Evening star., 1930-12-17
ALFONSO DIRECTS
MOVES TO CRUSH
SPANISH UPRISING
Drives in Open Carriage to
Ceremony Honoring Bolivar
in Madrid.
"PRESlDENT," IN PRISON,
READY TO FACE FATE
Failure Of Revolution Laid to 10y
atty of Army and Rows in
Rebels Ranks.
By the Associ2 ed Press.

BY the AssociS ed Press.
MADRID, December liking AL
fonso. Spain's 44-year-old monarch,
himself directed the operations which
resulted in what the government terms
a crushing defeat of the revolutionary
movement of the past week, it was
learned today on good authority.
The Spanish ruler, who has been
King since the day of his birth, last
Monday insisted on personally leading
the government troops into action
agaist the insurgent Maj. Ramon
Franco and his companions at Cuatro
Vientos Airdrome, and was restrained
with difficulty by his advisers.
Premier Takes to Bed.
Premier Gen. Berenguer worn out
with the days and nights of watchfuI-
ness, in which a moments laxity
might have cost Alfonso his crown, has
collapsed with severe case of ton
silitis and is very Ill, but his condition
Is not thought serious.
The premier, who has worked prac-
tically without sleep since the Jaca
revolt last Friday, was compelled to
take to his bed last night with a tenn
perature Of 1925. His Condition is
greatly aggravated, his doctors say. by
days. '' -e"
Half a million men are on strike
throughout Spain and there was inter-
mlttent hghting in several cities TODAY
tH uue Gne government held to the belief
snat Ine revolution against the crown
mad been definitely crushed.
King Drives to Church.
FOR the first time since revolution
put spain under martial law King AL
tonso came out of his palace TODAY and
drove IN an open carriage to the Church
OF san Francisco for ceremonies com
memorating the achievements of the
South american patriot, Simon Bolivar.
AT MS own order, he was accompa-
MEG by only skeleton guard. and he
snueu broadly and waved his arm at
the great crowds which cheered his
passage through the streets. It was
characteristic Of his fair for ignoring
0anger to his person.
Whlle this was going ON, Niceto Al
GAIA Aamora, whom the revolutiouisfs
proclaimed President of the Republic"
mace statement in prison accepting
responsibility for his part in the revolt
and expressing willingness to take the
consequences, whatever they NAV be.
1eul Maura, another outstanding insur-
ment.
Planning for Months.
The substance Of their confessions"
was that Republican and Socialist and
LABOR leaders throughout Spain had
neen planning for months to overthrow
Ene King and establish a republic. Their
movement was thoroughly organized.
they said, and the first outbreak was to
nave taken place by Monday morning.
IL was to have been Accomplished
without bloodshed and there was to
have been general strike simultane-
ously IN every Spanish city. The revo-
lutioniSts hoped to paralyze the nations
business and industrial life and they
expected complete cooperation from the
army.
After three or four days of the strike
the plotters anticipated that the King
would be ready to abdicate and Premier
Berenguer to resign; then the republic.
with lamora at its head, was to come
INTO being. Zamora already had his
number of Socialist and Republican
leaders, all of whom also are in iail.
Jaca Move Impetuous.
But what happened was quite Diff
ferent The impetuous commander of
the garrison at Jaca took things into
MS own hands, and the rebellion there
last Friday let the government know
tnat the long-expected revolution was
at hand. When the army disappointed
the revolutioniSts, remained ioyal To
the crown, the plot was frustrated.
Beyond that, however, the real rea-
son Tor the failure of the plot appeared
IN these statements Of the leaders to
nave been internal disagreements in the
revolutionary organization itself.
The labor heads, on the one hand
wanted an absolute Communist revolu-
ton and Communist government
when 1t was over. When cooler heads
refused to accede to any such demand
the movement lost the support of an
important section of the labor forces
whose members held that a new repub-
lie would be just another government by
the upper classes.
AS the smoke began to clear away
today, 1t appeared that one tangible
result of the excitement of the past
week was the crowding of lot of jails
to capacity. In all parts Of the north
1t was estimated that 1000 civil prison.
ere were in cells as a result Of their
part in the revolution.
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