Word: riveras
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Dates: during 1920-1929
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...League of Nations ended its deliberations (TIME, Oct. 10) Sir Austen Chamberlain, British Foreign Secretary, hastened to the sea coast and there boarded his yacht, the Dolphin, and was no more heard of until, off Majorca, the principal Balearic island off Spain, he entertained General Primo de Rivera, Dictator of Spain...
There, with a few embellishments by rumor, the matter might have rested had not Don Primo de Rivera, in the teeth of the official nonsense about courtesies openly declared that he had discussed three projects of great importance with Sir Austen...
Points from Primo de Rivera's statement merely noted that Sir Austen "is a charming host and a clever politician, possessing a truly amazing insight into international affairs. ... I am fast becoming of the opinion that Spain would be better off without her interests there (Morocco) . . . but it is always dangerous to relinquish possessions to another power unless some satisfactory compromise can be arranged. It is that that Sir Austen may arrange...
...Alfonso's dead sister and is a fine, dashing young officer. If he should then be declared heir to the throne, King Alfonso's daughter Beatriz would eventually become Queen of Spain. You make a mistake in thinking that King Alfonso is a puppet in Primo de Rivera's hands. Far from that, it is Alfonso who tells Primo what to do and who uses Primo as his puppet. King Alfonso knew well that he would lose his throne in an upheaval in Spain if he allowed the outrageous abuses of the so-called "Parliamentary" Government...
...professors from the grammar schools, all the Ministerial posts are filled by generals." To this assertion the Ambassador countered by giving a complete list of the present Cabinet with the origin and profession of each member. Snappishly he concluded: "Total, nine Ministers, of whom three are generals [Primo de Rivera, Duke of Tetuan, Martinez Anido], and no one of them is a professor from the grammar schools...