The Waterbury Democrat., 1936-07-23
Spai1, Splits Wide
 Open By Rebellion
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 Valencia, might be in preparation to turn all power over to the com. Tnittee In case the government Of Premier 0iral Pereira became iso- lated by . rebel siege ct Madrid, or the capital fell.
 Opinion at border points was that the fate of the rebellion might noe be known for days, but that the rebels present successes were not sensational.
 (COpyright 1888 by United Press)
 Lisbon, Portugal, July 22.-(UP)-- The rebellion that grips ell Spain approached . state of chaos today. Americans and other foreigners were reported in gravest danger In Barcelona and probably other coastal cities. WarshipS and liners sped to evacuate them if necessary. Rebel and government armies equipped with all the terrible engines of modern warfare neared Q battle in force north and north. east of Madrid. The government formed an emergency committee, with co-equal powers, to rule in seven eastern provinces loyal to 1t. It was believed that the government intended this committee to rule the country in event the rebels took the capital. Minor fights occurred in widely separated areas of the coun. try.
 March on Madrid
 The rebels in the far north sent two columns marching on Madrid. The government dispatched an army from Madrid to meet the rebels on the road to Zagaroza. For the present the fate of the rebel. lion was in the balance. The rebels extended their rule in the north; thy seemed weakening in the south. The government was driving the rebels from nest to nest in the area all round the capital British war; ships circled the Spanish coast on Mediterranean and Atlantic. The United States battleship Oklahoma was under orders to speed from Cher. bourg to the west coast and the American export liner Exeter was expected off Barcelona at any time, sent at the urgent request Of the state department, to evacuate Amer icanS if necessary.
 Barcelona in Disorder
 Barcelona, on the northeast coast, was in wild disorder. Bodies of men killed in the two day light in which loyaliSts crushed the rebels still lay in the streets. Mobs apparently beyond all control sack cd, footed and burned, border re- ports said. The rebellion, now Sus- ceptible of being termed Q civil war, is clearly the most serious In Eu- rope in years. It far surpasses in gravity the Spanish leftist rebellion of 1884 and the NaI and socialist rebellions in Austria. The loss of life in fighting is inestimable. But more portentous Is the bitter hatred mounting between the arIny.fascist rebels and the left wing government loyaliSts.
 It seems certain that there is 60. ing to be the sternest sort of army dicta atorship if the rebels win; the sternest sort of republican dictator ship if the government wins. Either side, dispatches make it clear, will take vengeance without mercy on the losers.
 What May Result
 Indications seemed that govern. ment successes might bring the cole lapse of the rebel movement but that if the rebels gained there would be Q finish fight in which left wing civilian 6 of the workers militia would stand with any weapons they could get, preferring death to sub- lection. This belief was strength ened by the appointment of the spe- cial government committee for east ern Spain, whose real importance became clear only today. The coEn- mittee is headed by Diego Martinez BarrIo, president of the left wing radical democratic party and presi- dent 0I tne cortebv tuc oitaBle SAAeaaA Der parliament. He is of the more conservative group of the left or popular front. Under him are Ramon Feced, minister of agricul- ture, and the undersecretaries of the president, the cabinet and agri- culture.
 Capital at Valencia
 The committees capital is Valencia and 1t rules the eastern provinces of Valencia, Alicante, Cast c II Q n, Cuenca, Aibacete and Murcia. The territory has figured little in news of the rebellion. It extends to within 36 miles of the capital on the west and 1t embraces the vitaI- iy important Cartagena naval base on the east coast. Tn forming the committee, the central government announced 1t would have co-equal powers, though the powers were re- stricted to the east.
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