MARCH ON BARCELONA

Rotorua Morning Post, Volume 3, Issue 711, 11 December 1933, Page 5

MARCH ON BARCELONA

Press Assn.-

VILD SCENES REPORTEI^ FROM ALL PARTS OF THE COUNTRY many casualties occur

-By Telegraph — Copyright).

Rec. Dec. 10, 7.50 p.m. Madrid, Dec. 9. Serious lighting occurred early this morning between police, Communists and' Anarchists, in Barcelona, Sargossa and other towns. One civic guard and one civilian were killed in Barcelona and many were wounded. The authorities state that the sitution is under control. Many stores f bombs and ammunition were disovered. The authorities also found etails of a march on Barcelona lanned for Saturday. All is quiet in fadrid. A mol) marching on Barcelona, atacking and burning houses en route, ras checked by the civic guards. An express train was derailed at Jilbao, the act being believed to be ue to sabotage. It is feared that lany are killed and a state of alarm as been created throughout Spain, ut the police state that they have he situation under control throughut the country. Barcelona is the cighth city in a tate of siege. Machine guns have ieen placed on all public buildings nd special forces are guarding the lost offices and telephone exchanges. 'he anarchi.-t. Durutti has been ar■ested. Bomb explosions occurred hroughout the city. An anarchist revolutionary px-ocla-nation incites the people to arai for i mass insurrection and invites solders to join in destruction, including he seizure of banks. Though the War finis toi' declares that the army is oyal, two corporals will- be charged dth inciting the Burgos gannson to •ebel. The Government declares hat it is in possession of all the reolutionary plans. All telephonic communication beween London and Spain was cut off it 10 p.m.. luit the cable service is lormal. A cruiser lies in Ferrol har>our continuously playing searchights 011 the town. 1 Eiglit were killed and many were younded at Logrono whither two :avalry squadrons have departed. 'he rehels hold three other villages. Fighting avouiul Sargossa Univerlity saw vitviol used and a revoluionary stvike was declared at Huesca. ieville resembles an armed fortress ind rehels hnrned the archives at the own hall. together with the furniture it I.a Bastida. where they attacked he barracks of the civic guard. One ras killed and two were wounded, but he rehels escaped one by one through i hole in the wall. Ternal is heseiged hy civic guards irherc anarchists have issued a mani'esto indicating an attempt to seize lower and occupy the dwellings of he wealthy together with the confis:ation of property and the occupaion of factories.