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IALS ARE EWPTED | N BARCELONA ROT Police Make No Effort to ln'j terfere Despite Existence of Martial Law. ___ (Continued From First Page.) finance, and Jose Yanguas, minister of state in the Azndr government, had fled to Portugal and were in exile there. Gen. Berenguer, premier ‘who preceded Admiral Aznar, is in Lisbon. The people of Spain appeared today to have turned easily m_celebration of establishment of the republic to their usual jobs, and cities today took on their normal aspect save for banners and bunting of the Republican colors, which were to be seen everywhere. Only minor disorders occurred over- night, these including an Anarchist dis- turbance at Barcelona, where President Alcala was accused of having established a bourgeosie republic, and a clash be- tween cjvil guards and workers on the Isla Cristina, near Huelva, where five | persons were slightly injured. | The new government is snowed under with a mass of organization work, in- cluding replacement of monarchist and | aristocratic office holders of the old re- gime with Republican appointzes, and plans for the elections from which will emerge the constituent Cortes or con- stitutional convention. which will fix the form of Spain’s future government. Manifesto Published. ‘The provisional government has pub- | lished the manifesto left by King Al-| fonso upon his departure, in which the | deposed King declared that he was not | obdicating, but was merely suspending | the royal prerogative temporarily to avoid i would await outside the country an ex- I XILED and grief-stricken. Victor this cable picture when she ar bidodshed and civil war, and that he pression of his people as to the course | they wished to take. ‘The government, in a note accom- panying the manifesto, said that § was “50 sure of the loyalty of the new regime on the part of the entire nation and 0 free from fear of monarchist reac- | tions that it will not prevent the publi- ' cation, but it believes that the mani- | festo should go together with notes re- futing it so that the country may judge it freely. The government is making an inven- | tory of all the royal possessions with a | view to appropriating for the state such | as are not strictly personal. Fifteen | automobiles belonging to Alfonso will | be delivered to him wherever he wishes. | ‘The royal family invested most of its money abroad and Quezn Victoria, on a recent trip to Paris, is understood to have left most of her jewels there in view of a possible emergency. i ALFONSO EXPECTS RECALL. &and cabled t> New bles.—From the Associated Press. $100,000 Bequest to Char By the Associated Press. PITTSBURGH, April 17.— The de- parture of King Alfonso and Queen Victoria from Spain has created a question concerning the $100,000 gift bequeathed to the Queen for charitable purposes by Alexander P. Moore, late Ambassador to Spain. Counsel for the Moore estate said today that the courts may be called {upon to decide the validity of the gift |in the event that the Spanish Queen (#)—Alfonso De does not return to the throne. They Royal Welcome Is Extended to Bourbons > by Parisians. PARIS, April 17 Spain’s Queen in five children were later joined by Alfonso. given a tremendous ovation in Paris. Bou-bon, deposed King of Spain, and said that if any action was taken it would have to be started by the re- Victoria, his Englich queen, today faced together in Prance an exile which Al- fonso is confident will end in his recall to the throne at Madrid. To both Victoria and Alfonso, and the five of their six children who are here ¥ith them, the people of Paris extended | a welcome which was more like that of conquering heroes than refugess. Alfonso was visibly startled to see the huge crowd awaiting him as he stepped -from his train. He doffed a green fedora, and attempted to slip out a side door of the rallway station to a waiting car. but found another cheer- ing crowd awaiting him there. At his hotel police had to make a way for him through a throng which £tood outside, and finally upon lhelrl insistent demands he ‘appeared with Victoria upon _a balcony opening on | their rooms, Both, struggling to mas- ter their emotions, smiled and bowed and withdrew, but the shouting con- tinued and they had to appear again. Crowd Blocks Traffic. _Not until two hours later, when the lights in the royal apartment were ' turned out. did the crowd disperse, | police breaking it up with complaints that they were blocking traffic, even though it was 2 am. and a few cars were about. The acclaim to Alfonso and Victoria | was mingled French and Spanish. The shouts were both “Vive le Roi!” and | the Spanish “Viva el Rey!” Many of | the French cheering him were those | of monarchist beiief, who see in Al-| fonso a descendant of their own de- | throned Toyal house. - One of the last callers at the royal | spartment was Jean Chiappe, Paris prefect of police, Who 50 often during | the last few years greeted the royal | pair when there was no shadow across | their throne. Alfonsd thanked him for his _courtesies and said: { “I am deeply touched by the Paris reception. 