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Show orfilli iHutD MADRID, Sept. 19. Spain is face to face with a crisis equal in gravity to that following the -f -- riots In Barcelona in 1909. The agitation and tho power of the agitators on the masses hae Increased In proportion to 4- the rigor of the repressive measures- undertaken by the government, 4- -T 4--V What at Its origin was purely a labor la-bor movement has developed into :i revolutionary conflict, a comrauno having been actuallv proclaimed at two towns near Valencia, and the authorities driven out, Tho affiliated trades unions have decided to call a general strike tomorrow to-morrow in all Spain, and tho government govern-ment today decided upon the drastic step of "suspending the constitutional guarantees" throughout the country. All meetings have been forbidden. The military authorities, it is stated officially, will not assume control except ex-cept In extra extreme cases Step3 Were Necessary. "The grave measure we havo taken Is absolutely Imperative, not only for the defense" of public institutions, but for society itself," said Premier Can-alejas Can-alejas today "The suspension of the constitutional guarantees has been decided de-cided upon by the government In tho presence of a movement unmistakably revolutionary and anarchistic In character char-acter a movement, It may be assum. od, directed against all social order" The authorities assert that the union un-ion of labor, which proclaimed a general gen-eral strike, represents only a limited number of workers Late dispatches from Barcelona and Saragossa say that all Ib quiet in those cities. ' Mob Wrecks Buildings. Late news from Valencia says tho agitation in that city was renewed tonight to-night A mob threw up a barricade and derailed a tramcar, while another mob tried to storm a convent. In the street a workman was killed and several sev-eral were wounded. It is reported that tho residents of Alcocer, before tho troops arrived, burned the public building, dynamited a bridge and cut the railroad All policemen In Mad-rld Mad-rld have been armed with carbines Promler Cnnalcjas was ordered to the palace late today to report the conditions to King Alfonso. He toM the4 newspapermen that the situation was generally better, oxcopt in Valencia. Valen-cia. Unions Oppose Anarchists' Action. VALENCIA. Spain, Sept. 19. The inhabitants of Alcocer and Carcagente revolted today, drove out tho authorities, author-ities, and proclaimed a commune. A strong body of It oops was dispatched from here and occupied the towns as well as Cullera, where yesterdaj n judge engaged In the trial of rioters was killed and several of his court officers wounded. Valencia was comparatively quiet today, but a band of 3,000, many of them armed, are roaming the country. coun-try. The presidents of several unions haye protested against the action of the anarchists, declaring that they went on strike only in sympathy with their colleagues In Bilbao and had no revolutionary intentions. |