The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1898-04-23
W0Odford'S Ride to the Spanish
Frontier Highly Exciting.
SPANIARDS WERE FOILED
SOUGHT TO LAY HANDS ON
WooDFoRD'S SECRETARY.
Charged That He Was Spaniard-
Woodford Distracted the Passage
Told That Moreno Was Under
British Protection They Withdrew.

Hendaye Spanish Frontier), April
22.-The United States minister to
Spain, General Woodford, reached here
at a. M. after an exciting experience.
At Toloso Spanish police attempted
to capture a member of the American
legation.
Mr.. Moreno was the member of the
United States legation singled out by
the Spanish police for capture, on the
ground that he is subject of Spain,
but the attempt was frustrated, owing
to the presence of mind Of the minister.
At Valleadolid the United States min
listers train was attacked and stoned.
Windows were broken, and the civil
guards were compelled to protect his
carriage with drawn swords.
INnFRANCE.
Bayonne, France, April 22-Minister
Woodford arrived here on his way to
Paris. His farewell was in keeping
with the dignity displayed throughout
the crisis. When asked if he had any
thing to say, he simply raised his hat
and said, Goodbye"
The Segovia incident was compare
lively unimportant. The students of
the military school, in full uniform,
packed the depot. They were silent
until the train started, when there were
enthusiastic outbursts of cheering for
Spain and Cuba.
STONES THROWN.
The Valladolid incident. however,
threatened TO be quite serious. Thou
sands of excited people attempted to
invade the railroad station, and the
20 civil guards who accompanied the
train were compelled to form up in
front of General Woodford's carriage
Il
guards of the local force issued from
the depot to protect the train. The
guards did everything possible to keep
back the mob, whose yells and shriekS
resounded on every side. Stones were
thrown at the train and windows brok-
en-. A newspaper man was wounded
in the face by broken glass. Sir Charles
Hall, the recorder of the city of Lon
don, had narrow escape from being
hit with stones, and Mr.. Montague
Hughes Crackenthorpe, Q. c., had a
similar experience.
DEMAND FOR MORENO.
General Woodford knew nothing OF
the disturbance until he reached To-
loca. There a sergeant of the civil
guard, accompanied by a private,
boarded the train and demanded that
Mr.. Joaquin Moreno disembark from
the car. James, the generals valet
thereupon awakened the general, who
hurriedly dressed while matters were
being explained to him. The general
then formally protested, through the
medium of the correspondent of the
Associated Press, against the attempt
ed interference with his suite declar-
ing that Mr.. Moreno was his private
secretary and British subject. The
Spaniards claimed that he was a Span
ish subject but the general refused to
give him up to the police and placed
himself in the doorway of the COM
partment in which Mr. Moreno was
travelling, declaring he would only sur
render the latter If forced to do so.
UNDER BRITISH PROTECTION.
The minister then asked the CORE
spondent of the Associated Press to eX-
plain to the Spaniards that he placed
Mr., Moreno under the protection of the
British flag, and that if they took him it
would only be by using personal vio-
lence to the United States minister,
who proposed to protect Mr.. Moreno
until the frontier was crossed.
If an artist had been present at that
moment he could have secured ma
terial for a striking picture of the gall
liant general blocking the doorway
against the dons, and the smiling en-
enlargement of his friends standing
quite handy to him and ready to pro-
tect him if an attempt had been made
to touch the minister. The picture
might have been completed by a re-
production of the grinning features of
James, delighted at the prospect of a
brush with the Spaniards.
VISITORS WITHDREW.
General Woodford whispered to the
correspondent of the Associated Press,
who afterwards drew the Spaniards
into a corner and explained to them the
serious nature of their action pointing
out that it might lead to complica-
ton with Great Britain. This argu-
ment prevailed, and the troublesome
visitors withdrew.
When the train reached San Sebas-
tian, Mr.. Moreno and General Wood