Word: rivera
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...down the mutiny!" cried His Majesty. "All was accomplished by General Primo de Rivera...
None the less Publisher Mitre attributed the suppression of the mutiny very largely to the King's dash by motor in six hours from San Sebastian to Madrid where he lent the support of royal prestige to the drastic acts of Primo de Rivera in suppressing the mutiny...
...after midnight when King Alfonso, enjoying a quiet game of bridge in the Miramar Palace at San Sebastian, was called to the telephone by an urgent summons from Premier de Rivera, who explained that twelve regiments of artillery were in mutiny and that the King's presence in Madrid was imperative...
...plebiscite announced by Dictator Premier Primo de Rivera (TIME, Sept. 13) was held last week but voting was slow and delay ensued in counting the ballots. The "plebiscite" turned out to be a solemn farce in which all who approved the Dictatorship were permitted to register their approval while those contrarily minded found no space upon the ballots for negative votes...
Before a single ballot was cast Dictator Premier Primo de Rivera brazenly and confidently declared: "The plebiscite will signify approval by public opinion in all classes of life of the work realized by the Government...