1 shall try to be an agree- | atle exile” i One of Alfonso's first inquiries upon | reaching Paris, it was understood, was | for the welfare of his third son, the 13- year-old infante, Don Juan, who was taken to Gibraltar from the naval academy at Cadiz shortly after proc- lamation of the Spanish republic. siduary beneficlaries. hile I would not like to commit myself in an off-hand opinion,” torney John S. Weller said, “the abdi- ‘Exile CABLED PICTURE SHOWS VICTORIA'S ARRIVAL IN PARIS. ia. former Queen of Spain, is shown in rived in Paris. The former Queen and The deposed monarchs were The picture was fi>wn to London York by the Bartlane process over Western Union {QUEEN’S DEPARTURE FROM SPAIN MAY CAUSE MOORE WILL FIGHT ity Was Made in Name of Victoria as Monarch by Former Ambassador. | cation of the throne by King -Alfonso may have some effect on the will. The bequest was made to the Queen in her full name as Queen.” Weller, who penned ‘the Moore will, said the Ambassador felt that in this “had not gotten a square deal, and said s0.” The Ambassador was popular with the royal family and the Spanish people, and for that reason he felt kindly toward the people and the rulers with the result that he made the gift, the attorneyesaid. The Moore will is being contested by the Ambassador’s stepdaughter. Doro- thy Russell Calvit, who is claiming half of the estate, valued at approxi- mately $500,000. fice. It is probable, it was-said, that the request would come through the French Ambassador at Madrid. CONFERENCE TO BE HELD. Foreign Minister. VATICAN CITY, April 17 (#).— Much of the present obscurity of the | relations between the Vatican and the new Republican government in Spain, it is hoped here, will be cleared through a conference bztween Papal Nuncio Tedeschini with the Spanish foreign minister. According the to good authority | Vatican regards the' Spanish upheaval as a setback in one direction, but with possible compensations. It is consid- ered a_dist disadvantage in the sense that th® concordat with roya! Spain has been made uncertam On the other hand, experience in other countries has caused optimism over the Spanish situation in Vatican circles. Nowhere in Spain has hostili- ty to the Catholic Church been re- ported. It is felt here also that the Catholic Church gained from apparent- ly unfavorable developments in Ger- many, Austria and Brazil KING'S CATALONIA VIEWS, Looked Faverably on Administrative Autonomy, Confidante Says. PARIS, April 17 (#).—The Duke of Miranda, confidante of King Alfonso told the press today in response to questions that the former government had looked favorably upon administra- tive autonomy for Catalonia for some time before the municipal elections. EMBASSY IS PROTECTED. BERLIN, April 17 ().—Special po- lice protection was assigned the Span- ish embassy today as a precautiona measure growing out of the recent | political upheaval in Spain. No Decision About Exile. { Alfonso Receives | Marie of Rumania; Thanks Parisians | Sz iy, Spokesman for Ex-King Says Family Has No Plans for Future. By the Associated Press PARIS, April 17.—Queen Marie of Rumania arrived in Paris this after- noon and called on former King Al- fonso of Spain and Queen Victoria The Duke of Miranda, spokesman for the King, received 75 French and for- €ign newspaper men in benalf of King Alfcnso. He told the newspaper men he wished to express the King's grati- tude for the way he was received in Paris. “Neither the King nor the Queen will ever find words to express this grati- tude.” he said. The King does not wish to make any declaration at the present time, he ex- - plained, because he is very anXious to cause no trouble t> the French govern ment. future, he said, becouse the King has not yet had any time to reflect or make #ny sort of degfsion. He wished to avoid any sort bf manifestation, the duke said. He repeated what he told newspaper men when the King landed at Mar- seilles, that Alfonso haa not abdicated and had left the country temporarily to await the qutcome of elections in Spain at which the people cculd have an op- portunity to express themselves. In answer to a question he said King Alfonso has no diplomatic contact with the French government. Asked whether King Alfonso was likely to go to England before fixing upon a permanent place of residence. the duke answered: "I do not know. I think the King is not likely to go away. country’s dealings with Spain, Spain | ‘The royal family has no plans for the ALFONSD 5 HELD | PROERESSIVE HEAD \Friend Here Sees Present Crisis Beneficial Release for King and Nation. (The following was written for the | Associated Press by William Pranklin | Sands, professor of international rela- tions 'at_ Georgetown University. a per. sonal friend of former King Alfonso XITI | “gf Spain. a chevalier of the French | Legion of honor and a former American Minister to Guatemala.) | | BY WILLIAM FRANKLIN SANDS. 