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SPAIN WILL VOTE ON RIVERA REGIME: Plebiscite Is Arranged to Determine Nation's Feelings on Government.
By the Associated Press. MADRID, September 4.—Gen. Primo de Rivera, the premier, has consented to the holding of plebiscite September 11, 12 and 13, in order that the people of the country may express their feelings toward the present regime. A new party—the Patriotic Union—which requested a plebiscite, also has asked that the National Assembly be summoned to cooperate in governing the country, and to this the premier also has acceded. All Over Is May Vote. Plebiscite boards are being organized, presided over by delegates of the Patriotic Union, aided by the local authorities. Persons of both sexes 18 years of age or over may vote, but there will be no compulsion in any form. Those unable to go to the polls may vote by letter. A dispatch to the London Daily Mail from Hendaye, near the Franco-Spanish frontier, yesterday said considerable significance was being attached at Hendaye to a banquet that was given Thursday night at San Sebastian by the Spanish foreign minister, Senor Yanguas, in honor of the Italian Ambassador. Senor Yanguas was quoted as having said in a speech that decisions taken by the cabinet council Thursday were of the utmost gravity and would cause a sensation greater than that when the dictatorship in Spain was set up by Gen. Primo de Rivera. Sees History In Making. "Historic events are being prepared," the foreign minister declared, "and soon they will be made known to the general public." The statement of Senor Yanguas evid
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Fall of the dictatorship of Miguel Primo de Rivera
The fall of the dictatorship of Miguel Primo de Rivera took place on January 28, 1930, when General Miguel Primo de Rivera was forced to present his resignation to the King of Spain, Alfonso XIII, which he accepted, giving way to the Dictablanda of Dámaso Berenguer. The end of the dictatorship was the culmination of a process that began several months earlier.
Wikipedia →1931 Spanish local elections
Since 1923, Spain had been a dictatorship under Miguel Primo de Rivera with the approval of Alfonso XIII. the new cabinet appointed by the king in 1931 decided to hold new local elections for the first time in nine years. Although they were local elections, they were perceived as a plebiscite on the Spanish monarchy, as no national elections or polls had been held since 1923.
Wikipedia →Sanjurjada
Sanjurjada was a military coup staged in Spain on August 10, 1932. It was aimed at toppling the government but not necessarily at toppling the Spanish Republic. Following brief clashes it was easily suppressed in Madrid.
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