Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1909-07-31
REPORTS DO NOT AGREE
Pnvate Advices Say Rioters Still
Hold Part of City.
ENTIRE ARMY ON WAR FOOTING
Spanish Commander at Melilla Con-
fident of Holding Out against
Moors Until Arriv.; Of
Reinforcements.

rERFIGNAN, Franco Spanish Frontier
july .i-The captain general OF BARGE
iona today sent the following official tele-
gram TO the governor general of Corona
"inch province adjoins that of Barcelona
nave the honor to inform you that
oroer mas been completely re-established
dt Barcelona. There are many pris-
oners"
On receipt of the captain generals tele
gram the governor general communicated
the Information TO the mayors of his
province Ii is believed that railroad
communication between Port Bon and
Barcelona will be reopened within forty
eight hours.
SAN SEBASTIAN, Spain. via French
Frontier July 3l.-The entire army is be-
ing placed IN a war footing. The recruits
and the reserves of every class have been
called out
In spite Of tile reports from Madrid di
rect reliable private reports from BARGE
iona say the revOutiOnists still hold much
OF the city and that the artillery has been
unable to dislodge them
Situation at Melilla.
PARIS. July 31.-The Matins : CORE
spondent, who has just arrived al Melilla
Morocco. telegraphs that Gen. Marina
commander Of the Spanish forces on ,he
Riff coast, says he can easily hold his DO
sition until the arrival OF reinforcements,
when he again will take the offensive.
The correspondent says that the Span-
lsh force is composed of 1880 men
which will be brought up to %. 5O0 uvbe,'
Gen. Perrero's brigade arrives and /,
total of forty-eight guns. including two
batteries of sixty-milimeter guns and
SIX mountain batteries. He declares it
la tn
| sustained by the Spaniards in the big
pattle of July -. as the dead were NOT
identified and were buried in common
trenches on the field. About 500 wound-
eu men were counted they Were he.
ing brought into Melilla on stretchcrs.
Many soldiers were reported miss
| ing. out Of one company. composed or
800 men. only twenty-three reported
| after the battle.
| The correspondent was struck by Tho
apparent Indifference of the people Of
Mel1ila- Gen. Marina did not attend tbe
Iuneral or Cen Pintos, whose body was
Ioiiowed to the grave by less than 100
Change in War Sentiment.
the F1garo's Madrid correspondent de-
clares that those who understand how
critical the situation was at Barcelona
applaud the action of the government. IL
the liberals had been in power the cor
L 'SPo'oShe says, tHcS WOulu nave re-
signed in favor of a military cabinet. and
the 1nsurrectiOn at Barcelona undoubtedly
has strengthened the position of the gov
ernment In the rest of Spain, as those
who were the most severe critics of the
expedition to Melilla and the Ioudest i'm
the denunciation of the incapacity dis
played by the officers rallied to tile side
OF the government when they saw the
| country in peril.
The opinion is unanimous, according Ia
the correspondent, that the screws must
be merciessly applied in Catalonia
Gunboat Bombarding Moors.
| MELILLA, Morocco. Friday July 10
The night except for the intermittent
| bombardment of the Moorish positions by
| the Spanish gunboat Martin AIonzo Pin
zon, was quiet. Two battalions of chas-
Seurs have arrived here. The wounded
are being put on board the steamer
Puerto Rico bound for Malaga
ALHUCEMAS. Morocco. July 31-The
resumption of fighting between the MoorS
and the Spanish forces here YESTERDAY
consisted of the shelling of the tribes
men who returned TO carry off their dead
and wounded left on the field during the
previous days fighting.
SAN SEBASTIAN. via the French
Frontier, July 31.-Commander Bureos
and army corps has arrived at Bilbao,
capital of the province Of Biscay. to sup
press the general strike which has been
announced for Monday. There is much
excitement in the Basque provinces
where many hope the revolutionists will
be successful.