INSURRECTION IN SPAIN.

Auckland Star, Volume XL, Issue 180, 30 July 1909, Page 5

INSURRECTION IN SPAIN.

ANTI-WAR FEELING. FIERCE STREET FIGHTING. - ««ACT WITHOUT PITT." (By Cable.—Press A»soclatloa.—copjrrlgnt.) (Received 8.50 a.m.) MADRID, July 29, All Catalonia is in a state of insurrection as a result of the anti-war fever. Numerous railway bridges have been, destroyed, and troops have been sent to restore order. A fierce fight, lasting for an hour, occurred between the rioters and the civil guard in Barcelona, many being wounded on both sides. Troops in anothur part of the city refused to fire on the rioters, who were engaged in an encounter with the police, during the course of which eleven were killed and fifty wounded. Later in the day in another quarter the troops fired against barricades in the streets. are urging the use of artillery. King Alfonso's proclamation of martial law over the whole of Spain urges peaceable citizens to remain indoors in order to avoid the risk of being accidentally ] shot. Business in the city of Barcelona is absolutely at a standstill, and at night the ! city is in darkness. The authorities claim that they have restored order in Barcelona by the vigor- j ous use of arms. The Minister for the Interior has ordered the provincial Governors to act without pity. TROUBLE IN ARAGON. SERIOUS STREET RIOTS. (Received 8.20 a.m.) MADRID, July 20. Serious trouble has arisen at Saragossa, in the province of Aragon, and street riots have occurred at Revs, Alcoy, and other places. The troops ordered to repress the riots have been delayed through the cutting of the railways. Three warships nave been ordered to I Barcelona in order to assist in quelling the trouble in the city and in the Catar lonian province. A rigorous newspaper censorship exists in Spain, and all war news is prohibited. CRITICAL POSITION AT MELILLA. BRAVE SOLDIERS BADLY LED. (Received 9.35 a.m.) PARIS, July 20. The "Echo de Paris" states that the position at Meliila is critical. It says that the Spanish soldiery are courageous, but that the officers adopt obsolete tactics, and are unaware of the first principles of African warfare. The commissariat, surgical, topographical and ambulance departments are very inferior. ANOTHER FIERCE ENGAGEMENT. MOORS' ENORMOUS LOSSES. MOROCCO, July 29. The Meliila trouble originated in the murder of four platelayers by the Riff tribesmen, who objected to the construction of a railway by the Spaniards. Severe fighting occurred in the vicinity of Meliila yesterday, and General Pinto and two colonels were killed, but the Moors were repulsed. The combat occurred on the outlying spurs of Mount Gurugu. General Pinto's force held that position all day, despite heavy fire, until troops from "two railway stations revictualled them. The Moors constantly renewed the attacks, notwithstanding the murderous artillery fire directed at them and their enormous losses, the Spanish casualties numbering 200. REVOLUTIONARIES AND THE WAR. MARTIAL LAW IN SPAIN. MADRID, July 29. The revolutionary elements in Spain are using the unpopularity of the campaign for their purposes. King Alfonso has signed a decree establishing martial law throughout Spain.