Goldsboro semi-weekly argus., 1909-08-04
SPAIN HARD PRESSED
Queen Flees to BayonRe in
France.
Events I'm Spain Had Become So
Threatening That the Queen and
Her Children Have Left
the Country.
the Country.

London, July 30.-Despite the strict
censorship enforced by Spain, a dis
patch was received today from San
EeBastian saying that Queen Victoria
and the queens mother had fed
across the French frontier in an auto
mobile and are at Bayonne awaiting
events. They have made preparations
for every emergency.
The report says that Queen Victo-
ria took with her her two little sons,
Alphonso and Jaime, and the new
princess. The children offered the
queen the greatest source Of anxiety,
and she seemed more concerned over
their safety than her own.
Alfonso, tn youthful king, had a
sad farewell from his wife and chill
dren when she left San Sebastian.
Distraught by the cares of state,
tears rolled down his cheeks when he
kissed the queen goodbye. He took
his sons in his arms and fondled
them, adjuring the guard to take es-
pecially strict care of them.
Bayonne is eighteen miles from the
Spanish frontier and three miles from
the sea.
Don Jaime, the pretender, is ex-
pected to issue an address to the pow
ers and manifesto to the Spanish
people, maintaining his claim to the
Spanish throne.
Hundreds of Don james agents
have been arrested and cast into pris-
ons.
a military dictatorship is actually
in effect in Spain today, though no |
official announcement has been made
of it.
Of Melilla vague news came today. |
The rigid censorship of the govern
ment is still unabated and news of anil
authentic nature is hard to get. 1t |
has been definitely ascertained today, |
however, that the Spanish have once
again been beaten back from their
position about Melilla and
are now in the town defending it |
against invasion of the tribesmen
Since the fierce fighting of yesterday
there has been desultory
skirmishing all about the city of Me-
lila and the Spanish are being hard |
pressed.
The general feeling of unrest |
throughout Spain in sections outside |
the violent Catalina district was not
quieted by Senior Maura's statement |
of success in Morocco. The premier |
issued circular to the people of |
Spain, in which he declared that the |
Moors were retreating from Melilla. |
In many quarters this was merely |
looked upon as a ruse.
The official judgment in the capital |
that it will require $4,000 Spanish |
troops to subdue the Moors indicates
that the army in the beleaguered city
Of Melilla is in sore straits. 1t be-
came known today that the 5000 rein
forcements of the Riff and Kabyle
Lribesmen have joined the Moorish
army outside Melilla and that, with
this added strength, the Moors are
to make an assault upon
the city's wall to capture it if possi-
bic. The Moors are not centering all
their activities upon Melilla, as dis
patches from Morocco today indicate
An army of tribesmen is attacking
and a warship has been
sent there to aid the city.
Couriers from Melilla, leaving the |
city by vessel, tell the most terrible |
stories of conditions there. The bar
racks, churches, theatres and schools |
have been practically converted into
and wounded. At dawn the rumble of
gunf1re opens the day, while cries of
the dying and wounded never ceases.
Fires have broken out and food sup
plies are getting scare. The mutiny
in the garrison added a new aspect of
terrors and several soldiers have been
shot.
The Spanish loss, already upwards
Of 5000 men, is being increased so
rapidly that the government refuses
to make authentic figures known.
Many of the more peaceably inclin-
ed residents of the larger towns have
fed and many have tried to leave the
country, but this is practically impos-
sible. Extra guards have been sta
toned all along the frontier, both in
the railroad stations and mountain
passes. The strictest regulations are
prevailing concerning the incoming of
strangers and all must have pass
ports signed by the military authori-
ties. There were further outbreaks of
feeling against the king today in Mad
rid and other cities.