SPANISH CRISIS.

Dominion, Volume 2, Issue 574, 31 July 1909, Page 5

SPANISH CRISIS.

STREET-FIGHTING. THIRTY DEATHS AND MANY WOUNDED MOROCCAN DISASTER. A THOUSAND SPANIARDS KILLED IN ONE DAY. (By Telegraph.—Press Association.—Copyright.) 1 ■ (Rec. July 30, 9.35 p.m.) • Morocco, July 30. Tuesday's battle extended. almost to ( the walls of Melilla. • 1 Tho Spaniards killed numbered 1000, and 1500 to 2000 were wourtded. All soldiers In Spain who havo not ; been discharged are ordered for active ■ ..service. ■ . Tho garrisons at Burgos, Logrono ani Vittoria, who are confined to their barracks, are held in readiness to start for Morocco; TROOPS REFUSE TO FIRE. : | SERIOUS. POSITION IN EAST SPAIN. ' ' r' Madrid, July 29, " . . :A. fierce fight', .lasting an hour, occurred batween .-rioters land the Civil Guards . ,at' Barcelona. Many wore wounded on 'both sides.... . ' C!.- ;/■' V': ~Troops'.in^anothter.part,of:'.the citjr refused to firo on. rioters who were engaged in an : encounter J'withj-'the.";, police, : ';in;..the.'"course-, of whioh.oleven porsons were' killed and tnty wounded. i

Artillery Aclvooated. Later, in,another quarter) the troops fired against barricades ■in the streets. •' :Th6 authorities fire .urging, the use artillery. !•, King Alfonso's proclamation .urges" peace-, able citizens to remain indoors : and avbid, tho. risk of being accidentally shot-. •

.' iB 7 at a'standstill, and the city o! Barcelona ,is' : .in,'i3ai;kn'eßS.' : ' ; '' ;'y ' All .Catalonia; • (tho north-east corner .of Spam) : is inf a. ;6tato of' 'instacction. ••f-Ntii morous railway bridges have been: destroyed. Troops - have ■ been sent to restore order; \

: The "authorities' claim , to . have restored order m Barcelona by-'tho vigorous us<v of armfcV'iV ■' . ;>,Tho : ,Minister;for the. Interior (Sonor. do la Cierva)Vhas'ordered' the Governors, to .act .pity. ■'iu. 7'■. >

Disturbanco Spreading Westward. : ■ Serious. -troiiblo; is ' repoiiciLVih : tlie 'town and'; -province ';-oi 'lyiiig;'westward and. inland of Catalonia. ■. : ■ .. • /';Strike, inots have occurred,;, at vßeusy and Aljipy,'' inanufact'uring' .towns -'in the .east: of Spain, and other places. ■. . . ; ...Theniovements v ; of•; troops , are ~; delayed through the. cutting'.of ! tho' railv,-ays. Throe warships have beenordered' to' Baicelona 1 ,

.'AVrigoirotfs.'M :in; Spain.All; war; iiiivVs... is ; pro. hibited. : :f.v-?. i- v "i• '<

Vl" -TTTtiTfi 'H' ; . : ' TROUB'.t: FN tfjE CAPITAL. • <y«Wif ' '• a/mta*.. Vf >( i < "\ "DOWN WITH THE WAR." 'DEMONSTRATION .OUTSIDE IvINGf'S PALACE. (R-ec July 30, 935 p m.) , Madrid, July 30. A great anti-war demonstration, was held in front: of -the.lßqyalvPalace at Madrid;'. lVhere. King Alfonso is staying. .; . Civilians and soldiers. combined in shout.mg "Down with tho w.-u." ■ ;.■■■ : .Attacks on the Government forces at' Bar- - celona continue., '••' Thirty . were ■ killed at tho barricades yesterday. ,1 ;', ''• .o; :Eiv© convehts and several houses have been' trained; and more bridges; have been : destroyed by, dynamite.

A TOUGH TASK IN MOROCCO/ INFERIOR ORGANISATION: : IGNORANT OFFICERS. Paris, July 29 The/"Eoh'o de.'-Paris I ,';.states that ish position-at Melilla, is critical - ';, The Spanish soldiery arc ■ courageoiis,. biit officers adopt obsolete tactics," and are unaware .of .the first principles of African warfare... ' .. f' f J i : ,The. commissariat, surgical, topographical and ambulance departments are all'very mferior'.;/'.'y.^ REPRESSIVE LAWS. -"'" .Vf j;-.;.- fff THE UNPOPULARITY. OF THE ARMY IN CAT4.LONIA The.unpopularity\of tho.army, in Catalonia w^as, increased by the '.Xaw... of.; Jurisdictions" passed:.in..l9o6.' Last year, the deputies' from ; Catalonia a : demand for itsf iipeal, and -the. Maura .government refused,' ' wnich refusalfled to the Catalan deputies withdrawing from the Cortes. Ih the earlV part of 1908 prospects of :the Maura Ministry, appeared to be vory bright in ,faco of the divided condition: of':the" dynastic Liberals and the : Re-, publicans who constituted the Opposition. 'But tho Terrorist Rill and the non-repeal' of the Law of Jurisdictions, are held to have woilkened : the position .of th 6 government : couaider■ably. '■■■. . Tho Terrorist Bill was meant to strongthen itho /handsof ' .the v Government in ' dealing with 'crimes committed. .with: / explosives, One ■ clauso of tho - Bill .enabled tho Government to . proclaim any district for as. long as it should think fit. by Order-in-Councii, and to suspend tho ordinary 'process ; of the law. • An agitation against;this ,feature of • the • Bill nt once sprang up, in which Liberals and ' Republicans, .made common' cause. Business in the Cortes was blocked, and dfiinonstra-ions against'- the, Bill;■ took. place. Ultimately the Bill was shelved by being referred to ii C'jriimittee.- f • v: f ; ; '\ f:-'-

Then the' Catalans demanded the repeal of the lipw Of Jurisdictions passed in 1906 to present attacks on': the:'ariny, .'and'• subjecting'• all such cases ..to" trial by a military . tribunal.* Tho Premier; declined, and the* Catalan Deputies thereupon/ withdrew from the : Cortes. The Catalan Assembly passed a-. vote ; of'c-ou-fidenco in their Deputies, but decided that they : should; return to the- Cortes' to insist on tho repeal of tho Law of Jurisdictions wid the satisfaction -of . demand for.- autonomy.:.'- ... : Describing-.tbeVoiroumstances ,in which the Law of Jurisdictions was passed, , a Madrid correspondent' remarks"lt 'will', always bo 'doubtful "whetSor;.a;'(Catalan :jury would take a severe'view of ■ : invective, directed' by .a countryman /against military .officers, who for the most part are not Catalans.; The army .. '. - . in 1905 was very angry, and it' could point to the Socialist and Anarchist, outrages which .had taken, . and wore. taking, place in Barcelona.. Public sympathy was largely with it. A Catalan Deputy had the temerity to declare in the Cortes-that the officers at Barcelona had' been guilty, of riotous . assembly and forcible entry in breaking , into . a newspaper office and assaulting'the editor. Ha received fifty challenges next morning, and it is understood ; that lie was compelled to apologise to the King. The Liberal Ministry of tile day was compelled -.to pass tho Law of Jurisdictions, vwhich subjected nil'persons guilty' of insult, to the army to trial by a military triutlnal. Tho solution was satisfactory ta the array officers.. , . . Spanish men may, and do, declare that it- is a calumny to speak of tha law as 'an inipoaition', of the toldierg." J,