Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1931-05-11
CHURCHES BURNED
BY MADRID MODS
Five Catholic institutions De-
stroyed as Troops Are
Called to Quiet Riots.
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tricts without seeking federal permits
sion.
Indalecio Prieto, minister Of finance,
signed an ofiicial communiQue laying
the riots to the monarchists and other
extremist elements" which was inter-
preted as a reference to the Commu-
nists.
The communioue asserted the gov
eminent was prepared to restore order
at any cost and asserted that the pcs
sibility of recalling the monarchy had
definitely vanished.
Tt characterized the continuing dis
orders as "a perfiidious offensive against
the republic and a deplorsble attempt
to injure the republics credit It re-
ferred indirectly to the newspaper, A.
B. c., which was suspended yesterday
AS an organ which has been trying to
poison the national conscience while 1t
attacked democracy"
The ca inet ordered suspension of the
Jesuit newspaper, Debate, during III
emergency session.
Foreign Minister Lerroux, who left
this morning for Geneva to attend the
League of Nations Council meeting,
turned back when he received word OF
the disorders in Madrid.
Berenguer IL Jailed.
Damaso Berenguer. former premier,
who was released from a military prison
only last Saturday. was clapped into
OF the Republican governments leniency
in his treatment.
Communists tried to promote gen.
eral strike this morning and although
the trades unions opposed them they
succeeded in paralyging traffic and dis
organizing business in general.
ImpromptI parades formed here and
there throughout the city and mounted
police rode among the marchers break
ing up their ranks.
At noon great crowd swarfned into
the Plierta del Sol In front of the gov
eminent buildings. shouting demands
that those responsible for riots yester-
DAY and today be punished.
A MonarchiSt was beaten to death BY
mob in the Puerta del Sol last night.
another man who was wounded by ma
chine gun bullets yesterday afternoon
dleo this morning. Ofiices of the
Monarchist newspaper A. B. c., slH-
pended yesterday, were under heavy
JAN. The most serious riot yesterday
surged about the B c building
MObs Stone Cross.
The attack on the Jesuit headouar-
tiers csgue unexpectedly.
stormed the old stone palace. which
formerly was the American embassy,
beating on the doors. Then others
came with cans Of gasoline. They
soaked the woodwork gmaShed the
windows and set FIRE to the place.
The mob pressed back as the flames
grew hotter. The crowd increased rap
idly and many seized rocks and bricks
TO hurl at the headquarters and the
church next door, which also was
ablaze
Their target was the Rreat stone
cross over the main entrance to the
church and whenever q missed struck
1t the crowd cheered Historically.
Two hundred priests were in the
headquarters building when the fire
started. but 1t was believed all of them
escaped.
The fire ragged for an hour, burning
out all the woodwork and leaving MOTH
ing but the black stone walls.
Historic Documents Lost.
Hundreds of important church and
historical documents were lost when
the old Jesuit building was DESTROYED.
The extensive greenhouses on the
church grounds, where palms and
other plants used in church services
were kept, were destroyed and looted
by the mob.
While the fire was still burning the
announcement came that martial law
had been declared in Madrid and prob
ably would be extended throughout the
country. Immediately AFTER that the
Stock Exchange closed.
On the heels of the declaration Of
martial law the cabinet, which had been
in emergency session since early morn
ing, issued its first statement.
we will maintain the republic by
force II necessary" 1t said The ex-
IRENE Left elements are responsible for
this situation"
The extreme Let's are the Com
munists.
Communist agitators, wearing red
armbs nds. appeared in numbers early
In the afternoon, but they had little en-
couragement from loyal republicans.
The cabinets deliberations were in
terrupted constantly as paraders
marched past shouting through the win
dows. One detachment was led by the
aviator Rada, who has been closely as
ISOLATED with Ramon Franco.
One cabinet minister received q del
egation, who demanded, among other
things. that Gen. Berenguer be shot,
that Miguel Maura be dismissed as min
lister Of the interior and that the civil
guard be disarmed.