Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1924-11-09
TWO OPEN REVOLTS
PUT SPAIN IN PERIL
Alfonso May Share Fate of
Dictator If Revolution
Gains HeadWay.

BY Cable to The Star and New York World
PARIS. November S.-Two armed re-
volts and one attempt at gun running
within the last "a hours in northern
Spain are believed to have ushered in
the long anticipated revolution against
the existing military dictatorship.
II successful. the movement. which
overthrows Premier Primo de Rivera,
may also bring down the monarchy
with him, for King Alfonso has sup
ported the directorate.
News reached Paris today of an
armAd conflict in Barcelona where the
present dictator started the revolution
which placed him in power. Tonight
comes the word of a fight between
gendarmes and a crowd of revolution
aries at Irun, just across the Basque
frontier from France. Three have been
killed and many wounded in this fight.
The motive for this battle is believed
to be desire to liberate Gen. Beren-
guer, former commander in Morocco +,
who has been sentenced to six months
imprisonment in the Fortness of Fuen-
terrabia, two kilometers from Irun.
BerenEuer's Position.
Gen. Berengeur is very poular with
force and with the troops at home. He
was sentenced for attending a dinner
at the Athenaeum Club in Madrid,
where the Rivera dictatorship was at
tackled in several speeches. He is also
known to favor return to constitutional
government and giving the people a
chance to decide whether they want a
republic or monarchy.
The barcelona affair was battle be-
tween the police and a small group OF
revolutionists. who were headed for the
military barracks with bombs.
The police were in force-Barcelona
because of its reputation as cradle
of revolutions is always heavily
policed-and easily routed the rebels,
Selling their bombs. But one police
man and two of the insurgents were
killed and several wounded in the
fighting.
Meanwhile. on the French frontier.
the authorities caught a band of %
Spaniards trying to cross the border.
Each carried several automatlcs and
a quantity of ammunition. Only six
of them were held and the others
were disarmed.
Two of the leaders of this band
Alexandra Prats and Agostino Manuel,
are known as revolutionists from
Catalonia, the province of which
Barcelona is the capital.
Propose Provisional Rule.
The Spanish federate press has
chosen this moment to lift the
censorship. This association of news
papers. which has grown in impor-
tance since Rivera became dictator,
is acting with the support of public
opinion. It's petition is backed by
the Count de Romanones, leader of
the Liberal party, who is expected to
take the initiative in forming a pro-
visional republican government when
the revolution starts.
In a letter to Vice Admiral Magaz,
acting president of the Directory dur
ing Gen. Rivera's absence in Morocco.
Count RomanoneS took responsibility
for the dinner and speeches because
of which Gen. Berenguer and his
colleague, Gen. Sarabis, were arrested
His letter says:
1T was only because / was i'll with
fever that l was not present at the
dinner to Prof. Seanz. l must inform
you l am in complete accord with the
speeches made and with the spirit of
the occasion, which is opposed to con-
tinued existence of the anti-consti-
tutional mil1tarSm by which we are
governed.
LAS some present at the dinner are
being prosecuted, l feel it my duty to
proclaim my complete solidarity with
them
preston in Spain, where Liberals are
awaiting the directorys next move.
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