The Washburn leader. [volume] (Washburn, McLean County, N.D.) 1890-1986, 1909-08-06
FOREIGN NEWS.

The desperate condition OF span
both at home and abroad was dis
closed when the Spanish government
Off cially admitted the defeat of gov
ernmept troops in a great battle In
Morocco and at the same time re-
ports showed that Barcelona was COM
pletely in the hands of a revolutionary
mob, the streets running with blood
and the Spanish artillery using ma
chine guns in a vain attempt to
the onslaught of the revolutionary ele-
ment. The battle in Morocco has :
brought a crushing defeat to the Span
ish forces. The casualties on the
Spanish side reached 5000, giving the
defeat an aspect akin to that which
the Italians met in invading Abys-
sinia.
King Alfonso has issued a decree
proclaiming martial law and the sus-
pension of constitutional guarantees
throughout Spain. The kings procla-
nation of martial law throughout the
country followed his arrival at Mad
rid from San Sebastian, from which
point he had been summoned by Pre-
mier Maura. The official dispatches
had continued to show an alarming
condition of affairs at Barcelona and
n%eighboring towns in Catalonia.
Central Mexico from the atlantic to
the Pacific and from Querato on the
north to OaXaca on the south, a dis
lance covering more than 1000 square
miles. was shaken by a series OF the
most severe earthquake shocks felt In
| the region for the past quarter OF a
century. Reports telling of he loss OF
life are not complete. but the Off
| oial figures show that fourteen were
killed outright, while more than a
score were MORALLY injured.
The captain general of Barcelona
has te%legraphed to the general stan
at Madrid that the revolutionists have
surrendered and that he is now the
master of the situation. The number
of victims as a result Of the fighting
In the streets is very high. Twenty
three buildings were destroyed by the
artillery.
The dirigible balloon Zeppelin II,
steered by Count Zeppelin himself, de-
scended safely at Frankfort after hay-
ing sailed from Friedrichshafen, a dis
lance of about go miles, at an v
age speed of twenty.one miles an hour
Half of the time the fight was made
against strong head winds.
Angered by a report that President
Reyes, when he fled Colombia for Eu-
rope. took with him $40, 600, 900 In gold
and a bag containing millions of dol
lars worth of Jewels as his plumber
from the government, the people OF
the republic are on the. verge of a
serious revolution.
Twenty thousand buildings were de-
stroyed by fire at Osaka, Japan, and.
a large portion of the population is.
homeless. Some loss Of life occurred
and several hundred people were In.
jured. The area wiped out contained
some of the city's handsomest struc-
lures. --"l"t.., :
AS the result of the meditation OF
the British board of trade the threat
ened coal strike in the Scotch COL
demands of the miners have been
granted, including Il minimum wage of
six shillings ($1.50) a day.
A terrible flood has occurred in tho
province of Changchun, Manchuria. In
the city of kirin, situated at the head
of steam navigation on the River Sun
gari, 225 miles from Mukden, 1,OO0
people have been drowned and 1000
houses submerged.
The natives in the region surround
ing Ceuta, Morocco, are preparing to
join their fighting brethren on the
heights before Melilla. A holy war is
being preached from Ceuta to Moul-
muga and the whole country is afiamc
with fanaticism.
During IN engagement between
French troops and Detham bandits in
French Cochin China Captain Pet
THUS and ten men were killed and
twenty wounded. The bandits lost
fifty men killed and 100 wounded.
Forty thousand workers in the pa
per, wooden, cotton and allied indus
tries are on strike in Sweden. The
strike, it is stated, will be extended to
the ironworkers. u.
The Danish cabinet, headed by Pre-.
mier Neergaard, has resigned in con
sequence of it's failure to secure the
support of parliament in its military
defense scheme.
Two hundred rioters, summarily
tried and convicted by courtmartial.
were executed at Barcelona. They
uoro 1inad IN apainst a St0no wall and
shot,
The Cuban cabinet has resigned.