1t is unsafe to predict anything posi- tively in the present state of Europe, | but it is not too hazardous to suggest | King Alfonso is not likely to attempt to | { regain the throne of Spain by a counter | movement. It would not be an impossibility—and | it would truly interest the King—to be | President. of the Republic of Spain and | head the reform movement. He | likely to let things simmer a bit. Tt | would not be necessary for him to sug- | gest coming back, for he has many sup- { porters in the powerful business leaders | of the nation. | King Heads Progressives. | 1In other words, it would seem possible | that King Alfonso, understanding prob- bly better than any other person both the legitimate aims of the revolution and the impossibility either of a dic- tatorship or of adequate reforms as! | things stand, sees in his abdication the | only means to a new deal which’ will permit the full development of a Spain that has always been and is among the most vigorous of nations in spite of surface appearances. There are & number of progressive | men in Spain, and among the most | progressive of business men is the King | himself. Within the past 15 vears he attended a rTevolutionary meeting, not as the sovereign, but as a citizen count. Whenever there was trouble, he was out asking why—in the parks as well as in the palace. Has Grasp on Problems. Going to an audience with him was going to sit down and smoke a ciga- | rette and talk over things, especially | business. I have met a few Americans with a bctter grasp of international | finance and business generally. | Undoubtedly King Alfonso realized | the aspirations of the various revolu- | tionary parties had a basis of justice, but that he, hampered by the govern- | | mental system of Spain, could not give | the solutions which he realized were necessary. | In the dynastic tradition to which ! he was born, he could not voluntarily | offer any act which would destroy his dynasty; he could only abdicate. It would seem that what has hap- | pened is & release—both for Spain and for the King. which, if not hampered | by anarchy or other outworn forms of | radicalism, ought to make it possible to work out at last a well adjusted modern government. Culminates 900-Year Trouble. The curious thing in this revolution is that none is more fitted to advise and counsel in the movement, even if he | may not actually lead it. | | "This thing 1s the cuimination of a| maladjustment of 900 years. Spain | lagged behind the more progressive na- tions for 500 vears of inter-continental | | warfare with Africa. Then at the mo- | ment of victory over the Moors the | Spenish King was elected emperor ‘of | the Holy Roman Empire with the .re- | | sponsibility of holding the balance be- | tween the warring nations on the con- | tinent. | At the same time Spain was launched into 400 years of colonial competitive imperialism which lasted into the M- | Kinley administration. This before she had really had an op- | portunity to become a nation internally. | The resulting deadlock is what has| given Spain the undeserved and super- ficial reputation of being a backward country. 40 CATHOLICS ASSURE COL. MACIA OF SUPPORT Writers of Note Included in Group | of Personalities Backing Catalonian Republic. By the Associated Press BARCELONA, April 17—Forty high Roman_Catholic ~personalities, among them several writers of note, have sent | a message to Col. Prancisco Macia, Pres- | ident of the Barcelona government, as- | suring him_of their support of the | Catalonian Republic. | The Roman Catholic associations of Barcelona are preparing a manifesto | favoring a state which will be separate | from the government at Madrid. Some | other professional and commercial bod- | ies probably will take similar action. The Bishop of the Barcelona diocese | has sent a circular letter to all his| clergy advising them not to interfere 1n political matters or take sides in po- litical discussions. They are instructed, however, to collaborate with the civil| authorities of their districts. WILLIAM FRANKLIN SANDS. < ASYLUM FOR EXILE MAY HURT BRITAIN Complications Likely to Arise if Alfonso Is Given Demonstrations. By Cable to The Star. LONDON, Apiil 17.