Conspirators Make Escape to Portugal by Ail Government in Control Madrid, Dee. 15.
noted Spanish airman, Major Franco, who recently escaped from prison, dramatically reappeared on the scene to-day.
After aeroplanes had showered revolutionary leaflets on the city, a band of 500 insurgents appeared at the military aerodrome Cuatro Vientos headed by a number of officers, including Major Franco and General Gueipo Dallano.
They proclaimed that they were organizing a. rebellion, \disarmed the guard at the ammunition stores and then piled a lorry full of aeroplane bombs with which they drove to the Janding-ground and loaded several aeroplane Troops commanded by General Qraez rushed up and shelled the! aerodrome for half an hour, after which the rebels hoisted the white flag. General Dallano and Major Franco escaped in Following the disturbance, the authorities promptly distributed news sheet stating that 30 rebels at the acrodrome had surrendered and that the fugitives were being pursued. Martial law had been prolined in Madrid, The Socialist Yeaders in the capital have disappeared. Uneon firmed reports state that a genera" strike has been proclaimed in San in, Santander, Bilbso and] Cadiz, though an attempt by work ers to go on strike in Seville is sai 40 have failed.
It was announced Into this even-Jing. that the revolt had been 0 pletely suppressed.
'A proclamation was read out in the main square of the capital today declaring martial law in. the] central regions of Spain, The situation in Madris, viewed by Reuter, sang the praises lof an English girl who had rendered him valuable assistance.
He said the aeroplane in which the was a fugitive landed heavily in a field near Montijo. A young English woman then appeared and took the famished outlaws to her house:
Jwhere, added General Dallano, she_ "gave us a good food."
Later General Dallano and his Jcompanions took train to Lisbon.
General Dallano blamed Colone!
Galan (who was executed) for: launching the revolt, prematurely. Also he resented the Army's part in quelling the revolt.
"The Army's role is to remain in barracks" he pointed out naively. It is for the defence of the country' Jand is not a tool of the government."
Major Franco, in an interview Jwith Reuter, smilingly declined to Jdisclose how he had escaped from prison in Madrid or where he had been hiding before the revolt. He Jaaid the rebels wanted "to establish. rose and Barcelona is qui revolting airmen have surrendered.
An far as can be ascertained in View of the censorship operating no previous disturbances occurred in the provinces yesterday except at San Sebastian, In that city strong party carrying Communist banners tried to rush the prefecture and; me into violent conflict with government forees.
Barcelona, Valencia and other centres are reported to be calm.
Governnient aeroplanes this evening dropped proclamations Madrid declaring that the revolt been completely crushed—Reuter,
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