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Show MESlJjllPE OLD-WORLD COUNTRIES ARE DISTURBED BY FOOD RIOTS, STRIKES AND WAR SCARES. Situation Seems to be Most Critical In Spain, Where the War Waged by the Government In Morocco la Causing Dissatisfaction. I.ondon. News gathered from all parts of the old world, tell of socialist uprising, food riots, general strikes, wars or preparations for war. In every Important country In Europe, with the minor exceptions of Holland. Sweden and Switzerland, A careful analysis of the situation In each of the countries which are now taking part In a general movement of unrest such aa Europe has not before experienced experi-enced In the present generation, reveals re-veals the fart that In every case Socialist So-cialist agitation or a revolt against the fast Increuslng cost of living la at the bottom of the disturbance. Everywhere there In evidence that workliigmen are becoming convinced that they are not getting their full share of the wealth which they produce, pro-duce, and for the first time they aro applying the principle of a general strike which has so long been preached preach-ed by Socialist agitators. The most critical condition at the prenent moment exists In Spain. Despite De-spite the temporarily soothing reports re-ports that Bre being sent out over censored wires there la every evidence evi-dence that the revolutionaries have strong hopes of ovetrhrowlng the monarchy. While the Spanish upris ing has been fostered for months by Socialists and revolutionists, they would not have achieved their present pres-ent success had It not been for the general dissatisfaction due to the war upon which the government has embarked In Morocco. Censored news from L!bon Intimates Inti-mates that a battle has been fought between Portuguese royalists who had gathered on Spanish soil, and endeavored en-deavored to cross the border and attack at-tack Portuguese government troopt. Apparently the royalists were driven bark. Taking the other counties of Tu-rope Tu-rope In turn we find France sup-1 sup-1 pressing food riots by the use of her military and Austria and Hungary similarly stirred by the riotous spirit of unrest which has been put down for the time being by stern measures. |