—Great Britain is prepared to offer the deposed King Alfonso asylum in this country, but| gjong commercial lines and he probably | there is a possibility that his presence here may on oceasion complicate rela- tions with Republican Spain. This would not arise from any conspiring of the dethroned King's adherents, but through the great popularity of Alfonso | with the mass of the British public. In British fcreign policy a concord with Spain has been a primary objec- | tive. The new government in Madrid might find it far from palatable to see its deposed sovereign the object of popular demonstrations in England. The Liberal evening newspaper, the London Star, says warningly that the impcrtant fact now is not a departing | King but an arriving nation, and adds, “the British people will be glad to wel- come Queen Victoria back to her native country. They will be glad, too, to offer the famous hospitality cf our country to political exiles at both ends of the scale, and to King Alfonso so long as it is made quite clear that in COUNSELOR TAKES Spénish Ambassador fie- ceives Formal Acceptance of Resignation. / _— | By the Associated Press | Thes; {in charge of its counselor, Count de Mcntefuerte. He returned from New York yesterday | retary Stimson formal notice of his | resignation as a result of establishment |of the Spanish Republic. Ambassador Padilla received from Foreign Minister Lerroux formal ac- ceptance of the Ambassador’s Tesigna~ | tion. | _The Ambassador plans to go to New York the first of May and remain until May 15, when he will sail for San- | tander. | " Minister Lerrouf said he accepted with regret the resignation of Padilla | At the same time, he took formal notice | that the embassy was in charge of De | Montefuerte, who called yesterday at the State Department to inform Secre- tary Stimson of the change of govern- ment in Spain. It was not known today whether | Montefeurte would continue in the for- eign service after the arrival of a new | ambassador. He felt it his duty to re- mein in charge of the embassy after Padilla’s_resignation. | Mrs. Thomas H. Birch, with whom | the ambassador and his family will visit in New York, is the widow of the former United States Minister to Lis- bon. | Ricardo Padilla, younger son of the | Ambassador, will remain in Washington to graduate from the Georgetown Uni- versity School of Foreign Service June 5. He expects to sail for Spain June 8. It was said Ricardo’s education has been will enter business. . Ramon Padilla, older son of the Am- bassador and second secretary at the embassy, is not expected to resign. It was said no immediate changes are expected in the embassy stafl. Many diplomats and prominent per- bassador Padilla. Several of the diplo- mats. who had known Padilla in a per- sonal way, called as friends. ~Among these were Ambassador Malbran of Argentina, who was acquainted with Padilla in Mexico; Ambassador Paul | May of Belgium, who knew Padilla 35 | years ago. when the two men were be- ginning their diplomatic career as at- | taches in Washington: Minister Sze- chenyi of Hungary. and Ambassador Claudel of France, who came with Mme. | Claudel. Senora de Ferrara, wife of the Cuban Ambassador, also telephoned to Senora | de Padilla and Lady Lindsay. wife of the British Ambassador, called person- ally at the embassy. Ambassador and Senora de Padilla REINS AT EMBASSY h embassy has been placed | | after Ambassador Padilla had sent Sec- | sons have called at the embassy to ex- | press. regret_at the departure of Am-| | | | | | 1 | | { i doing so this country will show nothing have canceled all their soclal engage- | but good will towards his great country.” (Copyright, 1931.) Republic Considers Prosecuting Alfonso Would Be Foolish By the Associated Press. MADRID, April 17.—The Span- ish Republican government has no thought of prosecution of ‘the d:zposed monarch, King Alfonso, for any of his acts whfje he ruled Spain. The new minister of state, speaking at the conclusion of & five-hour cabinet session, said that to think of prosecuting Al- fonso was to think of prosecuting the moon and the “Republicas government doss not think folly. Open Till 2:30 Saturdays! Do Your Repair Work Over the Week End ments. These included attendance at a reception last night for the Japanese | prince and a dinner to have been given by the Ambassador tomorrow night in honor of Lucretia Bori, Span- ish opera singer and an old friend of the Padilla family. Miss Bori probably will be entertained by them at a private dinner, FRANCO HEADS AIR FORCE MADRID, April 17 (#).—Maj. Ramon Franco, Spanish aviation and revolu- tionary hero, who returned yesterday | from asylum in Prance, today was put in charge of the military aeronautical | service here. He replaces Col. Garcia Antunez. His | first act was to call together the person- nel of his force and to exhort them to | continue their work, exerting themselves to the utmost in the interests of Span- | ish aviation. 