The Waterbury Democrat., 1931-02-17
REVOLT RUM0RS IN SPAIN DENIED
 BY OFFICIALS
Former Rebel Leader Guer- ra, Named By King as Premier, Is Trying to Form Suitable Cabinet
BY WILLIAM H. LANDER

| l United Press Stan COrrespOndcnt) Madrid, Feb. 17.-(UP).-Rumor of revolt added to the uncertainty of the Spanish political situation to- day while Don Jose Sanchez Guerra, once a rebel leader, attempted to
 form a government.
 First reports of a revolutionary | movement which were not con- firmed, said that followers of Ramon
 Franco at Getafe instigated an up-
 rising.
 Troops were confined to barracks by order of the captain general of
 Madrid.
 The capital appeared outwardly normal. but the reports were of suf- ficient importance to cause official
 measures to suppress sedition. The rumor of revolution in the
 army, often current in Spain during
 the years of dictatorship and recur-
 rent martial law since the late Primo
 swept through the capital before
 dawn and caused a sensation in
 newspaper offices where day and night watches are maintained. First reports were that several
 regiments had revolted. Then the
 name of Franco and his comrades at Getafe were added to the ru-
 mors. Nobody seemed certain wheth- CT the alleged revolutionists were for
 or against the plans of Sanchez Guerra to form cabinet. The press described the attitude of the first regiment of light artil- lery at Ketake as Suspicious" but eevrything appeared quiet at the
 barracks of the aviation corps. All | automobiles passing the camp on the public road leading to Toledo were stopped and the occupants
 were questioned by army officers. Some quarters attributed the ru-
 mors of revolution to the nervous
 barracks who, halted a. group of | newspaper correspondents in an au-
 tomobile. The sentry demanded to see their papers and fired into the air. A lieutenant appeared who re- fused to comment on the report of seditious movement, but said that the garrison was standing by all
 night ready for any emergency. The newspaper Fl Imparcial un- derstood, that anarchists and symdic- alists met at Madrid last week and planned to start a revolutionary movement on Feb. 20. Due to the present political uncertainty, Fl Inn parcial said, the group decided to advance their attempt to-day and take advantage of possibly more fa- vorable conditions in the army, where former Premier Gen. Damaso Berenguer had strong support. A disagreement regarding source of funds for the movement caused its failure, Ell Imparcial said, for some of the revolutionists said that money was received from Burgeois quarters with which they did not de- sire to collaborate. The police be- lieve the movement miscarried, the newspaper said.
 Ell Sol featured the government precautions" in its banner line and said that the captain general and the commander of the civil guard held a hurried conference.
 Madrid, Feb. 17.-(UP) .-Rumors of a revolutionary movement among units of the Spanish army were de- nied to-day by Gen. Fornells, acting under-secretary of war.
 Madrid appeared to be entirely normal at 10 a. m. Police continued on duty at strategic points in the city and many members of the se- curity corps were kept on duty over- time.
 Units of the civil guard were sta toned in all suburbs.
 Ut is quite logical that some regi- ments have taken precautions to maintain normality," Gen. Fornells said, explaining that when Gen. Berenguer resigned as premier he promised to guarantee order until a new government is installed.