Madrid, Oct. 10.
The National Assembly was i augurated to-day without incident. [The 208 members include nine "The King took the President's chair, tanked by the Dictator, Gen-feral Prime di Rivera on his right sand Senor Yanguas, the President of the Assembly, on his lett, General di Rivera in his speech defined the duty of the Assembly as to leave the task of governing to the, Government and confine itself informing the Ministers of the people's needs. He went on to attack the principle of every citizen hav-Parliamentary vote, which system, he. said, favoured the personal ambitions of politicians and was ruinous to the country.
The Dictator declared that the King was able to observe how firmly the foundations of peace had been laid over the districts where the rebels had been strongest.
He expressed regret at the fact that certain persons who had been offered seats in the Assembly had refused then, but, he concluded, the interests which they would have represented, would not suiter as the Government would watch over their welfare, After the King had declared the Assembly open, the sitting was temporarily suspended to enable the members (o ches His Majesty as he
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