RIOTING MOBS IN SPAIN

Wanganui Chronicle, Volume 74, Issue 111, 13 May 1931, Page 7

RIOTING MOBS IN SPAIN

CHURCH PROPERTY BURNED

VATICAN MAKES A PROTEST TO THE REPUBLIC

CONTINUANCE OF RELATIONS DEPENDS ON REPLY

(By Telegraph—Press Association—Copyright] Received May 12, 10.50 p.m. ROME, May 12. It is reliably stated that the Vatican, through the Papal Nil

eio at Madrid, is strongly protes tion of church property, and wi condemnation of those respon continuance of relations of the depend upon the answer. A Madrid message states that out of 170 convents in Madrid were rescued in a timely manner tions destroyed include the Chr: asylums where nuns received a domestic service. As a result homeless. MARTIAL LAW GENERAL BERENGUER'S FATE MADDID, May 11. Martial law has been proclaimed. General Berenguer was re arrested at the orders of Cabinet, which dismissed the Supreme Army Council for releasing him. A deputation on behalf of the mob asked Cabinet to shoot General Berenguer and dismiss Maura. The atmosphere at Madrid is electrical and there are fears of greater disturbances. The angry mob fired two convents and is now matching on a third, others preventing the firemen from extinguishing the flames. The tral-5 unionists’ efforts to per- ; suade the workers to resume work were ! only partially successful. The tram- I ways and underground railway were idle in the morning, but resumed in the afternoon, but the factories were closed. Mobs an: pouring into the city and th< >e are r-microns military patic Is in the street? Further firing was heard ties aftericon. The riots are attrib.i to Ctmmuni - inciter ent, ridiculing the involution. which has not improved the workers • position. The mob fired the Jesuit headquarters and watched the building burn.. Demonstrators’ Demands An earlier message stated that while the mobs were burning convents and churches, demonstrators, marching in procession outside the Ministry of the Interior, demanded the shooting of Generals Berenguer and Mola and the disarming of the Civil Guard. Cabinet sat throughout the day devising measures to restore order. Believing that the disturbances originated f -om resen-ment at General Berenguer’s liberation. Cabinet has ordered his re-arrest and the dismissal of the military tribunal which refuse'! tn demand his prosecution. General

•sting to-day against the dost rueill demand a declaration of the nsible. It is believed that a Vatican with the Republic will t the Chief of Police reports that 1, seven were burned and seven r from incendiaries. The institu•istian Brothers’ schools and two and prepared destitute girls for of the burnings 500 girls are Berenguer was plaved in a military prison co-night. It is officially announced that ten churches and convents have been burned. The most serious event wa> the burning of the Jesuit headquarters and the industrial school. Shots were fired from the buildings and two rioters were seriously wounded. Crowds throughout the city watched the spec’ncular blazes. The garrison has been heavily reinforced ano the Civil Guards are occupying strategic poi its while tanks have been trusted at the Bank of Spain. The city is calming down and the shops h«.ve reopened in the evening. The noting has apparently not surprised f hp Jesuits, who have reported that valuables were sent to “Rome and other centres months ago. Though five convents were destroyed nobody was burned. no valuables were stolen and there was no looting. Clamouring for Revenge. Dawn saw little diminution in the crowds parading Puerta del Sol square clamouring for revenge against antiMonarchists. The most credit for averting a crisis was dur to the Minister of the Interior. Scnor Maura, who repeatedly addressed the crowds urging calm and moderation. During a speech by a "Republican from the balcony of the Ministry, an unknown man shot two men supporting the speaker. The mob instantly killed the unknown man. Addressing journalists, Senor Maura revealed that a quantity of arms and munitions had been discovered at the A. B. C. office, the proprietor whereof, the Marquis Luca de Tena, had been arrested. Scnor Maura says that the Republic will relentlessly kill at the root any attempt to restore King Alfonso. Nevertheless, the crowds, night long, arc criticising the Government s tolerance towards the Monarchists, notably the re lease of General Berenguer and the inaction over the. Primate’s pastoral para graph. Arising from the mutiny on Jaime the First, the second officer has been dismissed.