Evening star., 1923-09-14
CLEANING UP POLITICS.
By the Associated Press.

By the Associated Press.
BARCELONA, September IL
Leaders of the military movement are
keeping foreigners under close sur
Neiliance and are granting to only a
few persG ms permission to cross the
frontier. Capt. Gen. Primo Rivera
said that the purpose of the move
lncpt was cleaning up politics and
making them honest" Its cause, he
asserted, was The obstinacy OF the
government in refusing to get rid of
a ba.eful ministry, whom 1t forced
upon The people and the king"
The revolt has extended to Madrid
according to Rivera, although the Of
ficeis there have been kept to their
barracks.
The captain general received an ova-
tion when he appeared at the opening
of an international furniture exhibit
ton Uere yesterday.
Replying to the address of the
ayur, iI which that official thanked
King Alfonso for the support he had
given the exhibition, the captain gem
eral said he hoped that the present
political events would only serve to
increase the prosperity of the city.
When Barcelona officials visited the
stands the people cheered for the
honor of Spain, for the army and for
honest men Capt. Cen, Rivera de-
again acclaimed on leaving the ex-
hibItton.
Madrid Military. Lends Aid.
The captain general of Barcelona.
Primo Rivera. declared yesterday that
the captain general in Madrid adhered
10 the military movement.
This movement aims at cleaning up
politics and making them honest"
said the captain general to the Havas
respondent. "It tends to impose
strtcter application of the laws. to put
an END to waste, to insure liberty to
labor, to establish rapidly and with
out passion the responsibilities for
the Morocco disaster, and, finally. we
demand an entire change in the con-
duct of the Riff campaign.
"The movement arose quite inde-
pendently of the civilian elements. al.
though it,corresponds with the senti-
1nsnts of the people. 1t was decided
upon by the. military groups repre-
senttng the views of the Officers. 1T
began in the Barcelona garrison. hen
extended to the troops of the BARGE.
Iona military district. Tarrogona,
Lerida, Corona and Aragon' forl6wedG
and then Madrid, where, although the
officials have been kept in barra cixs,
they succeeded in obtaining the ad-
hesion of. the captain general to our
"A new policy will be put into OPP
grafton which will comprise stern re-
preston OF the activities. of .revolu-
ffonary communists and separatists
in so far 40 those groups act. contrary
to the law, but at the same time
something politicians have never
been able TO do-humane legislation
in fever OF the workers. - - --s ~
with regard to Morocco, we will
strive to carry out the general staff S
plans, as provided by the government
after that we will confine our activi-
Ties to Tightening the excessive burden
imposed on the country by the Moroc-
can campaign. In foreign affairs we
intend to carry on a policy of sconctI-
jatfon, maintaining friendly relations
with all foreign countries.
mo imperialist ideas are enter
tained by Us. We believe thst
friendly nations will see with syfnpa-
fhv the development of a movement
directed against. the immortality which
s. dragging Spain into decadence."