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Starvation and Rebellion in Spain

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Pacific Press Publishing Company · OAKLAND, CALIFORNIA · May 13, 1897

FromSigns of the Times, Vol. 23, No. 19.

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Starvation and Rebellion in Spain

The excessive taxes upon the peasants of Spain in consequence of the Cuban war, following droughts which have made crops a failure, are driving the inhabitants of the southern provinces to desperation. It is reported that hundreds have died of actual starvation, and that the situation in many sections is bordering on rebellion. Bands of brigands are scouring the country, pillaging farms, burning buildings, and looting shops, and yet the government can not spare soldiers to suppress these ravages, or money to succor the starving.