SPAIN: Plebiscite, Mutiny

"We have put ourselves into the hands of the Lord, who I hope will bestow only good upon Spain."

Thus with pious invocation Dictator Premier Primo de Rivera formally proclaimed last week that a plebiscite would at once be held throughout Spain to determine whether the people desire to elect a Cortes* (Parliament) or to continue under the De Rivera dictature. Despatches gave the impression that the whole machinery of the Patriotic Union, a party formed by the Dictator, will be used to drum up plebiscite votes for the continuance of the present...

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