SPANISH REVOLT FAILS

Timaru Herald, Volume CXXXVII, Issue 19671, 13 December 1933, Page 7

SPANISH REVOLT FAILS

UPHEAVAL REACHES PEAK LINE STERN MEASURES USED BY GOVERNMENT United Press Association—By Electric Telegraph—Copyright (Received December 12, 6.30 p.m.) MADRID, December 11. The peak-point of the insurrection seems to have passed with the abandonment of the idea of a revolutionary general strike. The army remains loyal, and the Catholics and Agrarians support the Government. Two rebels were killed and three civil guards wounded in a disturbance at Alcoriza, where the rebels fired a fusilade and threw hand grenades at the civil guards from Valencia. Eighteen were arrested. The insurrectionists declared that the Soviet hal des robles killed a civil guardsman, imprisoned the remainder of the guard, and burnt the archives. Fight in Abandoned Convent. Revolutionaries, led by a sergeant of the Foreign Legion, barricaded themselves in an abandoned convent at Villanueva Serena. Government forces fired a fusilade and shot a shell through the roof. They eventually broke in and captured the defenders, except four who were found dead. The Legionary and others were unearthed from the cellars. One sergeant and one private of the civil guards were killed and one was w’ounded. Soldiers were despatched to expel armed miners occupying five villages on the banks of the Sil River. Chaos Reigns at Barcelona. Shooting at Barcelona ended at daybreak with a number of casualties. All public buildings are guarded for fear of a recurrence of the disturbances. Civil Guards, with machine guns, barricade the Madrid road. A bomb thrown in the civil guards’ barracks injured two people. A bridge was bombed at Sanadres Villa. The France railway bridge was dynamited. The majority of workers are idle because of the strike and the standstill of transport. REBEL ATTACKS QUELLED WIDESPREAD ACTIVITY OF ANARCHISTS United Press Association—By Electric Telegraph—Copyright (Received December 12, 7.30 p.m.) MADRID, December 12. Troops using tanks quelled a rebel attack on the city hall, at Saragossa early this morning, after a street battle lasting four hours. Two people were killed. The rebels attempted to set fire to the railway station. Three hundred rebels blew up the road bridge at Lanaja, and imprisoned all the rich inhabitants in a church, threatening to burn them alive. Civic Guards are rushing from Huesca. The Anarchists closed some of the textile and other factories. The transport strike continues. Many trains throughout Spain are nearly empty, owing to train wTecking frightening travellers. TOURIST TRADE WITH SPAIN STOPPED BECAUSE OF SERIOUS DISTURBANCES United Press Association—By Electric Telegraph—Copyright (Received December 12, 6.30 p.m.) ALGECIRAS, December 12. British tourist excursions to Spain have been abandoned owing to the serious disturbance, and British leave has been stopped at Gibraltar. FUNDS FOR REVOLUTIONARIES STATEMENT BY THE PRIME MINISTER United Press Association—By Electric Telegraph—Copyright (Received December 12, 11.30 p.m.) LONDON, December 12. The Madrid correspondent of “The Daily Telegraph” states: The Premier, Senor Martinez Barrios, in intervals between conversations over four telephones on his desk, told me he does not consider the outbreak entirely crushed. He is prepared for trouble for a few days longer. This is unavoidable in places where the communications are bad. Asked where the money came from to finance the outbreak by the Communists and Syndicalists on such a scale, the Prime Minister replied: “I am informed that the large sums spent on bombs, arms and transport have been supplied by certain parties participating in the elections for their own purpose, whatever that might be.” This goes to confirm the statement I made frequently by their opponents I that some Conservatives and Monarchists financed the movement. TRAIN OUTRAGE. SERIOUS ACCIDENT IN SPAIN. United Press Association—By Electric Telegraph—Copyright MADRID, December 11. | A Inter report estimated the deaths at 15, but one coach is still buried in the wreckage, its occupants being unknown. There were no British casualties. Excesses of Rebels. Two men entered the Church of San Clemente, poured inflammable liquod on the altar and set it on fire while the church was filled with worshippers.