ATTACKS REPULSED

New Zealand Herald, Volume LXXI, Issue 21926, 9 October 1934, Page 9

ATTACKS REPULSED

APPEAL BY PREMIER HARBOURING NO HATREDS HOSTILITIES IN MADRID By Telegraph—Press Association—Copyright (Received October 8. 5.5 p.m.) MADRID. Oct. 7 The rebels in Madrid renewed the attacks on the Ministries of Public Works, Communications and Interior, and on the telephone building. All werp realised. The Premier, Senor Lerroux, broadcast a message to the nation. He said the rebellion had reache'd its peak and claimed that the movement, which had had such painful consequences, was limited to Asturias and Catalonia. He appealed to all Spaniards to harbour no hatreds. The Government would do its' duty ancl wasi ready to re-establish the constitution and the statutes. Senor Lerroux narrowly escaped death during the firing in Madrid. Two bullets whistled over his head while he was delivering a speech in the council chamber, but the Premier continued unperturbed. Firing broke out again in the Atochna quarter, spreading to Puerta del Sol, Lavatie and several suburbs. Three were killed. Rebels fired on trains arriving at the southern station. The Government repelled the attack on the Penuelas goods station. _ The Government has ordered municipal employees to resume work tomorrow and street lighters to-night. Shops and factories havo been instructed to reopen to-morrow, but tonight the capital resembles a city of the dead. In spite of sporadic fighting Senor Lerroux declares that Catalonia and Asturias are definitely under control. The Mayor of Tarazona was wounded while addressing insurgents from the town hall balcony. Socialist leaders in Bilbao were arrested. Severe fighting in San Sebastian resulted in 12 being wounded. Waterside warehouses were burned down. Nobody is allowed into Spain. Two battalions of the Spanish Foreign Legion arrived at Algeciras en route to Barcelona. The schools have been temporarily closed throughout Spain. Curfew will sound at nine each night. All pedestrians passing the residence of the President, Don Zainora, will do so with soldiers' revolvers pressed into their ribs. MORE STABLE REGIME OPPORTUNITY FOR FUTURE CLEMENCY AND COMPROMISE (Received October 8, 8.50 p.m.) LONDON, Oct, 8 The Times says the consequenceis of tifie victory of the Lerroux Government are of greater importance than the dramatic events of the week-end. Sgairi now has a Government with a majority in Parliament. Senor Lerroux's statements justify the hope that the Government will not gratuitously provide the opposition with martyrs. Clemency combined with readiness for political compromise may give Spain a more stable regime than she has enjoyed since the fall of the monarchy.