7 Buy at Hechinger’s and Save Money on Your Building Needs e A / ROCKBOTTOM PRICES ) 3—Branches—3 MAIN OFFICE-I5™& H Sts. N.E. DOWNTOWN-6™ & C Sts. S.W. BRIGHTWOOD-5925Ga. Ave.N.W. Dress Up—Look Up!!! DR. SEXTON LECTURES : Discusses Hoover's Rapidan Camp at School Meeting. | Dr. R. Lyman Sexton gave an f{l- lustrated lecture on President Hoover's RARMAn camp and surrount moun- | tain life at a meeting of the Paul Junior High School Home and School Association at the school last night. Between 600 and 700 members of the | association attended. William McK. Clayton, chairman of the Public Utilities Committee of the Federation of Citizens' Associations, was the civic guest of honor at the meeting. | The glee club of McKinley High School | offered several numbers. - . A large clock on the beach at a sea- | shore resort in Germany, Travemeunde, | not only indicates time, but shows when the next train is to depart. YOUTH ADMITS 15 FIRES Caught Running From Blaze in New York Tenement. NEW YORK, April 17 (#).—Eugene Kelly, 18, ran out of a six-story tenement in East 113th street early today and into the arms of a waiting patrolman. There was & small fire on the first floor of the building, another in a tenement a few doors away. Police sald Kelly confessed to starting 15 recent fires on the Upper East Side and charged him with arson. Infante Sails for Naples. GIBRALTAR, April 17 (#.—The In- fante Juan, son of King Alfonso, sailed today for Naples. He arrived here with his tutor Wednesday from Cadiz, when the royal family was preparing to leave Spain. Last season these $25 Suits with two frousers REDS CLASH WITH GUARDS. " = e He appeared greatly relieved “wnl W although he may possibly make a flying would have been being told that arrangements had been | made for Juan to take the Roma today | from Gibraltar to Naples, from where he may proceed to Paris. In view of | the physical deficiencies of the Infantes Alfonso and Jaime, Juan's two older | brothers, it is he who probably would be picked as Alfonso’s successor 1o the throne. ~With the exception of Don | ;"\::n all the roval family is gathered | No decision has been made as to where Alfonso will spend his exile, whether in Paris, a nearby vilia, or in England, where, because hir wife is an English princess, he probably would be accepted as a member of the British Toyal family. Alfonso is wealthy and may go where he wishes It is Alfonso’s position, as made clear | by the Duke of Miranda, who accom- panied him on his trip into exile, that he has not abdicated, but has merely | suspended the royal prerogative until | elections in June, when the people will ! decide whether they want him back or wish a republic. In days gcne by in discussinz with friends the possibility of revoiutionary unheaval in Spain, he has commented that his people are volatile, and change | thelr favorites quickly. Those to whom | he talked thus bellevs he is convinzed that he may return to Spain some time with unimpaired popularity Visited by Beigian Queen. Flizabeth, Queen of the Belgians, who | came here yesterday from Brussels 10 be at the side of Queen Victoriz in her hour of need, had a brief chat with Alfonso and Victoria this morning and then departed for Brussels. 3he found | the Spanish royalties in their dining | room at breakfast. 1 Prench officialdom will continue to accord the Spanish royal family full lice protection as long as they wish | remain in Paris cr elsewhere in Prance, a spokesman for the foreign office said. There had been ru- mors that the government was uneasy. ause of the presence of -the -d throned King in the heart of the capi- tal and that a gentle hint might be conveyed that the Queen, the princes £ud princesses would' be safer in Eng- and. Premier Laval, as minister of the in- serior, nad the guard about the Spanish Embassy redoubled today to ward off any possible political manifestation. At the Spanish Embessy an official toid the Havas Agency that no demand for recognition of the new republic by France had yet come through to be transmitted to the Prench foreign of- | today. SEVILLE, Spain, April 17 (# Communists clashed with civil guards There were many arrests, bit no casualties. Authorities denied ru- mors there had been a battle with the radicals. FRENCH 0. K.. REPUBLIC. PARIS, April 17 (#.—The French government officially recognized the new Spanish Republic today, being the first major power to do so. The request of the new republic for recongition was communicated to the French government by Charge daf- faires Roliand of the Spanish embas: Premier Laval formally extended the recognition a few hours later, after a conferenice with Foreign - Minister Aristide Briand. %450 PIANO Now K145 $10 DOWN $2 WEEKLY Jvisit to inspect” whatever spot he has in_view." 1f King Alfonso has received any mes- age from the King of England, Miranda said, he did not know of it. 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