SPANISH CRISIS.

Manawatu Herald, Volume XXXI, Issue 465, 3 August 1909, Page 3

SPANISH CRISIS.

QUEEN ENA PREPARING TO DEPART. FOUR HUNDRED KILLED IN STREETS. Madrid, July 30. It is officially announced that the cavalry at Barcelona drove the bulk ot the rioters into the main thoroughfares, the artillery inflicting heavy loss. The survivors surrendered. There now remain only a few bands in the neighbouring villages. The casualties in the streets of Barcelona are reported to be: — Killed 4°° Injured noo Nine thousand armed revolutionaries have formed a committee of public safety. The Minister for the Interior (Senor Juan de la Cierva) states that the revolt at Barcelona was the most serious since the_ Paris Commune. The revolutionaries had taken the opportunity provided by the departure of the troops to carry out long prepared plans. The Minister claims that the Government is now master of the situation.

Sanguinary conflicts occurred on Thursday in Barcelona, artille-y fire sweeping the avenues.

Two convents have been burnt at Casa de la Selva, near Barcelona. The townsmen imprisoned the civil guards in the barracks. Harrowing scenes occurred at Malaga, in South Spain, in connection with the departure of troops for Morocco. The quay was littered with wounded soldier. Socialists and Radicals to the number of 119 have been arrested in Madrid, where there is a great ferment.

The Madrid regiments that were intended for Melilla have been ordered to remain in Madrid as long as circumstances require. Yesterday his Majesty walked in the streets of the capital. Queen Ena and the DowagerQueen Christina have gone to Bayonna, on the north-west coast of Spain, whence their departure will depend upon the course of events.

It is stated that they have made preparations for every contingency.

Hundreds of Spanish deserters have entered France. Some intend to embark for America.

There are over 3000 refugees at Hendaye, on the French side of the border, at the western end of the Pyrenees. CARLISTS AT FIGUERAS. The Carlist leaders are assembling at Figueras, a Spanish Catalan town near the French border, at the east end of the PyreneesThey expect that Don Jaime, son and heir of the late Don Carlos will head a revolutionary movement despite his formal renunciation of claims to the throne. Six battalions of chasseurs have embarked at Algeciras for Melilla. General Marina demands an army of seventy-five thousand men. CODUMN CUT UP. The Moors surrounded a convoy and cut the railway early last Tuesday, interrupting communication with the Spanish advance posts.

Details of the recent fight show that General Pinto, with two columns was sent to Gurugu, where he was killed. One column was cut up.

The Spanish are now passive, believing that their position at Gurugu is impregnable. The Ceuta tribesmen are preparing to assist the Moors at Melilla.

Native reports state that the Moors lost a hundred killed on Tuesday, and a proportionate number of wounded.