Salt Lake Telegram | 1924-08-10 | Page 5 | King Alfonzo in Capital is Crisis Signal

H KING KING ALFONZO IN CAPITAL iS CRISIS SIGNAl Head of Rulers Ruler's Military Household Craves Power and Jand and Believes H He Soon Will Be Spain's Premier PORT FORT F VEI VENDRES DREs Span France ish fh Frontier A Aus Aug g. g 9 An An atmosphere atmos- atmos ph phere re which which seems to presage an approaching crisis crisis' In the gov government govern govern- rn- rn mont merit h has s been created cheated In Jn Madrid by br the tho precipitate return to the capital capital capital capi capi- tal yest yesterday of King Alfonso who Interrupted his summer at Santander and by tho the coincident ar arriVaL ar- ar riVaL rival of lI of 0 Premier Primo Rivera Incidents connected with the trip Q or of the military dictator to Morocco and nd his subsequent nt campaign In n Ga- Ga Ucla and Asturias for the tho p pt Pf pt propaganda in favor tavor of or the mm- mm tary cabinet have caused the impression impression im- im that a change is likely to occur r The king under ordinary circum- circum i i 1 stances would wOud have havo received the j I chief of ot government at Santander where where here ho could have signed routine i decrees Decrees with the same 0 fac facility lIty as at i j Madrid It was suddenly announced I however that the premier had J aban-J his visit to Leon Leon- whence It would have vo been cas easy casy to Proceed di- di to Santander for tor an nn audience t MadrId with the king and was was was' coming coming- to At tho the same time It H was announced that the king would arrive ar- ar rive e by train f shortly afterward Rumors about differences among j the members ot of the military directorate directorate have become accentuated 1 since the reference of Sen Senor r Primo Rivera to his enemies as fools has increased in frequency cy hourly It Is commonly reported that General General General Gen Gen- eral Marquis de CavalcantI head of or orthe the he kings king's military ry household is extremely extremely extremely ex ex- discontented He lI is credited credited credited cred cred- with having said today I 1 am a fool tomorrow I will be prime prImo minister min min- ister While it Is impossible to learn whether he actually actually- has made such a declaration it is generally believed that he ho will play an Important Import import- ant part should a crisis develop Tho party of former Premier Jose Sanchez Guerra is the strongest strong strong- est In existence but when It re received received re- re tr a n. cool dismissal after the coup of r September 1923 1 Its leaders declared they would riot dot accept a call can to power because a deliberate breach had been beers made of the constitution Most of ot the liberals liberals- maintain a similar attitude and consequently it Is probable that any political party which would be requested to take the reins of government would be before be fore doing so demand a reform of ot the constitution which would prevent prevent pre pre- vent the likelihood of or a future forcible forcible forc forc- ible overturning of ot the administration tion Genera General CavalcantI does docs not favor fa favor favor fa- fa vor a continuation of ot a complete military dictatorship with the ex- ex exclusion ex exclusion from participation in the I government of ot the other classes of ot I Ithe the country and consequently consE he is a great deal of ot support This however cannot be bo expressed by the newspapers because of ot the I existence of a stern censorship which excludes from publication views contrary to those held by t the e I I present military dictator Exactly what would occur in tho the event of tho the fall taU of Primo Rivera i cannot be be- foreseen since none of I the politicians has had an opportunity opportunity to declare his policy op I and the political factions are extremely numerous i