Barcelona, Oct. 9.
The Home Secretary ' issued a statement in Madrid to-day tat the revolution in Spain had completely failed. It said that, thanks to the fine citizenship of ' the people of Madrid and the bravery of the gar-ison at Oviedo, the Socialist plan secure control of Madrid and "Asturias had not been achieved, and only a few isolated groups of rebels outside Oviedo continued to cause trouble, The foreign legionaries from Spanish North Africa who. arrived to-day were hailed as rescuers {rom three days of chaos. Many citizens broke the curfew order to rush into the streets and welcome the troops with cries of "Vive Espania!"
Though isolated Ayling continued, the military were in control of the situation to-day. Two battalions of the Foreign Legion were rushed to the town of Sabadell where the revolutionaries are still firmly. en-
Guerilla tactics were still in evidence in the capital and in Barce-Jona early to-day, but there was no serious fighting, The postal and railway services were functioning normally this morning, Meanwhile, across the border in Portugal, the Government moved today to avoid an outbreak, according to Reuter {rom Lisbon, The Postmaster-General and the Director of Prisons, both prominent Fascists and personal friends of the Prime Munuster, were arrested this afternoon, The Portuguese authorl-Hes denied that the measures taken were actuated by the events in Spain, Reuter,
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