Newark post. (Newark, Del.) 1910-1969, 1917-09-26
Exciting Times
In Spain
An Intimate Glimpse from =
Letter Written To ReLa-
tive In Newark

Sarrta Barcelona, Spain The let
ter was written August 23-6. and
gives Miss Wsbb's personal ex-
perterce during the recent strike
in Spain. She says n part:
You WI have read many things
about Spain IN the papers lately
and 7 suspect many Of them are
correct We cannot make out just
what mas Mapped, and think that
pretty nearly everybody-dtg and
l-ttle-is in the same QUand4ry.
Ttsre i trouble plotting among
the Republicans, and there : ais
quite 1 different party. the auto
rCCists,' wn0 are determined 10
get what they want, even Il civil
war should be the outco-=-but .
As far as I Gan ind out neither Of
these parties started IEe recent
disturbances. Nor was L l labor
trouble, for the strikers really did
not want the strike, and are hon
esCLy puzzled 70 know why they
have been pushed into it. think
from what : nave read ii the
papers, and from what several
gentlemen have told ns-t1at Il
was probably the ACarc L SIS
perhaps stirred ~ BY fore g-ers
whether Germans OF others can
not be 2scerI2tr=G- Whatever WIS
the cause, the uprising was / pre-
mature one, and < now about
queIls6. En- convinced. however.
that there i being prepared I
really Formidable affair that nay
break cut IN the Autumn or. now
that this trouble b2s made The
Government open us eyes and De
more wa1cbt-L- il nay be postponed
Irte61gFsly-t-C sooner o. later u
IS bound to come, The only hope
and salvation for the Government
IS that the TWO sCrUc gesc pa-Clas-
the RspCb leans and the A-5cro-
rrlsts are 50 ar ,9Egerhs4ts that
they ight =ae1 other more than
the Government. The difference
i that the first wants I United
Republic Ike France, with one
Pres .6aCr, and the AUTO c0Cr-sts
want L Federal Government Ike
the United States, each Region ike
Catalina. the Basque Provinces.
AntatGsla. stc-. to be Ike CUR own
States, each with r7s own Gov
ernCr. Al I Gan say i. We shall
see what We shall see 7 Do not
know now whether this treatise On
Spain politics interests you but i
IS Of such vital interest 20 u here
Just now, that L s the chief topic
Of cur conversation
The Strike-cr rather &71s-r1
AZ I revolution. was really i ser
teUs one In Carproc6r when We
saw that trouble was imminent I
tried 10 send / telegram 70 D9Ea
Bectgra here. "a ask if it was safe
for - TO come. but was told that
We could not Use the wLreS-sG We
determined TO come anyway. DCEa
Be1igra herself fearing for IL,
tslsgraphsd from Barcelona not to
come. but. Of course. We did not
receive the tslegran--ant boldly
started cut. The first twenty
miles We went IN aCE1-sc all went
well and when We reached the
station. We were told We could 20
but It was not until La1er-wter
we were in the car and ready To
start that We realized that the
train was being run by soldiers
And during the whole fifty Cr SIX
" miles Of our trip soldiers were
stationed on both sides Of the
track ! CUarTer Of ! mile, or less,
apart. and II the stations there
were whole companies Of them IS
We neareG Barcelona We went very
slowly. and could see that there
was serious trouble. Soldiers stood
with guns pointed towards the
roofs Of the houses Cannon were
in the church towers, and every
person was searched by the guards
for weapons. However We rG3ct-
ed the station al r.gh--arG found
our man Claudio awaiting us-but
with the news that there were NJ
coaches. QECubussss nor street
cars, The big Terminus was one
great barracks There was moth
ing 10 be done but leave our bag
gage and walk. Now the NQrrt
Station IS az one extreme 81 thIs
city Of magnificent distances, arC
the CQLegio International AZ tht
other. and we had reached Barre
Iona 1t seven in the evening -anl
the distance IS fully five miles ant
moreI We tried 10 Laugh-ant
must say the ladies' were gcc'