Watertown leader. [volume] (Watertown, Jefferson County, Wis.) 1909-1911, 1909-07-30
INSURRECTIONISTS AT BARCELONA
HOLD UPPER HAND AND SITUA-
TON IS DESPERATE.
LOSES 5000 MEN IN MOROCCO
Kings Army Meets with Disastrous De-
feat at Hands of Moorish Tribes
menNear Melilla.
REBELS IN BATTLE WITH TROOPS.

MADRID, July 29.-Ihe desperate
condition Of Spain both at home and
abroad was disclosed when the Spanish
government officially admitted the de-
feat Of government troops in great
battle in Morocco, and at the same time
reports showed that Barcelona was COM
pleteIy III the hands of a revolutionary
mob, the streets running with blood
and the Spanish artillery using machine
guns in a vain attempt to check the
onslaught of the revolutionary element
The battle in Morocco has brought
crushing defeat to the Spanish forces
The casualties on the Spanish side
reached 1000, giving the defeat an aspect
akin TO that which the Italians met III
invading Abyssinia-
The MoOrs, flushed with their victory,
are now advancing to attack the Span
iards at another strategic point, AL
hucemas The latest dispatches indicate
that Melilla, the Spanish stronghold, IS
so pressed by the MOors that its safety
is in danger and that capitulation to the
Moors would not cause surprise.
The internal condition OF Spain is
bordering OH anarchy. Barcelona, the
second largest city of Spain and the
commercial rival of Madrid, is center
of riot. pillage, the burning of public
and religious institutions.
Battle on July 81.
The extent of the disaster i'll Morocco
is plainly apparent from Gen. Marina
dispatch as given out at the war othce
today. He says: 'On July ~ the
Moors cut the railroad, severing commu-
nicatious with our outposts. Our bat
terjps shelIed the Moors. but the ad
vance posts were endangered and they
had to be abandoned. The situation at
Melilla is grave, despite the desperate
bravery Of the troops, who are now hight
ing under the walls of the city.
Our losses in the engagement were
Gen Iintos, a colonel, TWO lieutenant
colonies, five captains, many officers and
subaternS. and about 1000 men. The
wounded number at least 1900, includ-
ing many officers. The hippodrome is
full of wounded soldiers. Two generals
were mortally wounded"
Situation Is Desperate.
BIARRITZ near Spanish frontier)
July 29.-The desperate condition of at
fairs at Barcelona is shown in reports
received here from the disturbed city
These show that the revolutionary ele-
ment holds the upper hand The govern
ment troops, finding themselves insult
ficient to retake the revolutionary
stronghold. have been forced to abandon
several quarters, leaving the revolution
lists i'll control.
The streets of the city are barricaGed
with huge piles of stone and earth. Fur
niture and planks are heaped in these
barricades to the height of the first
story.
The military governor of Barcelona to-
day published IA decree ordering the in
ha bitantS of the city t. return TO their
homes After twenty-tour hours anyone
found in the streets is liable to be shot
on sight.
The arrival of reinfOrcements, so urg.
emily needed by the government forces.
is retarded by the destruction of rail-
roads and the avenues of communication
leading 10 the city. The revolutionists
are armed with muskets, knives, and re-
volvers. and have an effective organiza-
ton and hospital equipment.
With the arrival OF Il regiment of
| reinforcements, which the government
succeeded i'll getting through. the inhab-
itants were notified to keep within doors
for the succeeding fourteen hours. The
peaceably disposed needed this warning,
while the artillery of the government
forces raked the streets where barri-
cadeS had been erected. The artillery
caused great havoc among the barri-
cades and i'll some cases demolished
| them.
The government is seeking to relieve
the city by sea, now that the land com
| munication for the troops is Interrupted.
All available ships are being hurried to
| Barcelona.
Whether there is any Interior political
| cal purpose behind the revolutionary up
rising throughout Catalonia is not yet
| clear. Outwardly the movement is thus
! far Il protest against the war in Moroc
/ co.
Garrison Tempered with
| LONDON. July 29-Information re-
ceived through diplomatic channels in
! London tends to accentuate the gravity
! of the situation in Spain. 1t is intimat-
ed that there is reason to fear the gar
| rison at Madrid itself has been tempered
| with by the inSurrcctionists.
| News reaching this city by way of
Biarritz dIscloses the difficulties with
which The Spanish government is CON
/ fronted in dealing with the disorders in
| Catalonia. and the other disturbed prov
| inces while carrying on a war in Moroc-
| co.
| Catalona's garrisons have been drawn
| upon for service in Morocco until the to-
| tai number of troops in this province
| always the hotbed of revolutionary pro-
| paganda, number only 5000 men. divided
| into small attachments situated far
| apart To prevent reinforcement of the
militia. the revolutiOnists, who have sue
| ceeded in effecting cooperation of the
| workingmens organizations, have torn
up miles of railway tracks between
| Madrid and Barcelona. cut trenches
| across the railway entertainments in the
! country districts, and destroyed many
| bridges and yiaducts.
Fierce engagements are in progress in
| Barcelona. The artillery has been used
against the barbados. but the troops
| have made little progress in quelling the
| revolt.
Cutters Run with Blood.
CEREBERE. France. July % Span
ISL frontierJ.-Spanish couriers arriving
here today report that artillery is bat
| tering the barricades behind which the
| inS AaSnararolv fCbr IN
| Barcelona.
Heavy fighting is now in progress on
| the Rambla. in San Anne square and
the Gale del Epino. The cutters are
| running with blood. The number of
| dead and wounded cannot be estimated.
Five converts and several private resi-
dences have been burned at Llama.
LIQUOR MEN SECRETIVE.