The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1912-11-12

Madrid, Spain,. Nov. 12.-Jose Ca nalejas. premier of Spain, was assas- sinated here, today.
 Manuel Pardinas Zarrate, the as- sassin, shot him twice behind the right ear, then committed suicide. It is said he was an anarchist. The premier was instantly killed.
 , The shooting occurred in front of the office of the ministry of the in- terior, fronting on the Puerto Del Sol, or Gate of the Sun, g big square in the center of Madrid, the busiest street in the city.
 Stepping up behind and slightly to the right of his victim, the assassin pointed a pistol point-blank at the prenier's head and discharged it twice in rapid succession. Then he shot himself before the police had time to seize him
 The big square at one side of which the premier was killed was packed at the time of the shooting
 Mad confusion followed the crack of the pistol. Policemen came run ming from every direction, drawing their revo1vers or cutlasses. Dozens of civil guards, kind of military po- lice poured out of the ministry of the interior. fixing their bayonets sor slipping cartridges into their rifles as they came.
 senor canalejas had just left his Fcarriage when he was killed. He was crossing the street walk toward the entrance to the ministry of the in terior. where he was to have attended a cabinet meeting. He had always been careless Concerning his personal safety and was attended by no body guard, though policemen and civiles were numerous in the vicinity both as guardians of the ministry and to regulate the crowds.
 Zarrate had forced himself into the front ranks of the throng and had no difficulty in getting close to his vic tim before anyone noticed his actions.
 NThe premier did not turn his head, cry out or throw up his hands when shot. but collapsed instantly.
 The assassin was a slight man of 28, a native of Northern Spain and an open enemy of government.
 Among the authorities it was evil dently the impression that a general outbreak was scheduled to follow and an attempt to clear the square was begun imm ediate1y.
 The crowd was so great that this was not an easy matter. The throngs stampeded for the street leading from the Puerto. Other throngs rushed forward to learn what was the mat ter. Trolley cars changed furfously for the right of way through the crowd Scores of mules, passing through the city, tied together in teams of five or six, took fright Stores lining the square emptied their crowds into the streets. h
 many minutes before the police and civiIes, reinforced by detachment of cavalry, succeeded in scattering the crowd and restoring at least tenn porary order.
 The fallen premier's body was car ried hurriedly into the ministry of the interior and a doctor had arrived within a few moments. The premier had died, however, instantly.
 Many arrests were made following we'll known anarchist in Madrid as we'll as many republicans had been locked up within two or three hours The police were anxious to guard against a possible attempt at gem eraI uprising by incarceration of its leaders.
 CAREER OF PREMIER.
 Jose CanaIejas, a liberal, was ap- pointed premier in February, 1910. succeeding Antonio Maura, con servative. after g merely nominal in gap Moret cabinet. The latter part of Maura's administration had been marred by violent upr1s1ngs all over Spain and especially in Barcelona, in protest against the drafting of Span ish troops for the war in Morocco.
 These disorders were put down minating in the execution of Fran cisco Ferrer. the educator and leader. This drove Maufa from Off1ce-
 Compared with Maura, Canalejas was regarded as a man of very ad- vanced views. He had once been a but had grown somewhat more conservative in later life and it was this which had antagonized the i moral radical element of Spaniards 1 who regarded him as deserter from | their standard.
 In the main, however, his term of ] office was a comparatively quiet one | until few months ago, when bitter discomfort began to develop among | both politicians and people.
 The politicians. noticing that the | revolutionary element was beginning | to recover from the punishment in | flicted under the Maura regime and ] holding that Canalejas was not keep l ing it under control with sufficient | rigor demanded his resignation. The | masses declaring that the former re- l publican was repeatedly turning into | an ultra-conservative denounced him | as a despot.
 Then followed the railroad strikes | most of Spain. They were | settled but the men soon so they said, that the con- i sessions which the government had | in duced the employers to promise