THE TROUBLE IN SPAIN.

Grey River Argus, 22 September 1911, Page 5

THE TROUBLE IN SPAIN.

RIOTING AND STREET FIGHTING

(By Electric Telegraph— Copyright

(Per Press Association. 1 )

MADRID, Sept. 20.

A imob lat Bilboa attacked the troops escorting the arrested leaders.. The' troops fired .injuring many. Two were sabred amd thirteen of the ringleaders -arrested 1 . Canalejas asserts .that the suspension of the constitutional guarantees is n-ecess.a.rj'- owing to the anarchial revolut.ionia.ry character of the strike. All implicated were not arrested be- 1 oauso thc(y fled to Frsmce and Algeria. The Government possessed knowlodge of thei pilot to -assassinate Gen-, eral Weyler. All mectmers have been prohibited -and: the incitcrs rigorously punished. The revolutionists for ths itiimc practically held Alcira. The Town Hall and 1 two ibui'l dings w^rel 'burnt, the bridge ifl^mn up a.nd .the railway cut. The tiroops restored order. An active strike campaign is pro--Sxessing ion the Andalusian collieries. A goods train was derailed at Savillc. The labour unions «at Valencia . protest against itihe anarchist actioni and declare they struck. in sympathy with the Bilboa imen and without revolutionary intent. They arc willing to resume.