Introduction, James Michael Yeoman
Translator’s Note, Slava Faybysh
CHAPTER 1
Causes and background. The Moroccan mines — War in the Rif — Embarkation of the reservists — Upheaval and protests — Government repression — Disturbances and prisons in Madrid and Barcelona. Declaration of a general strike
CHAPTER 2
The popular protest is generalized — Bloody clashes and resistance — Barcelona under martial law — Revolutionaries at the barricades — Convents, friaries and churches set ablaze — Constitutional rights suspended all over Spain — Military reinforcements arrive. Last efforts of the rebels — Bloody epilogue — Injuries and deaths
CHAPTER 3
Heinous acts of capital’s powerful and the false messengers of god — Manifesto of the regionalist deputies and senators — Message of the committee of social defense — Document of the prelate of this diocese — Agreements of the diocesan board — Endorsement of the parish churches of Barcelona — Declaration of Pope Pius X. The extremely timely reply
CHAPTER 4
Government brutality. Anomalies of the military courts. — Lack of internal struggle — There was no compassion, purity — Drumhead courts-martial begin — Life imprisonment — Sentenced to death — First firing squads — Ramon Clemente García — An astounding case
CHAPTER 5
The boy from the coal store — The facts of the case — Neighbors from carrer del carme and d’en roig — To the castle — The firing squad — Madrid’s El País — Protest movement in some capitals — A tense session in Madrid City Hall — An alternative examination of the case
CHAPTER 6
Clean up Barcelona! — Schools — Deported to Cantavieja, Alcañiz, Siétamo, and other points — Deported to Almudévar, Ayerbe, and Huesca. More exiles and school closures in other points in Spain — The predominance of the church
CHAPTER 7
There was no leader — Sacristan Ugarte, supreme court prosecutor — Summons and arrest warrant issued for Ferrer — The arrest — Letters from Ferrer and Soledad Villafranca — Police circulars — The famous Lerroux letter — The defense witnesses are not heard
CHAPTER 8
Ferrer before the military tribunal — The magistrate reads his report — The prosecutor speaks — The defense — Ferrer’s final statement — The sentence — The captain general approves the decision — Dictates of the universal consciousness
CHAPTER 9
Worldwide solidarity — France — Naquet answering the Marquis de Castellane — The automobile procession — England — The national council of the ILP — Italy — Belgium — Germany — Holland — Switzerland — Portugal — The Americas
CHAPTER 10
From prison to the castle — Ferrer in the chapel — Ferrer’s testament — To the moat — Execution — Long live the Modern School!
CHAPTER 11
Serious disturbances in front of Spanish embassies and consulates — Paris under martial law — The mayor of Rome — A wave of indignation erupts all over Europe and the Americas — Spain
CHAPTER 12
Withdrawal of Sr. Maura’s government — Replaced by Moret — Costa destroying Maura — Crime of the advanced political parties
CHAPTER 13
The reaction survives Maura — Imprisonment — Military tribunals continue — Path to prison — Amnesty is granted
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