The Bismarck tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, N.D.) 1916-current, 1933-12-09
GOVERNMENT FORCES
SUPPRESS REBELLION.
AFTER 70 ARE SLAIN.
800 Wounded in Disorders and
State Of Alarm Is Declared
In Nation
1ERRoRISTS RULE IN DARK
Peace Returns With Daylight;
Communication Lines Are
Disrupted

Madrid. Dec. 9.-(P)-Government
forces Saturday apparently had
crushed a wave Of anarchist and syn
dicalist rebellion which swept fierce
ly over northeastern Spain.
Only in the province Of Zaragoza,
where three were killed and IS in
jured Saturday, was the rebellion
still active.
But during the night more than
20 persons were killed and several
hundred were reported injured.
Throughout the night and well in
to the morning troops engaged in a
series Of swift combats as the ex-
tremists, apparently disgruntled by
their loss Of power in the recent par
liamentary elections. terrorised the
region.
The rioters smashed communica-
ton lines. wrecked trains, and at
tempted to isolate the area.
The situation was brought under
control shortly after Premier Diego
Martinez Barrios declared "state
Of alarm" to exist.
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"A state OF alarm" is the next thing
to martial law and supersedes the
state Of prevention" declared Sun
day which placed civil guards and
other national police forces on the
alert In preparation for the conven-
ing Of parliament Friday.
The disorders were believed insti-
tuted by disgruntled adherents Of
the Leftist groups as the result Of
the parliamentary election landslide
last month toward the Conservative
elements in Spanish politics.
Daylight brought comparative tran
guilty following q night Of terrorism
in the northeast. Authorities imme-
diately moved to check casualties and
the extent Of property damage, which
was believed to be large.
The cabinet was called into session
shortly before noon, supposedly to
discuss the situation.
The survey Of how far the disorders
had spread was slow and difficult be-
cause terrorists had destroyed most
Of the telephone lines in the areas
where they operated.
Among lines destroyed were the
main trunk to Geneva. the trunk to
Berlin, three trunks to London and
all three trunks to Paris.
Bombs, Firearms Used
Terrorists, armed with rifles. bombs
and pistols, began their devastating
work shortly after the first session OF
the new parliament, striking first al
the main communication lines.
Most Of the bombings and other
acts OF violence were committed FUR
lively under cover of darkness, but
open clashes between rioters and Of
Ulcers at Logrono, Zaragoza and Bar
celona resulted In severe casualties.
Because Of severed communication
lines. an accurate list Of the dead
and wounded was not available i'm
mediately, but the ministry OF the
interior announced death tolls were
heavy" and an extremely conserva-
tive estimate, based on q parliament
tary report, indicated that at least q
score were dead and some 3oO
wounded.
In night Of many disorders at
Barcelona. with extremists, civil
guards and soldiers participating. an
unestimated number were known to
have been slain.
Three extremists were killed and
Two civil guards injured In clash
near Barcelona, at Lucia.
Another center of heavy casualties
was the town Of Zuera, near lara
goZa.