Madrid, Mar. 18.
"Let passion be silent and history speak" are the last words in an editorial article published to-lay the Conservative newspaper Epoea," which was lown as one of the strongest opponents of the! Dictatorship of the ~late General Prime de Rivera. 3 This phrase sums up the feeling] lof, the country generally The Government has issued statement in which it expresses regret over the death of General de Rivera, pointing out that he pacified Morocco and reached the highest to post in the State.
The Government has therefore recommended King Alfonso that the honours due to a Captain-General be rendered the remains of the late Dictator.
Mar. 19.
The body of the late General Prime de Rivera was paid a fitting tribute to-day on its arrival at the station, where the waiting-room was transformed into a-chapelle ardent His Majesty the King, the ministers of the late bers: of the Diplomatic Corps, officers of the Army and Navy, and all the members of the Government were present while Mass was bein]
The garrison lined the streets as the body was conveyed in a gun carriage to the cemetery—Reuter.
WasnincTox, March 21-—President Hoover " to-day appointed Federal Judge John Johnston of North Carolina to succeed the late Associate Justice Sanford on the U. 8. Supreme Court bench—United Press.
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