Los Angeles herald. [microfilm reel] (Los Angeles [Calif.]) 1900-1911, 1909-07-29
KING AT HELM IN
His MADRID PALACE
Martial Law Declared by Monarch
After Hurried Trip from
San Sebastian to
Capital

this afternoon issued a decree pro-
claiming martial law and the suspen-
sion of constitutional guarantees
throughout Spain.
The kings proclamation of martial
law followed his arrival from San Sc
bastian this morning, from which point
he had been summoned by Premier
Maura.
The official dispatches of the night
had continued to show an alarming
condition of affairs in Barcelona and
neighboring towns in Catalonia.
A special meeting of the cabinet was
summoned.
The situation in the disturbed dis
tricts as well as the critical condition
of the Spanish military forces in Mo-
rocco was fully discussed. The result
of the conference was the issuance of
the kings decree pfoclaiming martial
law and the suspension of all constt-
tutional guarantees.
Revolt Is Growing
New disorders are now reported from
| two other interior points, Alfoi and
Rioja. This shows that the zone of
popular agitation is spreading beyond
! the turbulent Catalonians and is affect
| ing the ValencianS.
The latest official reports from BARGE
| Iona indicate that the city is almost at
the mercy of the mob.
The anarchists, Cardinal and Herre-
ros, are represented as being the lead
ers in the rioting, which was accompa-
MED by incendiarism and destruction of
property.
The convent of Merastas was taken
by assault, and the church of st. Paul
and the congregational schools of st.
Antonio were burned. The captain gem
eral and his staff were fired upon as
they were riding through the Boulevard
Paralelto.
Bands of strikers were dispatched
| from Barcelona to the surrounding
country to destroy the railroad, with
| the object of preventing the arrival of
troops to reinforce the Barcelona gar
rison. The troops from Valencia were
| forced to disembark at Nendrell, sew
enteen miles from Tarragona, from
where they drove the strikers before
them. The events in Catalonia province
have caused some reaction in public
opinion. ,.,,,,
The minister of the interior is be-
! seiged with inquiries as to the war out
| breaks but he declines to make public
the details of the disorders in the Va
| lencian towns. He has announced, how
ever, that the government will adopt
the most stringent measures of repres-
sion, with a view of givinP an exam
ple to the turbulent. element.
Another dispatch received in official
quarters states that the custom house
has been closed on the frontier neal
Cerbere, owing to the popular demon
| stration against the government Off
GERS. The rioters continue to tear VI
the railway, and noisily intervene al
the points where reserves are being re-
cr11ited for military service. The CHIEF
indignation of the people is directed
against the governments policy of rap
idly recruiting a large army to cope
with the conditions confronting Spain
| in Morocco.
The inhabitants of Culera. small
station of the Port Bou line, maddened
bv the sight of a passing train carry
| ing recruits, destroyed the road bed for
a distance of seven kilometers.
The latest advices received here from
z..E..F + + ! :
regular officers are required at once tc
give ample police protection and proper
| protection to our wives and children
| in the outlying districts
The freight carrying ordinance or
street railways should limit the carry
ing to express Neutrality-suspicious. anc
! the like-between the hours of a. m
and 6 a. m.
There should be universal transfers
on all car lines. Street car rates fol-
two hours in the morning and two
hours in the evening should be cut II
two. or the regular fare divided in hall
for the benefit of the toilers who are
forced to travel in the cars to and from
their employment. The city should de-
mand a 25-ceut round trip fare from
the city to all beaches even though
the city in order to obtain the rate
should be compelled to guarantee any
! deficiency.
To Buy Utilities
There must be local employment FOL
our locally unemployed.
The second issue of bonds should be
$50. 900 900, to be used for the purpose
of construction. equipment and opera
ton of a municipal telephone system
municipal gas and electric light, heal
and mower plant, and an asphalt paw
ing and rock crushing plant and fol
the extension and equipment and pur-
chase of all of the street railways With
in the city of Los Angeles by the law
of eminent domain.
The harbor must he made ready.
The municipal railways to the har-
Dor must be made ready.
| The river bed must be made ready.
The belt line must be made ready.
! The bridges must be made ready.
Alleys must be cut through the bust
ness blocks where there are none in the
business district, to relieve the conges-
ton of the street and facilitate com
/ merce. - 80.
The city must own its public utili-
| ties and preserve them, and the profits
accruing from them (now obtained by
private corporations), to the public
| treasury to reduce and finally pay all
the expenses of municipal government
| AND Los ANGELES WILL BE THE
| MODEL MODERN CITY OF THE
WORLD.