Evening star., 1898-04-22
Spanish Attempt to Arrest a Member
of his Suite.
HIS TRAIN STONED BY A MOB
Placed Himself Under the Protec-
ton Of the British Flag.
NOW ON FRENCH TERRITORY

HENDAYE, Spanish Frontier, April 22-
General Stewart L. Woodford, the United
States minister to Spain, accompanied by
his staff and others, reached the frontier
at o'clock this morning in safety, after
some exciting experiences. The Spanish
police attempted to capture a member of
the legation at Toloso, and at Nalladolid
the train was attacked.
Mr.. Moreno was the member Of the
United States legation singled out by the
Spanish police for capture on the ground
that he is a subject of Spain, but the at
tempt was frustrated owing to the pres
ence of mind of the minister.
Attacks at VaIIadoIid.
At Valladolid the United States minister's
train was attacked and stoned Windows
were broken and the civil guards were
compelled to protect his carriage with
drawn swords. General Woodford, how
ever, slept throughout the disturbance
The Moreno incident threatened to be Sc
rious. The Spanish police made a deter
mined effort to capture Mr. Moreno but
General Woodford stood in the doorway of
the carriage, declaring he should only be
removed by force.
A detachment Of police accompanied the
train from Toloso to San Sebastian, where
the police officials left, seeing that the
general was determined to maintain his
rights.
AT Segovia the students of the military
college gathered on the platform cheering
for Spain, aad there were several similar
incidents at other stopping places.
1t Was great relief to the minister's s
party when the general finally reached
French soil. But General Woodford per-
sonally seemed unconscious of any dan
ger.
The general, in bidding fare.sel to the
correspondent of the Associat ed Press. who
accompanied him to the frontier expressed
his sincere thanks to all the representa-
tiVes of the press, European and American
for their uniform kindness and good faith
curing his stay In SPAIN
"OodfOrd Maintained His Dignity.
BAYONNE, France. April 30 1O:;35 am
The farewell of the United States minister
Gen. Stewart l.. Woodford to Spain was
in keeping with the dignity he DISPLAYED
throughout the crisis. When asked if he
lad anything to say he simply raised his
ha: and said:
"Good-bye.'
The Sesovla incident was comparatively
school. in full uniform packed the depot
They were silent until the train started
when there was an enthusiastic outburst
of cheering for Spain and Cuba
The Falladoiid affair, however threatened
to be quite serious. Thousands of excited
people attempted to invade the railroad
station, and the twenty civn guards who
accompanied the train were compelled to
form in front of General WOp1f ford :
carriage, with drawn swords. while other
civil 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
all sides Stones We're thrown at the train
and windows broken. A newspaper man
vas wounded in the face by broken glass,
Mr.. Hall, the recorder of the city of Lon
don, had a narrow escape from being hit
by stones, and Mr. Montague Hughes
Crackenthorpe, Q. c., had similar eX-
pcriencc.
Demand for Moreno.
General Woodford knew nothing of the
disturbances until he reached Tolosa. There
a sergeant of the civil guard, accompanied
by a private detective boarded the train
and demanded that Mr. Joaquin Moreno
disembark from the cars James, the gen
erals colored valet, thereupon awakened
General Woodford, who hurriedly dressed
while matters We're being explained to him.
The general then formally protested
against the attempted interference with his
suite, declaring that Mr.. Moreno was his
private secretary and British subject. The
Spaniards claimed that he was a Spanish
subject, but the general refused to give him
up to the police, and placed himself in the
doorway of the compartment in which Mr..
Moreno was travelling, declaring he would
only surrender the latter if forced to do so.
Under British Protection.
The minister then explained to the Span
iards that he had placed Mr.. Moreno under
the protection Of the British flag, and that