The Archive · 1930

Serious Disorder in Seville

Madrid, June 24, The fact that the Workers Union had not been informed of the impending general strike which broke out at Seville yesterday has engandered the feeling that the trouble is more revolutionary than economic, The authorities apparently have tha situation in hand. Troops are standing by in ense of necessity, alb shops are closed and business is at 'a standstill, Hundreds of persons have been arrested." The casualty list is not yet known—Reuter, London, June 23.

Seville, June 25, Frangis Lorang, chairman of the! Blu Bird petrol companies, who was} Jarrested in Paris last January and whose extradition wah sanctioned about a fortnight ago, was brought here from Paris to-day.

Lorang was chairman and managing director of the Blue rd Motor Ca, (1924) Ltd; Blue Bird Oil Importers, Ltd; Blue Bird Petrol, fof which just over a year} fuge created a sensation especially in the North of England.. Lorang fled to Luxembourg but, later, wi apprehended in the Montmartre Paris on a warrant issued previously] in London.—Reuter.

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