The Detroit times., 1912-11-12
ASSASSIN KILLS SPANISH
PREMIER AND HIMSELF
(coptlnsed from PAGE one)

of the Puertof Other throngs riIsnsd
forward to learn what was the mat;
ter. Trolley cars changed fnIious.y
for the right OF way through the
crowd. $3.50
The pandenonium continued cor
many minutes before the police and
.civiles, reinforced by a detachment
OF cavalry, succeeded I'm i scattering
the crowd and restoring at least tenn
porary order.
The fallen premiers body was car
ried -hurriedly into the ministry az
the interior and doctor had arrived
within few moments, The premier
died, however, almost instantly.
Many. arrests were made following
the assassination. Practically evAiy
well-known anarchist In Madrid. as
we'll as many Republicans had b5sn
locked up within Stwo or three nrurs.
The police wSre, anxious botd 10
guard against possible Nattemd at
q general uprising by ihrarcerntlcns OF
If natural leaders and TO apprensnd
persons suspected OF having fnspired
the murder or the premier -
The authorities expressed the opia-
ION that yZarrate was melted to- ais
act by irfanimaeory speeches made ut
O meeting, Sunday, in memory OF
Francisco Forrer, the anarchist, sh II
at Barcelona, Immediately following
the riots there, two or three years
agb, which nearly cuinfnated ia a
revolution throughout the Catalan
Provinces. 'rtt $780, ~
Senior canaleias had just left his
carriage when he was killed and was
crossing the sidewalk toward the en-
trance to the ministry OF the interior,
where he was TO have attended o
cabinet meeting. a
He had always been careless con.
corning his personal safety and Was
attended by no bodyguard. though POI
licemen and ciyiles were numerous In
the, vicinity. Zarrate. forced himself
into the front ranks OF the throng and
had no difficulty in getting .elose' TO
his victim. He acted so quickly that
lt was Impossible to stop him.
The premier did not turn his head,
cry out or throw up his hands when
shot, but collapsed Instantly.
The assassin was a slight. man or
2s, a native Of Northern Spain, and
an open enemy OF government.
Jose Canalejas, Liberal In poiitl
tics, was appointed premier ,of Spain
In February, 1910, succeeding Antonio
Maura, Conservative. ~.
The latter part OF Maura's admins
tration. had. been marked. by violent
uprisings all over Spain and especial
ly in Barcelona, in protest against the
drafting of Spanish troops for the war
in Morocco, ..yf7..
These disturbances, were put down
with dreadful, severity. finally cuIn,i.
mating In the execution OF Francisco
Ferrer, the educator and Anarchist
leader. II was thisI which drove
Maura from ONCE.
Compared. with Maura, CanaleJas
was regarded as a man OF very. ad-
vanced views. He had once been "a
Republican but had grown somewhat
more Conservative in later life. and
II was this which had antagonized the
more radical element OF ySpaniards,
who regarded him as p deserter from:
heir Standard go
In the main, however, his term. or
once was COMPARATIVELY. a quiet one,
until few months ago. when bitter
discomfort began TO develop, hmons
both politicians and people.
The politicians, noticing that the
revolutionary element was beginning
to recover from the punishment IN
fiicted under the Maura regime and
holding that Canalejas was not keep
ing It under control with sufficient
rigor, demanded his resignation The
masses, declaring that the former re-
publican was rapidly turning into an
ultra Conservative denounced him as
despot ~
Then followed the railroad strike )
Throughout most OF Spain. They were
temporarily settled. but the meh soon
discovered. so they said, that the con
cessions with the government had In
duoed the employers to promise them
were not being granted. and TO
newed strike was threatened. /
Canalejas was making political
speeches In the large Spanish cities
at the age OF 10 and at rs. as repre-
sentative OF the district OF Sofia, h,
took his seat In parliament. n,
= During the brief republic which fol
lowed the resignation OF King Amadeo
OF Savoy, he was called 20 the sub
secretaryship of the presidency, J;
post Of Importance which. however
nearly blighted his political career