THE "BLACK HAND" IN SPAIN.

Inangahua Times, Volume VIII, Issue 1276, 25 May 1883, Page 2

THE "BLACK HAND" IN SPAIN.

The origin of the " Black Hand" ill Spain the latest addition to tihd fcnar*chial organisations which afflict the. Continent, is ascribed to the discontent engendered among the peasantry of Andalusia by the groat privations to which they have been subjected in consequence of a succession of serious droughts and the rapid decline of the wine trade. Thousands of people have thus been reduced to ther verge of starvation, and while ift this condition, it is said, have been mcite&to form themselves into a conspiracy against the upper classea '^T^'maice matters worse," says the fljrf^pbfltNat of the ' Daily Telegraph,^ the poUce are described as remaining klmost passive— so great is the dread inspired by the poignards of the oonßpH»tors. As far back as the 13th of Maylaetj a. monster meeting of about 1000 Wera'i bers of the ' Black ' Hand * was held at Arcos, but not the slightest notice wag taken by the authorities. Thfe'societyhad then been only a few months in existence, but since that date thousands have rallied to it." It ia the old, old story. The " BJack Hand,'* like aft other abnormal growth^ ' bf TB&if|i|i spring only from sdil -'• jife^root^BjJ* poverty and sliflferihg. ; TW^* 1 * '^..0