Jose Miaja announced tonight that nal Eugenio Pacelli, ascended the throne the way was ready for negotiation and was solemnly crowned with the Holy of a "peace with honour" in Spain coronation rituals started at 8 o'clock this after loyal Republican: troops were til 1 o'clock this afternoon when the new alleged to have crushed the main Communist counter-revolutionary forces. Papal attributes, blessed the huge crowd Republican headquarters said that the major Communist concentrations had of the ceremonial was the fact that for the been broken up by artillery, aerial tion of Pope Pius IX in 1845, the ceremony and tank attacks and that only scattered fighting was continuing. jo of the balcony of St, Peter's in sight half a million in the square below. The Stern Action Against Communists Carefully prepared and have not varied Communists defending the Madrid when the details were codified and first Central Committee Building in Calle Serrano surrendered yesterday after of Pope Leo IV. they were surrounded by carabineers.
The first part of the ceremony in-The Casado troops first occupied the cluded the oath of allegiance taken courtyard separating the building by the clergy, in the course of which from neighbouring houses. Com-all the Cardinals, Archbishops, munists who watched them from Bishops, and other members of St. balconies of the building made no Peter's Church kissed the foot and attempt to stop them. hand of the Pope. The bells of St.
A group of women pleaded with Peter's and of four hundred churches the officer in command of the cara-in Rome pealed merrily during the bineers to desist from his intention to storm the building, as the defend-coronation. ing Communists had declared they When Pope Pius appeared on the would resist to the last. However, loggia to bless the crowd waiting the officer, with a pistol in one hand outside, frantic shouts of "Long Live and hand grenades in the other, gave the Pope! Long Live Pius" greeted the defenders only ten minutes in him. The Deacon then approached which to surrender, declaring that the (Pope and placed the tiara on his thereafter he would attack with all head after having taken off the mitre. the forces at his disposal.
Deep silence prevailed during this Convinced that resistance would be ceremony, following which His useless, the Communists then decided Holiness recited three prayers and to surrender, Guarantees that their lives would be spared were given them, and they were bundled into trucks and taken away. After the evacuation of the building, a strong Republic guard. was posted both inside ord in the courtyard. A search revealed many documents, besides hundreds of cans of food and several kilograms of silver—United Press.
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