Omaha daily bee., 1892-01-30
PROM Yesterdays SECOND rpifroS.l
SPAIN IS in A TURMOIL NOW
Strikes and Commercial Depression Cause
Many Serious Social Complications
CITY OF BILBAO UNDER MARTIAL LAW
Striking Miners Armed with Guns and Dyn-
amitc-women Taking Active Part
Failure to Conclude New
Treaty with France.


tCopnightcd 1892 IN james Gordon Bennett
PARIS, Jan. 2s New York Herald Cable
-Special to TnE BEE. Things look black in
Spain. The Franco-Spanish treaty of COM
merce expires tomorrow and so far no ar
rangement has been come to.
1t will be hard TO avoid a complete rup-
ture, as the whole population of the southern
Spanish provinces depends on the wine indus
tries. Great evaporation will result from
the check of business intercourse with
France
Both in the south and in the northern min
ing districts the anarchists are busy. The
Bilbao strike continues. The state Of siege
was today proclaimed in the disturbed dis
tricts. Troops occupy the region, and since
this morning martial law has been in force.
Several serious encounters are reported. in
which many persons have been killed and
wounded.
strikers Are Well Armed.
The strikers are supplied with cartridges
and dynamite. The women seem even more
excited than the men. Acts of revolving cru
city have been recorded.
Nor Is the rioting con fined to the north.
Disorders have occurred in various points OF
the kingdom. The government is anxious
and panic on the European bourses, with q
fall of Spanish funds, has been the conse-
Quence.
Senor CASTELAR, yesterday declared in the
lobbies Of the Cortes that the state of affairs
was grave ana ominous.
Paris has special reasons for feeling
anxious about the present events In Spain
The government has reason to believe that
the anti-French conduct of the spanish min
lsters has been instigated by one of the great
powers-in short, BY Germany.
Germany's Part in 1t.
In the more recent negotiations with re-
gard to the treaty of commerce all the OBJ
iections and difficulties have been raised by
Spain, who has declined to hear of her max
ing concessions. Moreover, at tho ball given
by the German embassy in honor of the
kaser's birthday, the wife of the Spanish
ambassador to Franco went out of her way
to attract attention by talking exclusively
throughout the evening with German diplo-
mats. ..--
1t Is quite clear that Spain is bidding for
German support, and that as was announced
at the time in the Herald, the visit of Prince
Albrecht of Prussia to Madrid had political
object.
From these and other symptoms wo are
forced to infer that Spain may play an im-
portant part in European politics.
May Precipitate u Crisis.
1t is rumored tonight that the government
has resolved to call the attention of the
cpuncel d'etat to the recent declarations of
cardinals, who, it thinks, have excseded
their right of criticism and iIsulted
the state by their protests against
the alleged persecution of the church
in France. President Carnot, 1T seems, is
opposed to the intended action OF his minis
ters and holds that it would be grave politi.
cal blunder to harass the cardinals who, In
his opinion, have lately shown pacific
rather than q CRITICAL, spirit and have assur-
edly not lnsulted the state.
'5y.-g JACQUES ST. CERE.