Evening star., 1923-09-13
REVOLT GRIPS SPAIN
ASARMY ASSUMES
RULE IN BARCELONA
Military Garrison, Aroused by
Cabinet, Takes District.
Rebels Approve Alfonso.
MINISTERS DRAFT PLANS
AS KING REACHES MADRID
= Seizure Made Without Bloodshed
Revolution Area Long Gen.
ter of Plots.

By the Associated Press.
MADRID, September 13.-Army off,
GERS at Barcelona have revolted and
martial law has been declared.
The council of ministers held a spe-
cial meeting at o'clock this morn
ing to consider the situation at Bar
celona
The rank and file of the army have
joined in the revolt, but the navy per-
sonnel is quiet.
After a cabinet meeting today the
following statement was issued:
The captain general Of Barcelona
last night proclaimed on his own re-
s-ponsibilfty a state of siege in that
district. seized the communications
and invited other districts to support
his action.
Ask Cabinet Dismissal.
In order to explain this step he
published a manifesto to the country
declaring that the army called upon
the sovereign TO save Spain and ask
ing for the dismissal of the present
ministers.
'In certain districts it appears the
military forces are disposed to concur
in this attitude of rebellion.
THE cabinet is in permanent session
and will maintain it's position, which
it will abandon only under force
should the promoters of this sedit1on
decide to follow up their policy, with
all its consequences.
The king will arrive in Madrid to-
day"
King Alfonso returned to Madrid on
the Southern express at II o'clock this
morning. The station was surrounded
by troops and every precaution was
taken to kea2 unauthorized persons
away.
Madrid Is Normal
Conditions in Madrid present nor
NAL aspect, no especial agitation on
the part Of the people being noticed.
The army as whole. 1t is declared,
remains loyal to the government.
The cabinet is remaining in session
and the government expresses conf
dence in it's ability to stamp out the
revolt movement.
According to some of the Madrid
newspapers, the garrison at San Sc
bastian imprisoned Foreign Minister
Santiago Alba, while others express
the belief that he escaped across the
frontier into France. None of these
reports Is confirmed.
Cabinet Loses Confidence.
Since the early morning it had been
rumored that the cabinet was in an
extremely difficult position Accord
ing to information from an admin
lstratlon source, document had been
distributed among the garrisones
severely censuring the government
and demanding its resignation. The
news of this proceeding caused a
cabinet meeting to be hastily sum-
moned and increased the unrest
The president of the council de-
clared the meeting had been convok ed
to deal with question of a purely
international nature, but 1t was gem
orally considered that the document
circulated was the real reason for the
convocation.
The document is said to have de-
clared that the situation in Spain was
most complicated and that the gov
eminent had lost all public confidence
as the result of its low morale and
corruption.
The first meeting of the cabinet
Hded at 2 o'clock this morNing when
e ministers asserted the situation
fas normal and returned to their
bmes, but during the night the
Eremier@went to the home of the min
ister of marine where the cabinet was
summoned to meet again before dawn
and the captain general of Madrid.
Munoz Cobo, was summoned to attend
the discussions of the ministers.
At 4 am. the captain general made
the following statement to the press
Il can say only one thing, that the
government summoned me in order
to be informed of the attitude of the
Madrid garrison. I answered that the
garrison was in it's barracks ready to
guarantee the continuance of order
and that there was consequently
nothing to fear in connection with
the troops stationed in Madrid"
fastened Revolt.
The newspapers say the disturbance
in Barcelona had been prepared for
Friday, but that the government got
wind of it and adopted precautionary
measures which led the organizers of
the movement to cut loose before the
anticipated time.
1t was stated here shortly before
noon that Foreign Minister Santiago
Alba, against whom the military ele-
ment has considerable feeling, was
on his way to Madrid.
It is reported that a squadron has
been sent to Barcelona.
The newspaper Ell Sol says the gar
,ison at Bilboa has Joined the revolt
movement and has protested against
, the, suspension of communications
with the rest of Spain.
The government at first put a ban
upon all classes of communications,
but later authorized the dispatch OF
messages giving official information
regarding the situation.
The military element in Barcelona
is SalQ, was UlSSfunIleu over the
liberty allowed the extreme Catalan
lists who represent only a small part
of the population of the city, in hold
ing demonstrations against Spain and
launching insults against the dead
comrades of the military men in Mo-
The government asked Primo Rivera
TO postpone any action he might have
contemplated until tho reopening of
the cortes. His comrades refused to
wait and publication of his proclama-
tion today followed.
Primo Rivera is understood to have
been d!spleased because of the re-
fusal OF thegoyernment to name him
senator. He came out against the
military juntas, or officers commit
tees and his opponents retaliated
with the criticism that his rapid rise
could be attributed to his Relationship
10 high officials.
The present revolt in Spain centers
an that hotbed of Spanish agitation,
the district of Catalonia, with it's
nopulous capital of Barcelona. This
has long been the scene of Carlist
conspiracy and revolt, seeking to re-
store the Carlist dynastic line. 1t
IL also the center of the separatist
+ movement, which seeks to make the
.sreat commercial area around Barce-
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