Madrid, May 11.
Is officially announced that, ten convents and churches have been burned.
The' Minister of the Interior, "Sener Miguel Maura, declared today that the Government was de-Yermined to put a stop to this Jawwlessess, It is. announced that Togiment of Lancers, stationed Outside Madrid, has been summoned_within the city.
'The Government has suspended Yhe' Catholic newspaper "El Debate" and has ordered civil governors. throughout the—country Figorously to prevent a spread of the. "riot fever", "In response to the public clamour, and. following the proclamation of martial law, comes. the news. that the former Premier, General Berenguer, who was released Saturday night, has again been ar-Yested and placed ina military prison, There was a surprising transformation in the city this evening, When the lust for destruction sud-again assumed a The day's event: Jesuits by complete surprise, their records and valuables ate reported to have been sent to Rome and other centres months ago.
The. pleasant-looking women stepping out of convents at the first hint of trouble proved to be cloistered nuns, who had previously been supplied with plain but come dresses in order to facilitate heir eseupe before the coming It is worthy of note that though at least five convents were razed to the ground, nobody was burnt and nothing was stolen, 'The Cabinet remains in permanent session. 'The Minister' of the Interior late this evening made a reassuring statement in which he declared that the movement "merely a suicide pact between (Monarchists and Communist'. He was confident, he asserted, that it would be energetically suppress 'The Police are now guarding' convents and other religious jo rifle shot during an attack on ai Bishop's palace and a
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