Omaha daily bee., 1909-07-30
SPANISH THRONE
GETTING SHAKY
Anti-War Riots Beginning to Attain
, Dignity of Revolt Against
King.
CRUSHING DEFEAT IN BATTLE
Army of AlphOnso Badly Beaten by
Moorish Troops.
ANARCHY IN H0M1 !. les
gS
Alphonso Has Foreign e nd
Domestic Insurrectio.
PEOPLE ORDERED OFF S e
Under Repression Decree Al = =
Found Out OF House May
shot on siEht-Extreme
Measures Taken.
Alphonso Has Foreign Z
Domestic Insurrectio
PEOPLE ORDERED OFF S :
BULLETIN.

BULLETIN.
HENDAYE Spanish Frontier, July %
6:55 p. m.-Reports Just received here from
Madrid say It is rumored that provisional
government has been proclaimed at Bar
celona. The rumor is diseredited at the
capital.
WASHINGTON, July 2s.-The desperate
condition of Spain, both at home and
abroad. was disclosed when the Spanish
government officially admitted the defeat
of government troops in a great battle in
Morocco and at the same time reports
show that Barcelona was completely in
the hands OF a revolutionary mob, the
streets running with blood and the Span
ish artillery using machine guns in a
vain attempt to check the onslaught Of
the revolutionary element.
The battle In Morocco has brought a
crushing defeat to the Spanish forces.
The casualties on the Spanish side
reached 5000 giving the defeat an aspect
akin to that which the Italians met in
invading Abyssinia.
The Moors, flushed with their victory
now advancing to attack the Span
iards TO another strategic point, Alhuce-
mas The latest dispatches indicate that
Melilla, the Spanish stronghold, is 30
pressed by the Moors that It's safety is in
danger and It's capitulation TO the Moors
would not cause surprise.
The internal condition Of Spain is border
ing on anarchy. Barcelona the second
largest city of Spain and the commercial
rival OF Madrid, is a center of riot, pillage.
the burning of public and religious insti-
tutions, and continued bloody fighting be-
tween the Spanish troops and rioters en-
trenched behind high barricades. The
gravity OF the situation. as related from
points along the Spanish frontier sug-
gests the bloody days of the Paris com
mune.
The government at Madrid is meeting
the situation with stern repressive meas
ures, but the reports indicate that tho
military garrison at the capital is dis
affectea ana the popular sentiment is
shown by reports that a vast crowd has
held an anti-war manifestation in front
OF the royal palace.
People Ordered Off Streets.
MADRID. July 2S.-The military governor
OF Barcelona today published a decree or
dcring the inhabitants Of the city to return
TO their homes. After twenty-four hours
any one found in the streets is liable to be
shot on sight
official dispatches received hero today
that the battle between Moorish tribesmen
and the Spanish forces outside OF Melilla
July q was a disastrous defeat. The Moors
cut off the communication with the Span
ish outposts and the main force of the
Spaniards was driven back under the walls
OF the city, where fighting continued
desperately In the city.
The Spanish killed and wounded num-
bered almost 3,OOO, which takes no account
OF the men at the advar ce posts who evi,
IDENTIFY were cut off and abandoned to their
fate. Melilla is fun OF wounded men.
The extent OF the disaster is plainly ap.
parent from General Marinas dispatch al
given out at the War office today, HI
says:
Five Thousand Are Lost.
'On July q the Moors cut the railroad
severing communication with our outposts
Our batteries shelled the Moors but tn,
advance posts we're endangered and they
had to be abandoned The situation a
Aslila u grave, despite the desperate
bravery OF the troops. who are now fight
ing under the walls Of the city.
Our losses in the engagement were Gen
eral Pintos, colonel. two lieutenant col
onels, five captains and many officers anC
subalterns and about 5000 men. Th
wounded number at least 1900 including
many officers. The hlppodrome is full o
wounded soldiers. Two generals were NOR
tally wounded"
That a great battle has been Tough
between the Spanish troops and tho Moor
iB now officially admitted from Madrid 10
the first time. The extent OF the engage
ment was at first minimi1sd IN Spain. fl
an effort TO pacify public opinion. but dis
patches concerning the battle were riRor
ously censored. Early reports gave tn
losses At few hundred The official ad
mission today that the killed and wounde,
reached 5000 gives the battle the impor
tance OF real warfare, the casualties beinl
far greater than in any engagement durin
the Spanish-Amsrtean war and exceedin
some OF the most stubborn fighting OF tn
Russo-Japansss war.
See Danger for Dynasty.
PARIS, July 2s-'rhs internal insurrectioi
in Spain now completely overshadowS tn
war in Africa In the eyes Of Europa Tn
decision OF Premier kaura's cabinet yes
terdAy 10 place the country under MARTA
law and employ the army to repress IN
roVolt IN Catalonia as an alternative {
convoking Parliament may provoke a.
extension OF the insurrection, which wouI
endanser the dynasty.
Preparations now being made In BerIi
70 qusli the disturbances include the dis
pa A 10 Catalonia Of the entire Third an,
Fobrth army corps and the Madrid eavalr
brigade under command OF Prince Charlie
OF Bourbon. Prince Ferdinand OF Ravart
is one OF the squadron commanders OF thi
brigade.
The scale upon which the military inter
Venuon is planned proves that the govern
ment sntertains no Illusion and Is read
TO take the responsibility Of putting dow
the revolt ruthlessly.
Both official ana frontier reports leay
little doubt that workmen's organization
Continued on Second PassJ