SPAIN.

Taranaki Daily News, 20 June 1917, Page 5

SPAIN.

GRAVE NEWS. A COMPLEX SITUATION. Received June 19, 8 p.m. ''. London, June Ift. Thi Daily telegraph's Rome corre- ■ Vpondent says the Vatican has received the gravest news from Spain, The stateJnentithat the disturbances 'among the military have shaken the country lacks authority, but conflicts between Gtermanophiles and interventionists complicate the situation. A new general strike and a fresh crisis is imminent. COUNTRY UNDEBIROUS OF REVOLUTION. Times Service. < Madrid, June IS. The .King's portrait in the Maurist Clult has been defaced. The King is being made a scapegoat for the errors of put administrations. The country does not desire a revolution, and German interests alone are served by the present attacks on the monarchy. REPUBLICAN MANIFESTO. Madrid, June 18. <the Republican Party has issued a manifesto stating that Tecent events reveal a grave national crisis, the failure of the hope of reconciling the democracy with the present regime, and demonstrates the necessity of the Left Party maintaining unity. We are desirous of saving Spain, but H is ageless to hope the present regime «an amend the evils under ■which ths country suffers every day more seriously. We pledge ourselves to use our positions as deputies to secure that the aovswign Will of the nation prevails oyer l»y*rT otber kind of poorer. __