The following is an interesting! description of the perilous life Gen. de Rivera, whose death was reported in of his political ascendency Dictator of Spai General Prime de Rivera, the Spanish dictator, was born in' 1871. By-the capture of Estella his father ended the second Carlist rising, for which he received the title of Marquis de Estella. He was War Minister in the Maura Cabinet which ruthlessly suppress the Barcelona disturbances in 1908, The son rapidly made a name for himself as a commander against the Riffs. From 1917 to 1920 he was a Senator and at that time was in favour of giving up Morocco. He was one of the leaders of the junta of officers who since 1917 had ex-excised increasing influence as the power behind the throne. During the war he took up a neutral -attitude, but in September 1923, he headed a military revolt, which, like that of Mussolini, drove out the parliamentary regime and installed 4 Military Directory with the avowed intention of rehabilitating Spain. His policy included: Reform of th Government by dismissing unnecessary oftcials and getting rid of corruption and slackness, augmenting the state income by 800,000,000 pesetas, improving and extending the railway system, creating mixed labour tribunals, reorganizing Jedueation, freeing the administ from corruption and I influences, suppressing retional separatist ' tendencies "and abolishing the existing electoral scandals, He made little progress with this ambitious scheme nor did he succeed in bringing the campaign in Morceco to an end til! 1926. In October 1924, he had to take over the command himself in order to direct the evacuation of part of the Spanish zone—a matter over which came into conflict with his officer supporters. In November of the same year he suppressed an anarchist republican movement in Catalonia which aimed at a general revolt. In 1925 along with the French he had to carry out a more vigorous campaign in Morocco and in the summer took the command there himself. He achieved considerable success, notably the capture of Ajdir for which he refecived the title of Duke of Asdir.
At home he promulgated "many laws of a Fascist type and sum marily dismissed the aged-Captain-General Weyler when the I criticized him, although King: Alfonso pleaded for him. Weyler had been made chief of the general staff which was practically independent of the War Office and did hot hesitate to defy the War Minister. It had tended to become 'a centre of opposition to the Directory with the result that after Woyler's. dismissal the entire staff was suppressed and the army controlled from the War Office.
'Some of the Dictator's colleagues, including the vice-president of the Directory, Admiral Magaz, with them his relations had become strained, felt that the Directory had had ite' day. The general feared. that the admiral had. urged on the that sep was likely to.be asked King a change of régine.and learnt spre oct of Sea of retest err 2s, Stal, Piar, popes aad wh tee caer ae Me Soe eet hed mae, Ao A ale ud fs Sener Cay ge meg sees ne, Soares a oto een beoogh girdle yeek] cee marae 2a some erate Dien shea ce! Freeh poms teng A further threat of drastic actiog, by coal-miners, in view of tha threatened defeat of the Coal Mines. Bill in Parliament this week, wag, made by Mr, A. J. Cook, Secreta of the Miners' Federation, to-day!
He says that the miners' throughs out the coal fields are sending hi strong resolutions and mesa ug a national conference ional action by the Miners! of the Federation and members of the House of Commons representing miners will meet Mry William Graham, the President of the Board of Trade, and, if neces sary, Mr, Ramsay MacDonald, the Premier, on Wednesday, to review, the position, el)
If the Bill should be defeated, the Government "are unable' to, satisfy the miners, the officials and the Executive of" the Federation will be summoned to consider the convening of a national conference to decide the best course of action, pene ASS a ese un corer say
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