SPANISH CRISIS

Hokitika Guardian, 1 June 1931, Page 4

SPANISH CRISIS

disunity grows. [United Press Association—By Electrio Telegraph.—Copy right. J MADRID, May 29. The difficulties of the Spanish Republican Government are increasing. '1 iide. are reports of disunity in tin* Cabinet, a-:d these are persistent. It in's even been rumoured that President Zamora is resigning, but tii is is denied. The p 'seta is falling to unheard of lewis. Tilts is 'attributed to the Cabinet discord, an increase in circulation, the nervous less of the wealthy classes, and the eagerness of the Monastic Orders to disnc.se. of their money in safety elsewhere. The opinion is expressed, however, that only a tremendous run of notes from the hanks can lead to a decision by the Bank of Spain to increase its note circulation from 5,200 million pesetas to -'siix thousand million pesetas. The Government’s legislative enactments please l nobody. The Syndicalists declare in favour of a republic, but they are unwilling to accept the labour arbitration system that is being proposed by the Government. The opinion is also increasingly heing -expressed -that the ea r lv conflict of the revolutionists with the Church Was it grave mistake, FRENCH PRESENTATION. TO SPANISH EX-SOVEREIGNS, PARIS, Mnv 30. Republican admiration for. RPya’ty was shown at Fontainbleau. where citizens mad-3 a public collection, presenting King Alfonso and Queen F.na with a handsome bronze vase on the occasion of their silver wedding, which is being celebrated in exile to-morrow.