CRISIS IN SPAIN

Waikato Times, Volume 88, Issue 13512, 19 June 1917, Page 5

CRISIS IN SPAIN

APPEAL TO THE WORKERS. (Reuter's Telegrams.) Received June 18, 8.5 p.m. MADRID, June 18. Regarding the probability of a railway strike, Dr. Dato, the Premier, states that it is in everybody's interests that calm should reign at the present moment, and the workmen should realise that perturbations are more harmful to them than those interested in forcing the agitation. The workers may have confidence in the Government's social policy of harmony between capital and labour. The Spanish Ambasador in London has arrived at Madrid and conferred with the Minister for State. A FRESH DEVELOPMENT. A STRONG COALITION. (Australian and N.Z. Cable Assn.) Received June 19, 1.5 a.m. MADRID, June 18. A remarkable development in the political crisis has been divulged, despite a rigorous censorship. The Radical, Republican, Reform and Socialist parties in the Chamber held a conference and decided to issue a revolutionary anti-monarchist manifesto forming themselves into a bloc. The causes of this coalition are the military crisis and rumours that the formation of a reactionary pro-German Government under Senor Maura, an ex-Premier, and General Weyler. Further, the Monarchist Reformist Party has declared in favour of a Republic. ATTACKS ON THE MONARCHY. SERVING GERMAN INTERESTS. (The Times.) Received June 19, 8.50 a.m. MADRID, June 18. The King's portrait at the Maurist Club was defaced. King Alfonso is being made the scapegoat for the errors of past Administrations. The country does not desire a revolution, and German interests alone will be served by the present attacks on the monarchy. REPUBLICAN MANIFESTO. PEOPLE'S WILL MUST PREVAIL. (Australian and N.Z. Cable Assn.) Received June 19, 9.55 a.m. MADRID, June 18. The Republican Party has issued a manifesto, stating: "Recent events reveal a grave national crisis, and the failure at reconciling the democracy with the present regime demonstrates the necessity of the Left Party maintaining its unity. We are desirious of saving Spain, but it is useless to hope that the present regime can amend the evils, under which the country will suffer every day more seriously. We pledge ourselves to use our positions as Deputies to secure that the sovereign will of the nation should prevail over every other kind of power."