Salt Lake Tribune | 1917-03-31 | Page 4 | Spanish Workmen Foiled at Outset

SPANISH Hffi FOILED IT OUTSET Strike Was Intended as the Beginning of Revolutionary Revolution-ary Movement. WASHINGTON, March 30. A revolutionary revolu-tionary movement, which resulted in the calling of a general strike, was directly responsible for the suspension yesterday bv Spain of constitutional guarantees, according to an official dispatch received today bv Ambassador Riano from Madrid. The government, having arrested the signers of the strike manifesto, is said in the dispatch now to be relying upon the "common sense" of workmen and the effectiveness of the measures taken to preserve public order. The country was quiet at the time the dispatch was sent. The text follows: "A manifesto having been published by the representatives of the workmen's union proclaiming a general strike with-'out with-'out fixing a date and clearly with revolutions revo-lutions rv purpose and with the Idea of disturbing public order, which was very ; marked last night at a public meeting. 1 I the government has suspended constitu- , I tional guarantees, after having arrested bv judicial order the signers of the manifesto. mani-festo. Absolute tranquillity reigns over Spain and the government trusts to the common sense of the workmen and in the effectiveness of the measures adopted to preserve public order." MADRID, via Paris, March SO, 2:25 p. m. Tiie Spanish government has established estab-lished a censorship to avoid the dissemination dissemina-tion of alarmist news. Absolute quiet reigns in all provinces.