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Madrid, April 25--A "state of alarm" was declared throughout Spain tonight, following resignation of the government of prime minister Alejandro Lerroux. This is the second step toward martial law, permitting the authorities certain mandatory privileges over civilians, martial law will be next and may be declared if the government crisis is not settled shortly or labor unrest causes renewed violence. The president set about seeking a new prime minister immediately to give Spain a new government...
Students today are almost unanimously opposed to war. The question how to end war is not so universally agreed upon. Emotional appeals, however, can never answer the question. Future wars will be averted only when the young men who are used for fodder refuse to follow the martial music and stubbornly demand that differences arising between nations be settled in a more rational, civilized manner. Anti-war organizations must be enthusiastic about their cause and must be continuously active, but no appreciable good for the cause will be gained by marching around displaying placards or shouting anathemas against war, especially...
...Spanish Republic divides the transition from tranquility to martial law into three steps. Last December punctilious, white-haired Premier Alejandro Lerroux declared a "state of prevention." Last week he took the second step by declaring a "state of alarm." Still ahead was a "state of martial...
Fort Sam Houston, Tex., Feb. 28--Major William C. Ocker, Army's oldest pilot in point of service and a pioneer inventor of flying devices, pleaded not guilty today at his general court-martial on charges he "cussed out" a superior officer...
Reprieves. Other stories were not so pleasant. Eager to make the most of their victory, Heimwehr chieftains clapped hundreds of Socialist officials in jail, where they already had Vienna's famed Burgomaster Karl Seitz and the Austrian Republic's first Chancellor, Dr. Karl Renner. Drumhead courts-martial were set up to try rioters, and kept the newly appointed state executioner, Herr Lang, busy hanging the victims. The first day's catch reached him the third day of the fighting. A young married man, one Karl Munischreiter, had been caught with a rifle a few hours after...