--- title: 'La Tierra, no. 1, 16 December 1930: "El Gobierno afirma que se restablece la normalidad"' url: https://propagandaarchive.org/collection/la-tierra-berenguer-official-notes-1930/ description: Front page of the first issue of the Madrid daily La Tierra, printed four days after the Jaca rising (12 December 1930) and the day after the Cuatro… section: Collection --- [Collection](https://propagandaarchive.org/collection/) [![La Tierra, no. 1, 16 December 1930: "El Gobierno afirma que se restablece la normalidad"](https://propagandaarchive.org/collection/images/la-tierra-berenguer-official-notes-1930.jpg)](https://propagandaarchive.org/collection/images/la-tierra-berenguer-official-notes-1930.jpg) # La Tierra, no. 1, 16 December 1930: "El Gobierno afirma que se restablece la normalidad" Front page of the first issue of the Madrid daily La Tierra, printed four days after the Jaca rising (12 December 1930) and the day after the Cuatro Vientos airfield revolt (15 December). The lead headline, 'The Government states that normality is being restored', sits over the two government 'notas oficiosas'. The tell: a boxed 'Lector' note on the same page says the paper's most prominent information on the events 'has to be framed in semi-official notes', so the account of the risings is limited to the authorities' version. ## Text on the object Original (Spanish) · read from the image, not independently checked ``` Año I.-MADRID.-Martes 16 Diciembre de 1930.-Núm. 1. Precio del núm. 10 cts. La Tierra ECONOMÍA-AGRICULTURA-POLÍTICA Este periódico nace para defender los altos intereses de la opinión pública a la que se consagrará por completo "La Tierra" no es periódico de empresa, está escrito e inspirado solo por periodistas independientes Los sucesos de estos días El Gobierno afirma que se restablece la normalidad Continúan las precauciones.--Una Bandera del Tercio, a Madrid Mañana se celebrará el Consejo de Guerra por los sucesos de Cuatro Vientos Referencias oficiales de la madrugada última DOS NOTAS OFICIOSAS Lector: Los sucesos acaecidos durante las cuarenta y ocho horas anteriores a la aparición de LA TIERRA, determinan una alteración absoluta en la confección de nuestro primer número. No es este el periódico que habíamos preparado al incorporarnos al estadio de la Prensa. Pero las circunstancias mandan imperativamente en nosotros, y a su mandato hemos de atenernos. Esperamos a que la normalidad se restablezca para ponernos, de modo eficiente y expresivo, en contacto espiritual con la opinión. Hoy sólo podemos confeccionar un diario cuya información más destacada y palpitante sobre el momento actual, ha de estar encuadrada en notas oficiosas. Estimamos muy interesante consignar la anterior advertencia, y a la vez que solicitamos la benevolencia de nuestros lectores, dirigimos un cordial saludo a la Prensa española Pies de foto: "Un desfiladero abrupto e imponente en la carretera de Ayerbe a Jaca, donde se hicieron fuertes algunas de las fuerzas sublevadas." / "JACA.-Plaza cercana al cuartel de la Guardia Civil, donde los revolucionarios tuvieron el primer encuentro con la Guardia Civil." ``` English translation (machine translation by Claude, not verified by a fluent reader) ``` Year I.-MADRID.-Tuesday 16 December 1930.-No. 1. Price per copy 10 cts. The Earth (La Tierra) ECONOMY-AGRICULTURE-POLITICS This newspaper is born to defend the high interests of public opinion, to which it will be wholly devoted "La Tierra" is not a business newspaper; it is written and inspired only by independent journalists The events of these days The Government states that normality is being restored Precautions continue.--A Banner of the Tercio [Foreign Legion], to Madrid Tomorrow the Council of War will be held for the events at Cuatro Vientos Official references from the last early morning TWO SEMI-OFFICIAL NOTES Reader: The events of the forty-eight hours before the appearance of LA TIERRA bring about a complete alteration in the making of our first issue. This is not the newspaper we had prepared when joining the ranks of the Press. But circumstances command us imperatively, and we must abide by their command. We wait for normality to be restored so as to place ourselves, efficiently and expressively, in spiritual contact with opinion. Today we can only make a daily whose most prominent and throbbing information on the present moment has to be framed in semi-official notes. We think it very important to record the above warning, and while we ask the benevolence of our readers, we send a cordial greeting to the Spanish Press Photo captions: "A steep and imposing gorge on the road from Ayerbe to Jaca, where some of the rebel forces made a stand." / "JACA.-Square near the Civil Guard barracks, where the revolutionaries had their first encounter with the Civil Guard." ``` Masthead, boxed statements, the lead headline and subheads, the 'Lector' box and photo captions only; the long body columns (including the two 'notas oficiosas' and the Julio Burell column) are not transcribed. Spelling follows the print (e.g. 'Prensa', 'confección'). 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