The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1912-01-15
SPAIN'S premier,
At OUTS WITH
KING, RESIGNS
Radicals Raise False Issue and
J. Inhame Populace to
Danger Heat
Communication of Death Sentence
Quiets Malcontents, but Spain
!. S. Needs a Streng Hand
Alfonso Begs CauaIeias to Re-
sumo Post and Take Up the
# S: Moroccan Negotiations

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= The cabinet resigned as the result of
a. divergence of views with King Al
sfonso. as TO the advisability of commut
e: ing the death sentertce of one of the
rioters VINO murdered a Judge and
. wounded. several court officers in the
town of 6ullera, province of Valencia,
last september
.: The. general strike at that time in
Valencia and other provinces involved
e plot to assassinate General Weyler.
=. and the king was compelled to suspend
the. constitutional guarantees The
=. trial. of the strikers concerned in the
acullera murder has engrossed public
attention to the exclusion of all else
for some time. thanks to the ski1lful
campaign Of the radicals. who seized
g Upon. the affair as, weapon to attack
the government in the same way that
they utilized thee refusal to reprieve
Francisco. FArrer, director of the mod
=. efn' school. who was executed in 1909.
To-. bring about the downfall of the
. NauFa cabinet.
Radicals Raised False Issue
:: :. !: ..flealizing- that it was a sordid crime
and that the accused men were i'm
possible: objects of sympathy. the radi-
calls raised a. false issue. accusing the
. governnient of all sorts of. tortures and
:-cruelfies toward the prisoners. The
"a citation spread with great rapidity
! md. caused grave coucern TO Premier
;:anaiejas.
The rioters were tried first before
nj litaTy court Fast month and six of
them were sentenced to death. The
: case then went to the supreme council
: Of war and marine for revision, and
:: tile Council condemned all seven pris-
:oners to death.
=. Petitions in favor of reprieve have
8. flowed in :ever since the first trial and
it was evident that the nation strong
$ " desired that fhe men should not
suffer the death penalty
Premier Canalejas advised the king
to exercise his prerogative in the case
of six Of the prisoners. but held that
the seventh. Chato chuqueta. should
o. be made an. example of, in the interests
q. Of law and order.
King Waivers, Canaieias Firm
j.. !. The agitation by this time had
!: reached formidable proportions, the
=. Ra rceIona radicals issuing decree call
=. Ing for. a general strike if Chuqueta
: :1.as executed on Monday. the date fixed
FOR his death. The premier. in his own
= words. then realized that the exclusion
j.. ..of. GhuqAeta from reprieve was a po-
:. fiucar blunder. and learning that the
:, king was of the same opinion. he went
with nis colleague to the palace, where
.tle. king declared that he favored a re-
psieve for Chuqueta.
CanaIejas said he deferred to his
.majesty's Judgment and would pre-
pare decree to that effect without de-
*'.lay. but considering as he did that the.
ministry had made mistake it was his
duty to hand IN his resignation. King
IA Fonso urged him to reconsider his de-
:: tes'mi iJatioh, but lie remained firm.
sof the Eranco-Spanish negotiations on
Morocco is of exceptional gravity and
/. the king has lost no time in consulting
I. with leading statesmen. He conferred
:; in. turn. with General Montero Rios.
president of the cortes; former Premier
Mofel y Prendergast and former Pre-
.mier Maurs. each Of whom agreed that
L. she 4
5; Llfey urged the king to try to prevail
upon Senor Canalejas to return.
. The reprieve of. Chuqueta has had
an. excellent effect throughout the
.. country. which yesterday was aroused
when it was learned that the king and
his ministry had failed to reach an
agreement on that question.
9The king received Senior Canalejas
tonight and again asked him to resume
sthe premiership, assuring him Of con-
tinued confidence. Senior CanaleJas
asked for time to reflect, promising to
give his reply tomorrow.
on leaving the palace, Senior Canal
0ejas declared that IL he decided to ac-
cept the Office he would retain the
same ministers.
Jose canaIejas Mendez, leader OF
the monarchial democrats, and former
president OF the chamber of deputies,
became "a premier in February, 1910.
AS far back as 1900 Senor Canalejas
was preaching anti-clericalism. and
with his advent as premier he an
nounced that while the negotiations
begun by his predecessors with the
Vatican would continue, his program,
which called for abridgements of the
Influences of the Catholic church
and the beginning of a broad system of
public@aducation, would be proceeded
with. regardless of the wishes of Rome.