KING ALFONSO.
HIS WORK DURING THE WAR
PARIS, October 19. On the ere of the visit of King Alfonso of Spain “ Le Journal” published details of his attitude during the war. YVhen Paris was in extreme peril King Alfonso wished to go to France at the head of his cavalry, but bis Ministers dissuaded him. He instituted a bureau which conducted a huge correspondence for the purpose of tracing the missing and amelioration of the treatment of prisoners. He conducted personal interviews .on behalf of 126,000 French, Belgian, British and Italian soldiers. Ho obtained pardon for nineteen sentenced to death and the repatriation of 70,000 deportees and 21,000 sick and wounded.
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Star (Christchurch), Issue 12776, 21 October 1919, Page 3
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111KING ALFONSO. Star (Christchurch), Issue 12776, 21 October 1919, Page 3
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