 The brothers Ybarra y de la Revilla – Fernando, Gabriel and Emilio – founded "El Pueblo Vasco" ("The Basque People") on 1 May 1910, with Juan de la Cruz as founding editor.The paper supported Vizcaya's young Conservative Party and its editorial line was clerical, Alfonsist monarchist, free press and Basque regional autonomist.The paper's chief competitor in Bilbao was "La Gaceta del Norte".