Evening star., 1936-03-12
SPANISH STUDENTS
FIRE ON J|M|NEZ
Leader Escapes Hail of Shot
as Disorders Sweep
Nearer Madrid.
ny the Associated Press.

ny the AbsOCiAbcu FEeSSs
MADRID, March IA police
guard was shot and killed today dur
ing a daring but unsuccessful at
tempt to assassinate Prof. Luis
Jiminez Asua, one Of the leading So
cialists of Spain.
The. attempted assassination was
part of the bitter warfare between
Rightists and Leftists which Is
spreading through Spain in q vast
conflagration. -
Policeman Gisbert, bodyguaH&+for
Prof. Jiminez, was hit by five bullets
when he interposed himself as q
shield In front Of the Socialist deputy.
He died in hospital. Jiminez was
unhurt.
All the men arrested were believed
to be Monarchists.
Mob is Blocked.
Six civil guards. the state police of
Spain, blocked a mob Of Fascists
which tried to force its way into
Premier AZana's Office.
The six guards lined up across the
main entrance of the ministerial
building on Castellana Boulevard and
warned the demonstrators that they
would shoot to kill unless the mob
backed away.
The Fascists Withdrew reluctantly
shouting: Death to all Communists
A Fascist student, Emilio Belloleill,
died today of wounds he received
Tuesday. He was the second student
to die in the present disorders.
Glasses were suspended at the Uni
versity of Madrid in order to avoid
further clashes.
Extremists made new attacks on
churches during last night at Granada.
but police were successful In breaking
up the mob.
Among the churches the crowds tried
to burn was the Chapel of La Cartuja,
near the famous Jesuit residence Of
the same name.
Many shots were fired, but no one
was reported to have been killed or
wounded. Various Rightists were ar
rested on charges of firing into the
mob during the disorders.
Serious distress among the farm
laborers in five provinces of Central
and Southern Spain led the govern
ment to take emergency measures for
distribution of land in accordance
with the law of 1882.
Peasants Possess Lands.
The Leftist government Of Premier
Manuel Azana ordered that the
peasants be given possession of the
lands temporarily until complete legal
steps can be carried out.
The provinces concerned are Bada-
joZ, Caceres, Cadiz, Toledo and Sala-
manca. Conditions of actual hunger
were reported in Bada joZ.
The Socialist mayor of the village
of Betanzos compelled the landown-
ers to contribute 10 per cent of grain
in their storehouses to the relief Of
the needy.
Jiminez was attacked by a group of
four or five men who opened fire on
the professor from an automobile as
he was departing from his home to
60 to his law classes at Madrid Uni
versity.
The wave of church brrnings, which
marked the outbreaks in Southern
Spain, crept nearer the capital with
til: burning Of church at Buitrago,
40 miles from Madrid.
This, coupled with disorders In the
suburb of Vallecas, led authorities to
redouble their precautions in the cap
ital, which has been comparatively
free thus far from troubles.
Disarmament Threatened.
A complete and prompt "dIsarma-
ment" of Rightists, political sources
said. would be the immediate result
of the disorders.
Leftist sources have been urging
the government to search the homes OF
| Rightists and to withdraw their Ii
| censes to carry arms.
The ancient city of Granada, in
Southern Spain, was the scene Of a
roundup of 200 persons.
In the suburban vallecas district
of Madrid rioters ranged through
the streets, looted four shops and
burned a private home and a lum-
Der factory. both owned by Rightists.
Authorities maintained vigilance in
Madrid, Granada, Cadiz, Toledo and
other cities and towns, all scenes
Of strife.
Anti-clerical disorders centered in
Central and Southern Spain, causing
many nuns to flee for the frontiers
and others to seek shelter in private
homes. A number of nuns were re-
ported to have crossed the borders to
Gibraltar. France and Portugal