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Show SITUATION GROWS ORAVEJN SPAIN Conditions Daily Become More Confused Mass Meeting Meet-ing of Great Importance. MAY SUMMON CORTEZ Public Manifestations Forbidden Forbid-den as Dangerous to Interests Inter-ests of Country. MADRID, via Paris, May 31. 4'50 a. m. According to the newspapers the constitutional guarantees will be suspended again in two or three days. Former Premier Count Romanones has declared to an intimate friend that ho regretted he was not invited to tho mass meeting held by pTO-ally sympathizers sympa-thizers last Sunday. He said that If ho had been present he would have maintained the declarations mado in his letter to King Alfonso at the time he resigned. He added that many Liberals, who were partisans of the allies, would also have liked to be present. Discussing the same subject with the correspondent of a French newspaper, Count Romanones said: "The meeting was of enormous importance. im-portance. It will perhaps exercise a greater influence on foreign than homo policies." Asked what he thought of the situation situa-tion in Spain, the former premier declared de-clared that it became more grave and more confused "every day and every hour of the day." Questioned as to whether he thought the Cortez would bo summoned Count Romanones smiled and answered: - "I am not too sure of that" Minister of the Interior Burels has prohibited all public manifestations relative to international questions as "dangerous to the Interests of the countpjwia yfcjii ofhefmportanC diplomatic dip-lomatic negotiations now going on." Several such demonstrations had been planned in Madrid and other cities. The constitutional guarantees were suspended in Spain at the end of March, following several strikes and serious disorders throughout the country. coun-try. It was reported In Washington that a reolut!onary movement was in progress, but this was denied by the Spanish ambassador. The operations opera-tions of the censorship have cut off definite information regarding the recent re-cent internal situation in Spain. nn |