Tuesday, 7 p.m. MADRID, Mar. 16. Communists and peasants at Briego forcibly seized the estate of President Zamora, helped themselves to olives and began to parcel out the land. They similarly visited the Alcaudents estate of the President's aunt. Other landowners were held in custody by the local Red leaders until the guards and police restored order. President Zamora has protested to Cabinet against the present state of affairs. In the village of Mancers, a woman and child were killed. Martinez Barrios, leader of the Republican Union, has been elected speaker of the New Parliament. Barrios shouted: “Viva la rcpublica,” and the cry was taken up by deputies. Tho Government has prolonged tho state of alarm for thirty days.
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Manawatu Times, Volume 61, Issue 65, 18 March 1936, Page 5
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