SPAIN'S HOME POLITICS

Taranaki Daily News, 3 September 1926, Page 7

SPAIN'S HOME POLITICS

SITUATION VERY DIFFICULT

PARTIAL MILITARY LAW,

By Telegraph- Press Assn.—Copyright. Received Sept. 2, 8.45 p.m, London, Sept. 1

The Daily News publishes a message from Spain by an indirect route. It says there is no open disorder, but the internal situation is very difficult and everybody is expectant. The crux of the situation is the stand of King Alfonso, who is regarded as the man of the hour, against De Rivera bn behalf of the disgruntled army officers. The latter accuse De Rivera of treasonable disloyalty because he proposed army reforms as a challenge to the King's demand for personal control of army regulations and discipline. Partial military law exists, and all Government buildings are guarded. There have been many arrests in the streets, including some army officers. Barcelona is seething with excitement, the Catalonions awaiting the first signs of revolt for the purpose of starting their own insurrection.

The appointment of General Bercnguear as head of King Alfonso’s military household is regarded as remarkable in view of his imprisonment in a fortress in 1924 for attending a banquet at which speeches were, made attacking De Rivera’s dictatorship. London, Sept. 1. ... It appears dear from the first direct news from Madrid that whatever difficulties threatened have been for the present overcome. General De Rivera remains in the saddle.