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Some 27 months ago (TIME, Sept. 29, 1923) General Primo de Rivera, robust determined, overthrew the allegedly corrupt Government of Premier Alhucemas by "a bloodless Fascist revolution," and became de facto "The Mussolini of Spain" and de jure President of "The National Directorate,"* an office which King Alfonso hastily created...
...window of his palace appeared King Alfonso, to receive a frenzied ovation from his people. The roars of shirtless .peons and the cheers of hidalgos forgetful of their dignity drowned his Majesty's words in praise of General Primo de Rivera, "the Conqueror of Ajdir...
Flushed with triumph, Alfonso declared privately: "Morocco is the keystone to the prestige of the white race and of the Christian civilization in North Africa .... Spain's war is not merely 'a little African war, as so many people seem to think .... Its consequences can be world-wide in effect...
Having inspected the Spanish land defenses, General Primo Rivera retired to the battleship Alfonso XIII, in Alhucemas Bay; and from thence issued peans of praise, in honor of General Saro and Fernandez Perez, who commanded the actual Spanish advance. Cried Primo, triumphant: "From now on there will be much war-If the rebels desire peace it will be they who ask for it. . . .Soon I shall be back in Madrid...
...high-powered car purred through the forest of Fuente de la Teja. Reclining in the tonneau were a stiff young fellow in military trimmings, and a cadaverous-faced, hook-nosed individual with all the bored air of a man of the world. King Alfonso was going to visit the new water works which are to supply Madrid...