Post in Foreign Office in Place of Sir J, Pratt London, Dec. 22.
Sir John Brenan, British Consul General in Shanghai, has been promoted toa position in the Foreign "One of the men to be shot was 8 tram conductor, During a recent strike, he had refused to leave his ast of duly and had gone out with the few. trams that were working, When the revolution broke out, in Barcelona, he was one of the frst to bbe shot. "It was. an act, of revenge by some of the strikers."
Acts of Terrorism will leave Shanghai next March and later in the year will take up the post in the Foreign Omice now held by Sir John Pratt, former" Acting Consul-Generat Sir John Brenan will be succeeded Shanghai by Mr, Herbert Phillips, 'Most of the acts of terrorism, she said, were committed by the Anne crisis.. Shortly before the trouble tarted, Siqmor Companys, president the' Catatonia "Generatidad, apparently nervous about the loyalty of the men ander his command, issued arms freely to the amarehists. When the outbreak occurred, soldiers stax toned in and around Barcelona join-the revolutionists and barricaded themselves in prisons, " casernes, churches. and other strongholds. The police and the Civil Guard remained firm, however, and the task of driving. the rebels out bogan, Although the soldiers were the better comed, said Mrs, Jover, they were powerless against the overwhelming hordes of anarchists, police and Civil Guards-mon, and Were slowly but surely slaughtered. Those who took ad-Vantage of the offer to throw down their trins and live were soon dis-Mlusioned;. all were killed.
Barcelona is still a Government strong-hold, she went on, and. the anarchists have now turned. their hands to pillaging the wealthy; any resistance "means" death, and" Come anys is powerless to do anything. Churches were looted and wrecked, ud it was no. uncommon sight 10 joe children playing with altar cloths the street.
With the complete dispersal of any form of rebel resistance, Barcelona November had begun to assume A'somewhat more normal aspect, she Said. The shortage of food and supplies, however, was growing worst many of the people had not tasted meat for weeks, and were forced to stand in queues for hours in order to get a small quantity of potatoes, To walk abroad atter 9 p.m. was very dangerous, anyone foolhardy enough to do so risking death at the hands. of a nervous sentry or of a roving band of anarchists.
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