The Montgomery advertiser., 1909-07-29
Artillery Employed To-
Queu Outbreaks.
MvoIUTl0NIsTs FlGHT
BEHIND BARRICADES
King Alfonso Declares Martial Law
In Spain.
Orders Gives 10 Gsverners to Crush
~ Revolt At Any Cest-spat1sh
victsry In Moreses securea
At Heavy Cost.

Madrid. July 2s-The revolution d
Catalonia has reached q ssrioas stage.
There has been much bleodshed and
artillery has been employed In the
streets OF Barcelona to aueii the out
breaks. The city Ii tsrror.sfricksn.
The revolutionists are reported to BE-
lighting desperately behind barbados.
The troops include mounted artillery
and the defensss Of the rebels have
been racked with shot.
King Alfonso hastened back to Ma
drid from San sebastin today and ii
once issued decree procfaiming MAR
tiai law and the suspension Of constf-
tutionaI guarantees throughout Spain.
orders have been given to the Gov
ernors OF the provinces 70 crush the
revolution at any cost without hesits~
tion and without pity.
Today marks . black chapter In
SPANS history. for there was tragedy
both at nome and abroad. The King
reached here In time to learn that
part OF his army at Melilia had mad
bloody battle with the Moors, which,
though the final victory was won ~
the spanisrds. cost the lives Of twenfy-
one officers and b total OF 800 spanlards
killed or wounded.
Rigid Censorship Prevails.
An exact estimate OF the dead and
wounded In the clashes between fha
troo<x and rebels in Catalonia Is impoa-
sible. owing TO the rigid cenaorship
which prevents the sending of private
dispatches, and the government has not
fixed q total.
The government admits, however.
that rioters have been killed ana
wounded IN several cities and towns,
fincludine Hsrrslena, Aieoy and o2le-
horrA. -
other points are either meager Or lack
ing aitogethen There has been xiez@
ing at saragossa, vendreli. Rioja FORT
Bou and Hanson, ana q general strike
was declared today at Biscsys. At thae<
places there has been much destruction
OF property.
The center OF the rebellion h Hax
celona. 70 which place the government
IL rushing extra troops. A despatch
this morning said that Barcelona rev..
result Of desperate charges by tne
troops, but despatch at noon an
nounced that lighting had begun again.
the artillery using heavy guns to de-
moiish the barricades. The peaceful
section of the population fed In fright
to their homes and locked and nsrred
themselves In. A military proclamation
has been issued at that city that No
life Is safe, and warning peaceful efxte
zens to remain under cover.
Madrid AIso stirred.
The greatest discuietudss reigns ia
Madrid. King Alfonso was cioseted
until q late hour with Pr emier Maura
that the situation was exceedingly grave
and that the rebeilioa nausf be re-
pressed with an iron hand as the Cafa-
ionians were struggling 10 enguif all
Spain In a revolution.
The Minister OF the Interior toniKhs
issued an official note giving the sum-
mary of events In CataloniA.
At Reus. near TarrAgona, SERIOUS dis-
orders have occurred.
At Alcoy there has eeSn much riot
ing in the streets. TIE gendarmes using
their carbines and killing or woundins
many of the manifestantE. Order was
quickly established at the place.
At Caiahorra. ~ piaee OF 1o.eee in-s
habitants, the populace invaded the
railroad station, destroyed the switches
and aid other material damage, which
resulted in the blocking or trains trana-
porting the troops. Soldiers opened
fire on the rioters. of whom some were
killed. The trecps succeeded " re-
Similar incidents occurred at other
localities,
Al Vendreii, a railroad was tern up
to prevent the passage of trains COM
veying soldiers from Valencia to Bar
celona.
aThe government has acquired proof
that the agisators seek at all cost ~
set afoot seditious movement
throughout Spain of character clear
iy revolutionary. with the object of
preventing the movement OF troops ana
TO block the action OF the government,
especially so far as II concerns the
campaign at Meliila."
Advices received today from BARGE
Iona after the re-establishment OF the
telegraph, state that lighting stili con-
tinues in the streets and because Of
that fact and the spread Of the move
ment the government has ordered tho
Governors OF the provinces concerned
TO employ the most stringent measures
and to maintain order at any cost.
The hostility OF the people against
the Moroccan campaign, which has
been followA1 by widespread disturb
ances, is based on resentment that the
nation has been plunged into foreign.
war and that the nations sons are be-
ing sacrificed merely because OF oppo-
sition to a private mining undertake
ing The poor classes. from which
the regiments are chiefly drawn are
especially bitter. complaining that the
man who can pay $500 is exempt from
military service.
Reserves Are HE0btzimed.
The greatest antagonism has been
aroused by the mobilization u the re-
serves. Many OF the men In the re-
serve forces have large families with
ont means Of support other than what
they themselves can earn,
Touching scenes occurred when the
poor workmen were called TO the COLI
orE. At the last moment. however, the
government decided to keep the re-
serves in the home garrison and char
liable people came forward to care for
their unprotected wives and chfldrem
The Moroccan mission. which came
to eject a settlement with the Spana
ish government on Moroccan af7airs.
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