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Spain's republican government last week faced one of the most difficult decisions of its career. It had to decide what to do with General Jose Sanjurjo, the brave, paunchy Monarchist who, fortnight prior, had seized Seville in an attempt to put Prince Juan Carlos, third son of ex-King Alfonso, on the throne (TIME, Aug. 22). On trial before the Supreme Court in Madrid, General Sanjurjo lived up to his reputation for indifference in the face of danger. He listened quietly while old Francisco Bergamin, Spain's Clarence Darrow, argued that his coup had not been...
General Garcia de la Herranz leaped to his feet and demanded the same penalty as his chief. The judges ignored his request, sentenced him to 30 years imprisonment, equivalent in Spain to life sentence. Lieut.-Colonel Emilio Infante, a third culprit, was sentenced to twelve years in prison. General Sanjurjo's son Justo was acquitted, dismissed from the army...
...Government immediately sent troops to all parts of Spain. If General Sanjurjo's sentence were commuted there would be outbreaks by Communists and Syndicalists. If he were executed the Monarchists would rise. Clemency appeals began to pour in upon Premier Manuel Azana. Two were from the widow of Captain Garcia Hernandez and the mother of Captain Firmin Galan, both of whom were executed for attempting to overthrow King Alfonso. Premier Azana convened his cabinet to consider the decision...
Spain's mid-August heat is dry, oppressive. Business, traffic and government move slowly. Public officials leave Madrid for a rest, as did President Niceto Alcala Zamora last week. But heat meant nothing to a veteran of Moroccan campaigns, swart General Jose Sanjurjo,* good friend of the late Dictator Primo De Rivera and of exiled King Alfonso, whom he faintly, fatly resembles. "Just the time for a coup d'état," he chuckled to himself as he sped south from Madrid one torrid night. Next day Sevillanos on their way to lunch heard the clatter of hoofs...
From Madrid two infantry regiments, artillery and bombing planes started for Seville. General Sanjurjo sent twelve soldiers with a trainload of dvnamite to blow up the bridge at Lora del Rio. These fell captive to a squad of Civil Guards from Cordoba. By nightfall General Sanjurjo was in a panic. Reinforcements from the south had not arrived. Emissaries he sent to nearby towns were caught and jailed. At midnight he summoned General Gonzales y Gonzales, delivered his command to him. Then he collected nine loyal lieutenants including his son, piled them into two automobiles, fled toward the Portuguese frontier...