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Speaking at Barcelona, where he inspected a new palace that has been built for Alfonso and his consort, Primo said that business conditions were "not very good but not very bad"; that transit over road and railroad is now safe, because of the vast military forces which patrol them; that the country is under military law only until he (Primo) has finished administering his political purge; that the majority of Spaniards favor the monarchy and hold no republican predilections; that a military expedition is to end Spanish troubles in Morocco during next month ?a story similar to many others...
...presence of King Alfonso and Dictator Primo Rivera, both of whom were visibly affected, the famed historical home of the Royal Engineers' Academy at Guadalajara, near Madrid, was accidentally destroyed by fire...
...King Alfonso and Primo are good friends. The King said that he had saved the country from a civil war by appointing Primo Dictator of Spain. Primo said he was teaching Spain how to govern herself properly. Yet, rumor follows rumor, as one drop of rain follows another, that all is not well in Spain...
...this active propaganda, Italy has taken her cue from Spain, where King Alfonso announced his intention of promoting Latin influence in South America. Latinism is in the field to compete with Anglo-Saxon commerce and culture. On the whole, the effort is one to be thankful for. The competition will rouse the business men of America to new activity. It will probably tend to make the American and the English the "Angle-Saxon" elements combine. And after all, it simply proves the value of American business methods...
...official circles, for it has been the almost invariable practice of the British Government to appoint men conspicuous in some other field of life. Being a Catholic and popular in Spain, it was felt that his position there, as Ambassador to the Court of His Most Catholic Majesty King Alfonso, was eminently satisfactory and likely to endure for some years...