The Ogden standard. [volume] (Ogden City, Utah) 1902-1910, 1909-09-18
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TROUBLES IN SPAIN.

TROUBLES IN SPAIN.
The following extract taken from an
article in the Daily People viii give
view of the troubles in Spain from
the workers side:
Barcelona. Madrid August 15.-The
press censorship, still in force, pre-
vents the outside world from knowing
what is going on in Spain. and what
is at bottom and back OF all the trou-
BILE. So important Is all this that the
government has suppressed all the la
Dor papers in this province of Cata-
lunia. and most OF The liberal papers
throughout the land The government
Is anxious that not drop of the real
truth leak out
Since the anti-militarist resolutions.
adopted b. the Stuttgart Internation-
| al Socialist Congress in 1907. an ac-
| tive agitational propaganda vas set
on foot by the Labor and Socialist
/ forces of this country AZ least 300
! public meetings were held since that
date against war. both upon the hui
manitarian and the economic ground
and very many more meetings we've
being planned i'm view OF the enthus-
iastlc reception that tho anti-war prop
! agandiStS wore receiving eycrl where.
, The Spanish Morocco expedition Of
cCnqgcst, with railroad and other such
interests as the breath In it5 nostTils.
happened then 10 be undertaken by
. the government Immediately, OF
course, the Socialist and Labor press
of Spain took up the subject and COM
batted the proposed expedition with
energetic articles exposing the inhu-
man and cOvetous schemes that
prompted the expedition. These ar
ticles gained the sympathy of the re-
publican and democratic elements of
the country. and they joined the So
cialisr and Labor agitation against tho
Morocco expedition.
Signal for Action
This was the signal for the govern
ment TO enter upon the path OF law
lcssness that it has been travelling
ever since. Alarmed al the spread OF
The sentiment against the Morocco
expedition. the government began in
utter violation OF all constitutional
rights, to suppress and then con6scate
one paper after another that opposed
the war against Morocco From that
the government proceeded TO forbid.
and then TO break up public meetings
that did not suit IT, All mis- happened
before the state of siege was declared,
accordingly. before the constitutional
rights of free press and free as
semblage were suspended; and before
any 'outrages' were committed. The
iact has come out that thcse connsca.
tions and breaking up OF meetings
were decided upon as early as July
%, that is, four days before the an.
nolncement was officials made that
the constitutional rights were suspend
ed Thus. the government which has
been parading as the Guardian of
Law set the example Of lawlessness.
and pursued It in manifold ways.
Government Tactics,
These moves were all intended to
incite the people to some overt act
that might give a pretext for mas
sacre. The people kept cool, and the
Spanish Socialist party, undeterred
by the governments conduct, but nrm-
ly pursuing Its course. decided upon
the suggestion of the Labor Fedora
tion OF Catalunia. to answer the law.
less methods of the government with
the dignihed and resoluto call for a
general strike. August the 2nd was
the date fixed for the strike 10 start
This move the government replied 10 :
with redoublcd acts OF lawlessness
1t lorbad all circulars announcing the
strike. and seized and destroyed all
that II could II was straining its ef.
forts to prevent the strike from com. ,
Ing Off Perceiving this, the working
class of Catalunia pushed forward the y
date for the general strike 10 begin.
Instead Of August 2. work was stopped
on July %. and tho stoppage took com. 4
plete effect in all the four districts OF .
Catalunla, What happened lhereupon
is pretty well known The re-
serves that were being hm..
ried TO the seat OF war In Africa
could not progress by reason Of the
itoppage Of the trains the reserves
gladly allowed themselves TO be dis
armed; the regulars in many instances
TO fire, and the revolt became
general in Barcelona. the republican
bourgeois and free-thinkors joining.
The participation OF the latter ele-
ncnt accounts somewhat for the mani
estations chat took place In the mat
or of assaults of churches and monas.
cries and their burning down.
The Anti-clerical Move.
This brings me to another and i'm.
'ortant chapter. The anH-cIerical ex-
'losion was the direct consequence
# the attitude OF the clergy on this
nhuman and sordid Morocco expedI-
ion The deyout Catholics supported
he Morocco expedition from lis start
With the enthusiasm of bigotry They
laimcd that the Issue was Christ
gainst Mahomet" The barbarous
ointment was melted by the Catholic
lergy, led by the Archbishop of Tar.
agona and bishops generally He
nd they kept up publishing bulletins
which they made violent appeals to
ehgious intolerance They summon
d tho people TO take up arms In n
'ar against the infidels. and thus
ring glory upon Spain" 1t was i'm
esponsc to these appeals that deyout )
.atho1c ladies OF Barcelona boarded :
he transport ships with soldiers for !
lelilla and tried to decorate them
'lth sacred medals" and scapularles
must here state that these ladies'
ood Offices were not appreciated.
lost of the soldiers were too exper
snced TO believe that the trumper,, ,