SPANISH REPUBLIC

Hokitika Guardian, 22 April 1931, Page 5

SPANISH REPUBLIC

AUSTRALIA’S ATTITUDE. FAVOUR’S RECOGNITION. (United Presa Afl&eciation—By .Electric Telegraph—Copyright). CANBERRA, April 21. Replying to questions in the Federal Housa of Representatives, the P'ime Minister, Mr ScuiUin, said that the British Government had been informed that Australia "’as prepared to recognise the Spanish Republican Government, if Britain decided to do so. '-lIS FINANCIAL POSITION. LONDON, April 21. “King Alfonso is not a millionaire or over rich,” says the “Daily Mail”, which publishes an official denial to the report o!’ the Ex-King and his enormous investments aboard. The paper adds: “King Alfonso invested practically the whole of his stir, plus funds in Spanish companies. At present he is in a position for removed from ease and comfort.” CHANGE OF LAWS PROPOSED. LONDON, April 21. Senor Rios, holding a conference of judges in Madrid, tti’ged the immediate revision of the legttl system, recommending that It be based broadly on the English system. LONDON MINISTER KEPT ON. LONDON, April 21. Senor Ayala whose ambassadorship to London is being upheld, pending Britain’s recognition of the republican regime, denies the charge that the Spanish people are ignorant op uneducated. They had Earned much from the cinema. King Alfonso, he said, had not realised that there had been a change in the masses. If lie had surrounded liinnself with intelligent people instead of a narrow minded and ignorant clique, he might have been a constitutional monarch. SPANISH REPUBLIC RECOGNISED. LONDON, April 21. The British Empire has recognised the Spanish Republic. The British Government respecting the incognito of ex-King Alfonso, as Duke of Toledo, was not represented at his reception on his arrival at Victoria Station, where democratic crowds gave him a tumultuous welcome, contrasted with the quietness of his landing at Dover. He was driven in a car to Claridge Hotel, escorted by mounted and foot police. ; . Ex-King Manoel greeted him in the foyer.