The Hawaiian gazette. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1865-1918, 1869-06-02
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| MADRID, April 23.-The result of the con
/ ference of the members composing the majority
of the Cortes is, that it has left the member,
more widely divided than before. SerranC
has declared that the choice of Montpensiel
for King, or the declaration of Republic, ii
the only possible alternative. Prim has re
manned silent throughout the proceedings
/ His conduct has given rise to a widespread be
| lief that he would not be unwilling to accept
the Presidency Of the Spanish Republic.
NEW YORK, April 22.-The Herald's London
special says the London papers comment very
freely on the present state Of affairs in Cuba.
The Telegraph, Ministerial organ, of a mo-
derate tone, says that in regard to the indepen-
denee of Cuba, England is unbiased, but, at
the same time, admits that England's interest
can be best subserved by Spain retaining her
authority over the Island. The article does
not say, however, that in any case it shall be
the business of England TO interfere to prevent
Cuban Independence, but it maintains that the
good opinion Of England might prove useful
to avert a quarrel between Spain and America.
1t designates the seizure of the ship Mary
Lowell as a mad act duplicating England
Spain's best friend unless the latter country
offers PREPARATION for the insult. The article
then goes on TO argue that the Cubans can
never willingly attach themselves to the United
States.
The London Owl of this evening, speaking
of the matter, says that President Grant seems
to have gone mad on the subject of Cuba. 1t
thinks England and France would declare war
if America attempted to wrest the Island from
Spain. The Owl says President Grant longs
for foreign war, knowing, as he does, that
the feeling at present peryading America ap-
plies in a less degree OF France.
NEW XnpE Nav A laffar from Con ar
tinople, says, Col. Eugene 0'Reilly, an Eng
lishman, living in Turkey, was arrested in
Syria, charged with importing arms and am
munition, under the pretence of a railroad
survey, for getting up an instruction in favor
of Mustapha Tazir Pacha, brother of the Vice
roy Of Egypt, so as to create for the former, a
new yice-rOyalty, west of Palestine, along the
Euphrates. The scheme had the approval of
the English and French Governments.
MADRID, May 9.-At the Cortes, yesterday,
Prim pronounced as utterly baseless, the ru-
mors that he meditated an sttempt against
the Liberal regime. He declared that the fu-
ture would prove his honor, and that liberty
was his motto. 1t is reported that Gen. Ca
brarO. the noted Carlist leader, has appeared
at Catalonia. The condition of the national
finances cause much anxiety; it is estimated
that the expenditures will exceed the revenue
by twelve million reals.
NEW YORK, april 23.-HeraPs special from
London says the Post has an article on the
Cuban question, and gives currency to the
assertion that Grant desires the acquisition of
Cuba in order to divert the attention of the
American people from internal distractions.
it says there would be no doubt as to the issue
of the conflict, and thinks the acquisition of
the whole of the West Indies, France and
England will dubtless determine whether these
designs against Cuba will be tolerated, or aid
Spain in retaining her colony.
The French press has agitatuted the ques-
ton much in the same tenor. A special meet
ing of the French Cabinet was held on We'd
nesday, which resulted in Special Envoy
being sent, yesterday, to London, with des,
patches referring to the present complication
of events