 Shortly afterwards Mas issued a manifiesto; it saluted “patriótico movimiento que el ejercito español acaba de hacer”, declared total adhesion of the Catalan Mellistas, and noted that the new regime should not only do away with the corrupt system, but its next step should be implementation of Traditionalist principles.The document played down dynastic issues and noted that any king adhering to Traditionalist doctrine would be legitimate.In 1923-1924 he kept supporting the new regime, e.g.