Salt Lake Telegram | 1919-03-25 | Page 1 | Martial Law in Spain

0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 I MARTIAL LAW IN N SPAIN I A N COMPELS A TI N I i 1 Strike in Barcelona and andl I I Threatening Conditions I Condi-I Condi- Condi Elsewhere Cause Grief ff tot A 1 MADRID n i ADRID March 25 A genI gen gen- I eral strike ha has broken out outi i at Barcelona B Premier Romanones Roman Roman- ones who had intended to resign has declared that he considers it his duty to remain In office Martial law was proclaimed at I 6 o'clock Monday morning It is understoOd understood under under- stoOd that constitutional guarantees may be suspended forthwith throughout through through- out Spain The Note or the Spanish government Monday l was was' the second secondI time It had proclaimed martial law In I Madrid this month The political and andI I 1 economic situation throughout Spain has been unsettled for many months I Recently there thero has been blen much agitation agitation tion io in Barcelona for autonomy for Catalonia The situation has been complicated by strikes In Barcelona I Madrid arid and other cities which have I sometimes led to bloodshed