Show REVOLT AGAINST SPAIN Rivera Authority Said to toBe toBe Be Challenged I I IS STERN DICTATOR Warships Move Civil Civi R.R. R. R I R. R Guard Indicated I LONDON Aug 30 AP AP-A AP A serious serious ser ser- ious bus situation prevails in Spain It Itis Itis I is rumor rumored d that a group of or army officers has challenged the tile authority authority author author- ity iy of ot General Miguel PrImo Do De 1 Rivera the tile premier dictator-premier who I has ruled with wih a strong arm since I September 1923 1023 when by a coup he overthrew the government of the Marquis of ot No details of ot the situation have reached London although it is In Indicated In- In in dispatches coming from the Spanish Franco frontier that the tile Spanish railways have been put under civil civi guard and that three Spanish warships have sailed saied for Tangier the international zone in northwest Morocco which Spain re recently recently re- re centy has demanded should bo be gIven given en over entirely to Spanish Spaniel rule Information coming out of or Spain In recent months has Indicated that thata I a revolt against PrImo Do De Riveras Rivera's rule was afoot aroot As recently as Friday Friday Fri Fri- FrI Fr- I day a dispatch from the Spanish frontier In France said that It has been learned that a change in the Spanish government was imminent at any moment Another dispatch reported unrest among the Spanish artillery artiery and engineer corps be because because be be- cause of the premiers premier's method of promoting officers by election electon In Instead Instead instead In- In stead of by seniority In June une the Spanish government In a statement announced that it had utterly crushed a revolt I backed b by advanced republican and liberal elements said to have been headed by General Weyler Veler er well wel I known to Americans for the severIty severity sever sever- ity Iy of his rule in Cuba after he was sent there in 1896 by the Spanish government Several attempts have been re reported reported reported re- re ported to have been made against the life of ot the tile premier dictator-premier in Barcelona and nd other places Early in the present month in Barcelona a dagger was thrown at him Recently It was reported that that King Alfonso was in disagreement with wih the premier If I Primo de Rivera is overthrown he will wl be the second dictator within with in two weeks to have bave been removed from power powel through ave a coup I General of Greece was ousted by General Kondylis and has been exiled exie I |