ANTI-FRANCO PLOT
Rumours tf Many Executions SMbUlDSRlNG DISCONTENf (BeCeived 15, 8.45 a.m.) LONDON, April 14. The News-Chronicle 's Tangier borrespondeflt states that lfl'qfliries thrbughout Morocco substantiate the reports bf a bonspiraCy to smash Gefler'al Pranco 's authority and repla'ce him by Genbfal Orgaz. The r'eVolt Wfls arraflged to tflke |daCe on "tfle eveniflg of Marbh 25, but Was betrayed by 'a native flbfl-bommissibfled offcer.
The bbflbpirators Were arr6sted bfl the afterfloon bf thb 25th while fasten- ; iflg bombs tb |>laaeB pfepar&tbgr. tb raidiflg Ihe headquarters bf Colbnel Beigbeder, General Pranco 's High Gbifl- = missibfle'r ifl MbrbcCo. Bfltweefl 30 flfld i 40 bfiLcefs were shot flCxt day. ESeflpees from the 'eoflcefl'tratibn » camp fleflr Tetaflfl declflre thflt 500 j Wefb shot on thb 25'th afld 26th. The figute is almbst eertaifliy exaggerated ; but there is flo reasbn to doflbt that % large flflmber bf executibfls took "place. ! DiScbflteflt flnd resefltmeflt ate still j smoulderiAg. Gbflerai Orgat is com-; petent and brave and is respected by all the febel faCtions. Gefl6ral Prancd dbes nbt dare tb a'rr^t hilfl withbflt ' eleaf proof.
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Hawke's Bay Herald-Tribune, Issue 75, 15 April 1937, Page 5
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