Los Angeles herald., 1909-07-31
THINK CRISIS IN
CATALONIA OVER
BELIEVE REBELLION IN BARGE
Iona QUELLED
sPAlN's YOUNG MONARCH RE-
oRETS BoMBARDMEN
Apprehension Is Felt That Don Jaime,
Pretender, May Try to Raise
White Flag of the
Carlists
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which the churches and converts We're
sacked and burned The inmates Of
the institutions we~c driven into the
fields to cries OF Down with the
church,"
At Granoleers, sixteen miles from
Barcelona, two converts were burned.
At Amer the Carmelite convent was
looted and burned. The sisters mar
rowly pea with their lives.
The Madrid authorities fear the ar
rival of Alexandra lie ReuX in Spain,
who is on his way to Europe from
Brazil to place himself at the head OF
the revolution. He holds workmen'
organizations in the hollow of his
hand.
Breaks with Party
While a member of the cortcs, in
1908, Senor lie ReuN broke with the
party because it joined with the Cata-
lonian solidarists which included The
Carlists, whom he opposed ON the
ground that they stood for the matn-
tenanee of a monarchist regime and
clerical action.
Last year after series Of bitter ar
ticles against the faVorlte, he was con-
demned to two years imprisonment
but fled to Brazil Despite his con
demnation of the Republicans, he was
reelected TO pdIlldiltlil dA tllS ioSN
election, and is now on his way home
again to assume leadership. The gov
ernment has issued orders that he be
arrested Immediately on landing on
Spanish soil.
1t is learned that Spain's disavowal
of any intention to conquest in AFRICA
was made at the specific request of
France in consequence of the clrcula-
ton Of reports that Spain had received
a mandate and the promise of support
from France and England.
The Madrid correspondent of the
Temps says he learns from authorita-
tive sources there is no question of Il
ministerial crisis or the formation of a
military cabinet. The spondent
says King Alfonso has received from
Marseilles Lopez, Domlnguez and
Rivera and Generals Laque and Po-
lavieia and more than a hundred SUI
perior officers a tender of their serv-
ices to aid i'm the suppression of the
revolt in Catalonia.
To Strengthen French Posts
The French government today tele-
graphed instructions to the French
military commander in Algeria in
structing him to strengthen the
French posts on the Moroccan frontier
and to be prepared to act energeticallY
III ltlt tNGlll u the IhOOlS III II AOilNtl
territory attempting to join the move
ment against Spain. The Madrid cor
respondent of the Temps reports that
General Marina, commander of the mill
itary forces at Melilla, is satisfied he
can meet the situation with the troops
now at his disposal and the reinforce
ments which are now on their way to
join him.
An unexplainable statement atc
tributod to him is that the Spanish
death losses number 1000, of which
forty are officers, and the wounded
number 500, of which fifty are officers.
The text of his official telegram as
made public yesterday by the war Of
flee gave a much greater casualty list.
Private dispatches from Madrid say
King Alfonso agreed with Premier
Maura that after the humiliating loss
of Cuba and the Philippines, Spain
could not avoid the exemplary punish
ment Of the Moors without admitting
she was a fallen state.
Special newspaper correspondents
who are trying to enter Spain at both
ends of the Pyrennes, are encounter
ing great difficulty and are being turned
back whenever discovered.