Fall of Spanish Dictator Predicted

Sun (Auckland), Volume II, Issue 581, 6 February 1929, Page 9

Fall of Spanish Dictator Predicted

PUBLIC SUPPORT LOST SPIRIT OF REBELLION RIFE

| (United P.A.—By Telegraph—Copyright j j CAustralian arid N.Z. Press Association) : (United Service) j LONDON, Monday. j The “Daily Telegraph” says reports received in London from diplomatic sources suggest that j the Spanish revolt was far graver ; and more extensive than t.ie | stringent censorship has allowed! to be disclosed. There was some shooting in several * centres of disaffection, and numerous 7 casualties,- details of which have not l yet been published. , The disaffection in the Army lias , spread to a portion of the Navy. * A message from Paris says the * Madrid correspondent of "Le Journal” states that the Spanish authorities 7 fe d further attempts would be made i to rescue Senor Sanchez Guerra. i Therefore, they had him taken on a l gunboat to an unnamed port. Other i. persons arrested include Senors Dellano and Piniers, former Ministers. Another message from Paris says ■ that the newspaper “Journal des De- - bats” says its special correspondent > at Madrid suggests that despite the : seeming completeness of the Government’s victory, the spirit of rebellion . is reaching a point at which people are ready to risk their lives.

Thfs correspondent says that actually there has only been a police victory and the political question remains to be solved. He asserts that large sections of the Spanish Army and Navy are seething with unrest. General de Rivera asserts that the rebellion has been so thoroughly nipped in the bud on this occasion that there will be no repetitions. The guilty would be punished, but terrorism need not be feared. What has most angered the Prime Minister is the harm done to Spain’s credit and prestige abroad. He says all the damage has been done by one man who is eaten up with pride, supported by a small number of malcontents who were able to disturb and alarm the country in a few clays.

IN PORTUGAL TOO

SYNCHRONISED RISING (Australian and N.Z. Press Association) LONDON, Monday. The Hendaye (France) correspondent of the British United Press Association, says the latest rising at Valencia, Spain, was a prelude to an attempt to organise a similar one in Portugal. The latter plot was planned by exiles in Paris, from which city the Portuguese Premier, Colonel Jose V. de Frietas, was secretly warned in time for both Governments to act successfully in suppressing the projected movement.