SPANISH CONSPIRACY.
KING ALFONSO'S ESCAPE.
ARRESTED MEN'S STORIES. MURDER NOT CONTEMPLATED. BOTH PAID BY ANARCHISTS. By Telegraph—Press Association— Copyright. (Received 8.5 p.m.) A. and N.Z. LONDON. July 5. The Paris correspondent of tho Daily Telegraph says the two, anarchists, Ascaso and Duratti, who were arrested in connection with the plot against the life of King Alfonso of Spain, were interrogated by a magistrate. They, denied that they intended to kill the King.
Duratti said he went to France to kidnap His Majesty. He had hoped to hold up the Royal train with the help of a band of anarchist friends. He intended to hide the King without doing him bodily harm until the report of his death had been widely-accepted. The idea was that many officers in the Spanish Army were in sympathy with the anarchists' ideas, but would feel bound by their oaths of loyalty to the King not to take part in overthrowing the dictatorship.
Ascaso said he was not aware an attempt on the life of the King was to be made. He thought the plot was merely to smuggle arms over the Spanish frontier. «
Both men admitted that they had false passports and had received money from French and Argentine anarchists.
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New Zealand Herald, Volume LXIII, Issue 19372, 6 July 1926, Page 11
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