The herald-advance. (Milbank, S.D.) 1890-1922, 1896-03-13
A STATE OF SIEGE
ANTI-AMERICAN DEMONSTRATIONS
STOPPED In VALENCIA.
A Mob starts for the American UOn-
pose Their Progress and Several
People Are Injured-The Mob
state of Siege IL Proclaimed.

| state of Siege IL Proclaimed.
Madrid, March 6.-There have been
| renewed disturbances here to-day and
demonstrations ct popular anger
| against the United States government.
The students Of the university seem
! to have been the offenders or the
leaders in the demonstration. In
spite of the special prohibition di
| rected against them by the govern
| ment, the students and other lhnbi-
tants INDUCED in renewed manifesto
| ton of their unfriendly sentiments
| against the United States. They as
sclnhled before the Madrid uniyer-
| slly to-day and there publicly burned
an American liag. The police dis
persed the meeting after making sew
eral arrests. AS 4 result the cabinet
council tonight decided to tempor-
| arily close the universities, 1t was
| also decided to create IA special budget
| for naval armamenis The premier
! Senor Canoyas del Castillo denies
| that Spain is negotiating with any
| foreign power with regard to Cuba.
An official dispatch from Havana
/
| several victories over the insurgents
Gen. Bernals brigade at Manner rout-
ed 1900 rebels. killing thirty and
| wounding fifty and capturing 400
! horses and Il quantity o: arms, am
muliition and explosives. The Span
| ish less WAS four killed and eight
wounded.
NaleDcia. March T. The disorders
which We're prevalent here when the
news WaS inst received Of the action
OF the nited States on the Cuban
question broke ont afresh to-day and
! there were renewed demcnstra ions OF
| hostility tn the United States. The
mob made itS way To the United
States consulate. which was stoned
and the windows Of which We're
| smashed by the infuriated populacc.
The mob gathered before the build
| ing before the police were aware Of
what was occurring and stones be-
gan to fly from the crowd with the
result that the window, were broken.
Washington. March The outbreak
| in Valencia is not regarded seriously
| 1t is taken for granted that the Span
| iSh government Will apologize for the
o'fulfflIt'> 1T S'ilFiiletlt tildt NJ IL
! lsted i}c Loinc has assurances that
| ifesldfht Cleveland viii Tot recognize
| the insurgents IS untrue.
New ! ark. March D lhe World 10
DAY piinis In" fnloWlng authentic
statement 81 the peiles ~ spain aS 10
'Aba ana congress ifam iflme MIN
| lstcf anoSas. II ~ accompanied by
| personal message to Joseph Pulitzer
from 'he president q tile council Of
state III Madrid, authorizing its pub-
ilfatleh lie statement Is ~ follows:
We have as Vet no official netitlra-
ton OF the intentions Of the American
government. AMI cannot therefore take
cognHance or. or protest by note
| against ans II tie Proceedings ef the
senate and house II representatives Of
the nited states. We have taken no
oflcial notice whatever Of the proceed
| lnSS ana speeches in Washington dur
ing the past week. Nor have we
sounded the European covers or
courts regarding their support. III any
form All we have done is to show
| 10 the American government and to
Minister Taylor that we have endeav
ored 10 enforce respect for the Ameri-
| can legation anh consulatcs. reprcsslng
| so steraly the disturbances that we
| nave ordered the Madrid, Granada.
barcelona ard Valencia universities
closed, and we will close al nniversi-
| ties. schools and establishments
whose students dare to make demon
stra,ions hostile to the United States.
| We will send to prison and prompt
| trial all the authors and promiterS Of
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