CRISIS IN SPAIN.

Taranaki Daily News, Volume LII, Issue 162, 3 August 1909, Page 2

CRISIS IN SPAIN.

THE BARCELONA REVOLUTIONARIES. MEADE THE REMAINS OF THE VICTIMS. POLICE STABBED l.'.Y WORKMEN. By Cable.—Press Association—Copyright Madrid, .»,. 6 cuji; l. The 'lVlogi-iiph's correspondent states that 10,000 revolutionaries at Barcelona

on Wednesday paraded the charred vemains of their victims, 'iiii'y placed thn bodies, legs and heads on long pales, and with vivas and whistling the Marsaillaise passed under the nose 01 the military commander, who was at the head of the troops. Nobody dared to lire at the revolutionists.

Tile mounted police at Barcelona charged a barricade. The horses were caught in wire entanglements, and tne men were nearly all thrown and stabbed on the ground by workmen.

The crowd hooted the police and the civil guard, but gave cigars and refreshments to the soldiers. Tlie latter frequently fired in tlic air. CRISIS IN SPAIN. .FIGHTING AT BARCELONA. REVOLUTIONARIES SURRENDER. THE REVOLT SPREADING. CHURCHES AND CONVENTS BURNED. NUNS VIOLATED AND MURDERED. Received August 2, 9.50 p.m. London, August 2. The Telegraph states that General Santiago, with three regiments of cavalry and four' regiments of infantry, gave battle to the revolutionists at Barcelona.

The latter fought with great courage and kept up a terrible fusilad e from balconies, windows and barricades. 1 They compelled the women to throw themselves in the soldiers' line of fire in order, to give time to prepare further resistance.

Finally the artillery compelled the surrender of the revolutionaries.

Tlie revolt then spread to the industrial towns along the coast and the) mountain districts.

Many towns in the province of Catalonia proclaimed themselves small republics. Thirty-eight church and convents were burnt.

Revolutionists sometimes violated and murdered the nuns and young pupils. Many of the nuns were forced to flee in night and male attire.

BARCELONA ISOLATED. REBELS HOLD THE SURROUNDING COUNTRY. 40 REVOLUTIONISTS SHOT WITHOUT TRIAL. Received August 2, 10.20 p.m. Madrid, August 2. Barcelona is still isolated by land and sea. The surrounding district is in the hands of the rebels, who intercept communication by roads and railways.

Barcelona is suffering from hunge ■. Exorbitant prices are ruling for foo.l. Forty revolutionists were shot without, trial on the Mont Juicli fortifications at Barcelona, including Iglesias, manager of the newspaper Progress, belonging to Leronx, a republican leader. The Times' Melilla correspondent states there has been no fighting since the 27th. when 30 officers and 500 nr>n were killed.

Semi-official telegrams from Madrid state that manv of the troops recent l ." ttetnrnled morelv absented) therase|v)BS during the battle.