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...horse last month; in Madrid. His life was spent in the army-sent to Cuba in 1896, he attempted ruthlessly to suppress the rebellion, succeeded only in intensifying discontent. He was recalled and did not actively participate in the Spanish-American War. Twice minister of war, he helped suppress Catalan, Basque, Carlist uprisings. He was a fierce enemy of the late Primo de Rivera; some said he lived until 92 just so that Primo should never succeed to his rank. He was No. i General in the army; Primo was No. 2. New No. 1 man: Captain-General Ricardo Buerguete...
...program follows: Gloria in Exceisis (from "Missa Papae Marcelli") Semi-Chorus Palestrina The Three Kings (Catalan Nativity Song) Romeu Fum! Fum! Fum! (Old Catalan Jolly Christmas March) Schindler The Wall of Heaven (Motet) Brahms...
...Pré Catalan,* smart restaurant in the leafy Bois de Boulogne, there motored out last week from Paris the Cabinet of Premier Raymond Poincare. An air of mystery and suppressed mirth prevailed, for M. Poincare was not supposed to know that this luncheon was to commemorate the first anniversary of his present Cabinet and to crown the great labors by which he has restored the shaken finances of France. All the Ministers were there, even Mi Briand, just now recovered from his attack of "strawberry rash" (TIME, June 27), but no one of the assembled statesmen...
...native Cataloniaf free from the dominance of Madrid. Last week he rode at midnight toward the Spanish frontier with a glad heart. Were not the invading 400 patriots equipped with rifles, machine guns, a medical corp, and even a strong box heavy with newly designed and minted Catalan money? All was prepared...
...pillared magnificence of the Teatro Colon, Buenos Aires. . . . an interior bepeopled, bejeweled. On stage: Beniamino Gigli, Metropolitan tenor; Claudia Muzio, Chicago soprano. . . The music by Catalan! (Loreley). . . In the box with President and Mme. de Alvear, a pleasant Prince. For a further account of the season at the Teatro Colon, see Music, Page...