The Salt Lake tribune. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1890-current, 1909-11-09
THE FERRER MEETING

arcbists all over the world would destroy
every church in Christcndon VIC knoM
very well, but that reputable 1ourhtS
should ascrlbe every evil that comes upon
Tho earth TO tho church, or. at least, ccno
these sentiments of anarchy, Wnsn tneS
must know that they nrc absolutely Ial5'.
~ ihcy use their reason at all, Is Il cause
of profound wondcrmcnt.
This attitude of tho secular press can
| lac explained only on one supposition'
that whether they know it or not, 'hey
! arc controlled by M" same Influences
| which create anti-cericalism and an
archy in Spain and in France ana III
/ Italy
And VIC recommend Mr., Goshen 60
read this extract from the Troy On. y |
Times:
Chcvulier A. Ceruclos. director OF the |
Troy plano school, and native OF spain: |
returned yesterday from a two-m"hths
Walt in that country. ChcNallcr CcrueioS |
also visited Spain last year ana IS tamil
lar with conditions there. lie dcprccatcS
the allusion to Francisco Ferrcr, exc
cutcd after "a court martial, ns martyr |
of liberty" Chcyalicr Ccruclos says: 'Jie |
was not martyr OF liberty, but IA leader
OF the anarchists OF Barcelona. fcrrcr |
| was not only an anarchist, bat an atheist |
and he taught atheistical doctrines In his
| school The result Of that was seen dur
| ing the riotnS in Barcelona, when forty
| two beautiful churches were set OH fire
and destroyed, That was during the week
| beginning July &c and ending August !.
| | was In Barcclopa two weeks later, and
drove through the city until the sight
| OF The ruins of churches became monot-
| onous TO me and | discontinued the ride.
had seen thirty-sX of the forty~two
destroyed churches. In connection with
! these churches much convent property
| was burned Tile cdiliccS. which con-
| taincd noted paintings by Vclasduc%, Mu-
ljllo and other celebrated masters. ana
many gold, silver aud diamond furnish
| ings, were destroyed by the mob. The
| streets OF Barcelona were filled with val
| liable paintings and precious church dec
oratidns, which had been thrown away be-
cause the rioters could not sell the prop
| eTty and had no place TO conceal 1t. II
| there had been IA wind In Barcelona at
the time Of the fire the whole city would
have been I'm ashes. Fcrrer was the lead
| cr OF this awful destruction. and he led
1t rs an anarchist and atheist He was
not a socialist and had no opinions other
than those OF an anarchist for tho reform
! or government
ITO understood the conditions IN Spain
| it pust be remembered that Catalonia,
the province OF which Barcelona is the
capital. has antipathY for the remainder
OF Spain, and the Cstalonians have al
ways hated the Castlians. and years ago
expelled them from their province The
| animosty has contnued so the sentiment
l Of the Catnlonians is not that Of the
larger portion of Spain, which is satisfied
with the monarchy and is loyal To the
rciSnlns house. But Catalonia desires to
he independent OF the monarchy of Spain
and its capital has become the refuge for
the anarchists OF Europe. including those
| from Italy and other countries. While the
present danger of King Alfonso is great,
since tho anarchists will seize every OPP
portunity TO destroy him, Spain Is loyal
TO him, and there will be no revolution
I'm that country. The Republican leaders
In the provinces OF Spain and in the
chamber OF deputies have no sympathy
with Ferrer or with the anarchistic ont
RACES OF which he has been the promoter
and leader. To indicate the character OF
fcwer. II is sufficient TO say that among
his effects was found the check given
| ard Nf,f,1 10 tt,I
ctde, Tor his attempt TO KIN the king by
throwing a bomb. Ferrer tried To start
riots simultaneously in three cities, Bar
ceIona. Madrid and Valencia, but was
successful only In Barcelona"
VIII the simpleminded Rev. Mr.
Goshen and the Notwithstanding
Ihurston Brown, who erred when he
said that kerrer did not get fair trial,
read this9 From America New York;
October 50, 1903;
On Saturday morning, October ., the
military court, consisting OF Lieutenant
Colonel Don Eduardo de Aguirrc I,acallc
and six captains, convened in the pres
ence of two hundred reporters and about
nc. as many as could crowd into the
main hall of the Barcelona city prison
INC competency OF the court having been
duly established and declared, the presl-
dent summoned Ferrer He entered
walking brskly, not hendcufrod, and
seated himself at a table. Then fol-
lowed the reading of the summary of the
, case. that is, an account OF tile steps
taken by the authorities in lmprisoning
the accused and In searching his house
of the deposltions OF witnesses and the
5 answers OF the accused to their tostl-
mony, and his statements when con-
: fronted by the same witnesses. During
the period OF twenty eight days allowed
by the military code for presenting testi-
nony In favor OF the accused, nobody had
a offered him any help, y captain OF en-
(; sineers. however. Don Francisco CAL
ceran, was appointed his counsel and had
eight days TO prepare for the trial Dur
: Ing the reading OF the summary, Ferrer
paid the closest attention, now shaking
his head in dissent, now smiling ironic-
ally. but preserving throughout an eX-
J. terror calmness.
. mony showed Fcrrer's efforts TO stir up
men in the suburbs 10 join the rioters
G and his iDstigaton 10 burn the converts
n Three witnesses testified to seeing him
c actually leading a group Of rioters. The
a testimony and the documents found In
5 his house were the groundwork of the
n prosecutors address TO the court which
:, was dispassionate, well reasoned. and
. moderate in tono. Counsel for the de-
= tense ollowed with a brilliant and eo-
c Qucnt plea Ferrer was then asked
c whether he had anything 10 say in his
Il own behalf. His feW remarks. in slow
s uncertain tones, produced an unfayor-
4 able impression ON the 1hronR in the
), courtroom. was seen in their faces.
The session was then declared at an
end and the public filed out in a quiet
- and orderly way.
Late Tuesday evening. October 10 some
:, Brothers OF the Peace and Charity were
u seen on their way 10 the fortress OF
q MoDtjuich, The news spread fast IL