The citizen. (Honesdale, Pa.) 1908-1914, 1909-07-30
Scores Killed or Shot at
Home, Hundreds Abroad,
DESPERATE MOVE BY ALFONSO
DEGREES Martial Law All Over His
Kingdom and Orders That
Rebels Be Crushed at
Any Cost.

Madrid, July 20.-The revolution in
Catalonia has reached Il serious stage.
There Is much hloodshed and artil-
lery has been employed in the streets
of Barcelona to quell the outbreaks.
The city is terror stricken. The revo-
lutionists are reported to be fighting
desperately behind barricades. The
troops include mounted artillery, and
the defenses of the rebels have been
raked with shot.
Latest advices from Barcelona state
that eight persons have been killed
ana fifty wounded in collision be-
tween the police and populace. The
soldiers refused to obey orders to shoot
into the mob, which acclaimed them
with cries of, Long live the army"
All the shops have been closed and
shuttered and activities, outside those
of the mobs and the police, have been
completely suspended.
The rebellion is general throughout
Catalonia, and as the troops are doing
little toward checking it the police in
the various districts find it impossible
to prevent the destruction of property
and other revolutionary acts.
King Alfonso FASTENED back to
Madrid from San Sebastian and at
once issued Il decree proclaiming mar
tial law and the suspension of cOnSti-
tutional guarantees throughout Spain.
Orders have been given to the gov.
ernors of the provinces to crush the
revolution at any cost without hesita'
tioE and without pity.
A black chapter is marked in Spain's
history, for there was tragedy both ut
home and abroad. The king has heard
that part of his army at Melilla had Il
bloody battle with the Moors which,
though the final victory was the Span
iardS cost the lives of twcnty-One of.
ficers and Il total of 200 SpaniardS
killed or wounded.
The minister of the interior has is
sued an official note giving summary
of the latest events in Catalonia. At
Reus, near Tarragona, serious disor
ders have occurred. At Alcoy there
has been much riotng in the streets
the gendarmes using their carbnes
and killing and wounding many of the
manifeStantS. Order was quickly es
tablishcd at that place.
At Calahorra, Il place of 10000 in
habitantS, the populace invaded the
railroad station. destroyed the switches
and did other material damage, which
resulted in the blocking of the trains
transporting the troops. Soldiers open
ed fire on the rioters. of whom some
were killed. The troops succeeded il
re-estabishing train communications.
Similar incidents occurred at Other
localities. At Vendrell railroad was
torn up to prevent the passage OF
trains conveying soldiers from Valen.
cia to Barcelona.
The note says, "The government has
acquired proof that the agitators seek
at all cost to produce a seditious move
ment through Spain of character
clearly revolutionary with the object
of preventing the movement of troops
and to block the action of the govern
ment, especially so far as it concerns
the campaign at Melila."
AdviceS received this morning from
Barcelona, after the re-establishment
of the telegraph, state that fighting
still continues in the streets, and be-
cause of this fact and the spread of
the movement the government has or
dered the governors Of the provinces
concerned to employ the most strin.
gent measures and to maintain order
at any cost.
The hostility of the people against
the Moroccan campaign, which has
been followed by widespread disturb.
ances, is based on resentment that the
nation has been plunged in a foreign
war and that the nations sons are be.
ing sacrificed merely because of oppo
sition to private mining undertaking
The poorer classes, from which the
regiments are chiefly drawn, are espe
cially bitter, complaining that the man
who can pay $500 is exempt from mil
itary service 1t Is the poor, therefore
who are forced to go to Africa to meet
death.
The greatest antagon1sm has beer
aroused by the mobilization of the re
serves. Many OF the men in the re-
serve forces have large families, with
out means Of support other than what
they themselves can earn.
Touching scenes occurred when the
poor workmen were called to the col
ors. They wandered distractedly
about the streets, leading their chill
dren, whom finally they were forced
co abandon. AT the last moment. how