ATTACK ON CLERGY
MORE TROUBLE IN SPAIN
RESIGNATION OF CABINET AN EPIDEMIC OF STRIKES LONDON, Oct. 13. The Times’ Madrid correspondent says that there is widespread unrest in Spain, including an epidemic of general strikes with renewed agitation against the clergy. This has compelled the Foreign Minister (Senor Lerroux) to abandon his visit to Geneva, where he was to have presided over the League Council dealing with the Japan-China trouble. Bed bills have been posted on convents, one reading: “Citizens’ The Socialist Minority calls on your enthusiasm to put an end to religious tyranny.
’ Another asserts that the priests are supporting the banks against the socialisation of riches. Simultaneously, the word is passing round that the Civil Guard will not interfere with those attacking convents or member* of religious orders. The Civil Governor of Grana report** a general strike th«re of a reveduntionary character.
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Wanganui Chronicle, Volume 74, Issue 245, 16 October 1931, Page 7
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144ATTACK ON CLERGY Wanganui Chronicle, Volume 74, Issue 245, 16 October 1931, Page 7
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