The San Francisco call., 1909-10-14
Letter Denouncing Trial

Letter Denounclng lriaI
In letter written to the Steele oy
p,sysre~ 0cfober Z. the Spanish revolu-
+,o,ist declared that the evidence
sgsirs+ him at the court martial con-
sisted Of dispositions made=oy S.VoV per
sons confined in the prisons IN Caea-
lonia and the hearsay testimony "a
Others. ,.. who
.eve any direct evidence implicating
him in the insurrection-
T,he paris newspapers issued extra
eaitfors with glaring headhnes, SONS
of them expressing the peltSl 'ta
Kfnz Alfonso had compr onliseu nAe
t,,re by failing TO intervene anu pt'
vent the execution OF Ferrer'
Indignation in Paris
r,+eyviews that were printed show
,bet many persons prominent IN e.e
scsen,ifc and political world are ~ ~ootn
indignant and panied at the
events in Spain. A member OF ti.e ~
s.,+,,fe said he was stupefed at lhe
~ ~sI.eue0 ,,-bscb he characterized as one
- -,ol;tical cannibalism. N. kelnacn
saiS he had thought il incredlple th9'
9Se king would decline to intervene
Madrid Papers Censured
A speciaI dispatch TO the temps - t3ia ~.
interfor announced today that ne "a
sse5 RI publish the threats receiVe eu
nv him since Ferrer was incarceLa -
rhe mess of Madrid is permitted 70
.-sn+ onlv the official communications
regerdine the case Of Ferrer.
Toe dispatch adds that huhoi Gus %
nersons assembled on the hlilsloes So
rounding Montjuich fortress 1.ts,ss,
yented by the troops from appfOs0iii'ie
Tnsres. the deputy who yesterday ao-
z-e<se5 a mass meeting of protest hao
an interview in q morning paper "a
which he predicted that II teFIe.
shot a conhagration would oe s1aIleI ssi
urbicb would not be extingulsheo unti,
.scnenfsb politicaI life has been pursed
~ the clerical influences which are
-arslvzirp the progress of the natloE
and shocking the conscience OF Europe.
Socialists Blame Alfonso
BRUSSELS. oct, 1S.-The Peuple'
Socialist organ, commenting tooas eui-
rorialIy on the death or terrer' says
s.-rbe awful news will unchain tenn
rasf we fear that in refusing 20 stop
Ire execution Alfonso has signed MS
own death warrant
The organized Socialists paraded the
principal streets tonight IN proeesC p
srafnst the execution of Ferrer. There
was no disorder
Demonstration in Rome
ROME. oct. Is.-The execution OF
Farrer mas caused q profound impress
sion here and tonight there was Sc
rious demonstration Of protest against
the action Of the Spanish government L
There were cries Of Long live terref
.Doun with reactionists." Down with
the Jesuits." Down with Merry del
Val
The police and troops succeeded in
maintaining comparative order ana pre-
vented the approach of the demon
strators TO the square where the span
ish embassy stands.
It is reported that a few days ago
Ferrer's daughter telegraphed 10 the
oope from Paris asking his lnterVen-
ton 10 safe her fathers life. The
pontiff was deeply moved and ex-
claimed:
Poor child. II I could succeed in
softening the grief OF her afflicted soul
II would be a great consolation for
me"
The Spanish ambassador TO the Vau-
can in an interview said that neither
he nor his colleague accredited to the
ouirinsl had ever been informed OF any
request for pardon for Ferrer.
1t is believed here that the execution
of Ferrer was FASTENED by the fear
that the pope would intervene. Accord
ing TO those who support this theory
the Spanish authorities wished to pre-
, vent the king being placed in posi-
ton where he might have to grant or
refuse papai request for pardon
What attitude the Vatican assumed
toward the Ferrer case can not be
learned. The officials will neither deny
nor confirm that any step looking to
q pardon for the revoiutionist was
taken. but il is understood IL anything
was done the negotiations were carried
on directly between the pope and King
Alfonso.
The one phase of the affair that the
Vatican emphatically denies is the as
serfion that the Spanish ambassador
here took any action to prevent the In
tervention Of the pope to procure a
psrdon