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...bastian, French police had raided a little blue-timbered white house at St. Jean-de-Luz, had captured the two sallow youths and a large store of arms and ammunition fresh from U. S. factories. They confessed, and one more plot to restore long-jawed Alfonso XIII to the throne of Spain was bud-nipped...
Ever since the last of the Bourbons reached sanctuary in Paris last April, the U. S. Press has angled intently for his story. One magazine, as Alfonso ex plained, bluntly cabled $10,000 for a 1,000-word article. Alfonso XIII probably would like $10,000 as well as the next man, but he is also one of the proudest members of a proud race. Said...
...Historians disagree upon this point. Last week Count de Romanones furnished historians with a telegram. Dated Sept. 14, 1923, addressed to the King and signed by General Primo de Rivera, it harangued His Most Catholic Majesty in threatening terms. Count de Romanones argued that this telegram "intimidated" Alfonso XIII into accepting the Dictatorship...
Asked what he meant by this curious statement, Count de Romanones said in effect that Alfonso XIII can ignore all parts of the National Assembly's sentence except that which deprives him of property worth $10,000,000 in Spain...
...Spanish peseta, still stamped with the portrait of Alfonso XIII, slumped last week to a new low for all time: 11.56 pesetas to the dollar (at par 5.18 pesetas equal...