Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1910-01-14
PRINCE ARRESTED
Leader of Military Plot in
Spain.
AIMED At WAR MINISTER
Forty Army Officers Taken Into Gus
tody at Madrid.
LIBERAL CABINET IS SAVED
Government Moves Quickly and
Prince Rignatelli Is Seized-Cap-
tain General Of Madrid
Removed.

MADRID. January 14.-Prince Piena-
tell, alleged to have been involved in
the recently discovered plot through
which the conservatives are said to
have aimed to embroil the army with
the government. was arrested today.
The liberal press strongly approves
the energetic action taken by the gov
eminent. The Liberal declares that the
measures were severe, but Indispensable
FL Pals says that the plot was de-
signed to force the resignation Of Min
lister of War Luque and thus precipi-
tate the fall of Premier Moret Prem
dergast and his cabinet
The articles in the Correspondence
Militar. which revealed the plot, were
written by Senior Ilorens. a Carlist dep
uty and officer. who used a pseudonym
The issue of the paper was suppressed,
wherefore the demonstration of army
officers was made in front OF the newspa-
per office.
Alfonso Sustains Cabinet.
The police raided the office and upon
the evidence secured the cabinet was hur-
riedly assembled. under the presidency
of King Alfonso. who sanctioned the re-
noval Of Count Devillar as captain gen.
sraI of Madrid and the arrest OF the Off
GERS implicated
That the affair had widespread ramifi-
cation was indicated by the subsequent
removal. last night of the captains gen.
eral Of Valencia, Valladolid and Corona
Gen. Linares, ex-minister of war, was
the first to congratulate Minister Of War
ha toll
The award of honors to the officers Of
the Melilla expedition, and which was
criticised by the Correspondents Militar
was in accordance with the distribution
recommended by Gen. Marina, Governor
Of Melilla.
The affair had created little popular ex-
before the existence of the conspiracy be-
came generally known.
News Censor at Work.
HENDAYE, France, January 14-The
Spanish censor is intercepung news dis
patches containing references to the mill
tary conspiracy uncovered at Madrid.
Private advices confirm the report that
forty officers were arrested.
Considerable agitation is reported
among the troops at the garrisons in
Cadlz, Malaga and Valencia.
PARIS. January 14.-Special dispatches
received In this city from Madrid indi-
cate that the government has nipped in
the bud military conspiracy fomented
by the friends of Juan de Lacierva
Penaf1el, ex-mnister of the interior,
against the present liberal cabinet
The officers implicated have been sent
to various provincial fortresses pending
trial by court-martial. The colonies OF
the princes and queens regiments have
been relieved Of their commands by roy
al decree. Count de Villar. who was re-
moved as captain general of Madrid, has
been succeeded by Gen. Rios.
There are also grave rumors Of a Carl
list uprising, ana it is understood that
Don Jaime Of Bourbon, the Spanish pre-
tender, Is preparing to issue a manifesto
describing 1.-The ruin of fallen SPAIN
since the dethronement of his great
grandfather, attacking the free think
ers, Professionals and members of the So
cial ORDER, and appealing for a revival
of Catholic unity as the only means for
Spanish regeneration.
Another news dispatch from Madrid
says that 200 officers are implicated in
the conspiracy, which the republican pa
pers charge was Matched by the conserva-
tives. The military clubhouses have
been closed.
Dispatches from Barcelona report great
excitement there. The troops are held in
readiness at their barracks.
The republicans at Bilbao have tele-
graphed their congratulations to the gov
eminent upon Its summary action.