The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1910-07-27
REBEL EX!LES
 WILL INVADE
 OWN COUNTRY
General Strike and Anti Govern ment Demonstration Planned Against Spain For July 29
Fully 10000 Men Are Now on
 Scene Prepared For Move
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 Cerbere, Franco-Spanish Frontier, July 27.-Several thousand well-arm- ed. desperate Spanish exiles, are gath cred today In this vicinity on the French side of the frontier, ready to invade their own country on July 29.
 In Barcelona, the industrial center of Spain, a general strike and mann moth anti-government demonstration has been planned for the same date.
 straight to Barcelona to join forces with the strikers. The government has been concentrating troops for two weeks and the sending of 10000 vet erans into Barcelona yesterday was probably the first step toward putting down the rebellion with an iron hand. There is every prospect of des- perate fighting between the exiles and the government forces and the dis orders that are expected all over Cat alonia will probably exceed in blood shed last summers rioting. Many peo- pie doubt indeed if this years revolt will be crushed out before the pres ent spanish dynasty is overthrown,
 Just how many exiles will join In the march from here upon Barcelona is impossible to determine. Senior Claremont. the leader of the rebels, says there will be 10000. His estimate Is probably too high, but it is a fact that the men have been reporting hero for more than a month and that al- ready 5000 or 10000 are on the scene.
 Officials of the Maura administration in Spain admitted recently in the Cortes that 10000 Spaniards were ex- fled from Barcelona for complicdty in last summers outbreak. Few of them went further than the French iron tier. settling here in the hope that some day they might re-enter Spain.
 The main question is whether Clare mont and his aides can hold the rank and file together in the face of the formidable showing Alfonso's seasoned troops are sure to make. The gener- al opinion here Is that they will suo- ceed. The rebel band consists mainly of Catalonians, the best fighters in all Spain, and most of them have al- ready seen service in the Kings army
 The prospective invasion is to follow . formal demand from the exiles themselves fer a general amnesty for last summers outbreak. Knowing that the exiles are made up of irre- concilables, the government refused. Claremont thereupon gave notice that unless the government yielded by July go he would resort to force.
 The general strike at Barcelona was decided upon for the express purpose of aiding the movement by giving the government trouble to look after at home the same time the invasion be- gins on the border. The energy with which the cfty's population generally conducts a strike leaves no doubt that it will be an exceedingly dangerous affair. Large quantities of arms, in- cluding bombs, have been concealed in the city in readiness for action. Gen. eral Weyler, the captain-general at Barcelona, declares he doesn't-believe the exiles will dare cross the frontier or that the strikers will resort to vfo- lence, but the sending of 10000 troops and 2,000 gendarmes to Barcelona, to- gether with the extent and complete ness of the military precautions he has taken, suggest that he speaks far more optimistically than he feels.