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Things might have been even worse were it not for the prompt arrest of Dr. Villana. Dr. Villana, a sinister figure who could only exist in a romantic novel or modern Spain, is a wandering Gypsy physician who has tramped the bleak hills of Andalusia for years healing the sick and preaching bloody revolution. He and his staff of conspirators were arrested last week just as they were planning a triumphal entrance into Seville. The tavern of the Brothers Cornelio, a notorious Syndicalist meeting place, was surrounded by artillery. Well-trained gunners blew the little bodega to bits with three...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: SPAIN: Guns at Triana | 8/3/1931 | See Source »

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