Evening star., 1934-10-05
Rebels Capture Six Towns,
Only to Lose Them in
Counter-Attacks.
GOVERNMENT PLANES
BOMB REV0LUTIONARIES
Revolt Expected to Gain Head.
way Tonight-Leaders Prepare
to Order Marshal Law.
By the Associated Press.

MADRID, October Sat least %
persons were killed and more than
100 wounded as virtual civil war be-
tween extremists and government
forces threw Spain into bloody tur.
MOL today.
the important firearms manufactur-
ing town of Eibar, were captured by
the extremists, who compacted into
their forces Anarchists, Communists
and Socialists. All six of the locali-
ties were recaptured in gun battles
by soldiers, police and Spain's famous
civil guard
Airplanes roared into the fray, dis
patched from government flying fields
at Madrid to bomb the rebels into sub.
mission.
No one knows how many were killed
by the airplanes. They few over the
Pyrenees, across the land of the
Basques, with orders to direct both
bombs and machine gun fire at strong
holds of extremists.
High Socialists were informed that
The extremists Revolutionary Com
mittee had announced that todays
disorders were merely preliminary to
a real revolution to begin tonight.
Planes Rushed to Scene.
The government dispatched an air.
plane squadron to Asturias, which is
strongholds, following the recent dis
covery of an armed plot there.
In two small towns in Catalonia the
red flag of communism was raised, but
both places were captured by an as
sault by the civil guards.
At Sallen several were wounded a.
the guards expelled extremists.
An unconfrmed report was abroad
in Madrid that Gen. Francisco Franco
was holding an airplane in readiness
for immediate departure to Catalonia
should the situation there grow worse.
As the guards changed shift at the
National Palace extremists attacked
and a gun battle resulted. Several
were wounded.
Socialists made several assaults on
food stores in extremists centers in
Madrid.
Street Cars Guarded.
AS noon passed. the transportation
in Madrid improved somewhat. Sew
eral taxiS, street cars and motor
busses went into operation guarded
by soldiers One soldier was wounded
at Fuente ella when strikers stormed
a street car
International telephone comnunica-
ton was difficult because the main
international trunk line was cut at
the relay station of Mallen, north of
Zaragoza. when extremists captured
the town. Only a single line re-
mained open to London.
Two bombs exploded in the Plaza
San Miguel of Madrid near the homes
of the Populist leaders, Manuel Car
rillo and Miguel Perez. No one was
hurt, but the property damage was
considerable.
Rebels Dispersed in Segovia.
In Segovia, street car tracks were
torn up and barricades were erected
by extremists. Guards wrecked the
barricades, however and dispersed the
defenders.
I'VE are facing a well organized
revolution and are ready to take all
measures against it"
President Alcala Zamora declared
martial law in Asturias and nation
wide decree of martial law was pre-
pared.
In the Catalonian city of Sabadell.
Anarcho-SyndicaliStS declared Cata-
lonia republic.
Barcelona reported all the principal
cities in the province of Barcelona
had been occupied by LeftiSt militia
units-the ''Somaten' of Catalonia
and that these units were at present
in charge of the situation throughout
Catalonia. except in the city of Saba
dell, which was completely in the
hands of Separatists and Syndicalists.
Grave consequences were expected
momentarily.
Troops Move on Asturias.
Meanwhile troops were moving on
Asturias by automobile.
Mountainous ASturias was filled with
Socialists and Extremists gathered for
the distribution of contraband arms
from several deposits reported to have
been made there.
Angry Leftists banded together to
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