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...Liberal (Madrid) commented: "While the new Government is a change from the old in name only, we hope that constitutional parliamentary government will soon return to Spain." El Sol, less sanguine characterized the new régime as "civil-military and transitory." The official communiqués declared: "The public received the news of the political change with approbation...
...this protectorate is not confined to seafarers. Last week numerous geographies were thumbed as Italy reported that she was sending troops to dominate the northern part of this region, after having contented herself with asserting actual authority only in the south during the 36 years of her régime...
...rather more than notorious in American eyes. As a Spanish military observer, he watched quietly enough the campaigns of General Sheridan during the Civil War. But as the Spanish representative in Cuba (1896-7), he repressed the Cuban struggle for independence with such atrocious severity that his régime was responsible for the Spanish-American War. In those days patriotic Americans reviled him as a "butcher" and a "thief." He was said to have ordered the shooting of countless Cubans out of hand. And at the same time he was alleged to have secretly sold Spanish arms to Cuban...
...Opposition was bolder-too bold for Italy. The Tribuna declared that the resignation was caused by the "foul campaign of misrepresentation carried out by the Fascisti in the days preceding the election." The Giornale d'ltalia said that the resignation was a protest against the Fascist régime and showed the depths to which political methods in Italy had fallen. For thus airing their opinions the first editions of the day were suppressed by the censor...
...whom was less than a septuagenarian. During the day, the Diplomats were received by the King, who listened and replied to their addresses of goodwill and congratulations. Representatives of the Aventine Opposition-Deputies who boycotted the Chamber as a protest against the Fascist régime following the murder of Matteotti (TIME, June 23 et seq.)-called at the Quirinal, presented their greetings. No untoward incidents were reported. The Fascisti did not march in a body, but mixed in with the other organizations. The day was an impressive display of loyalty to the Crown, personated by the head...