The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1873-05-07

~ ouf ubPVsH wnen Me' King crosses tac
border 1t IL az yet scarcely calculabie; but
all Spain are carlists. m the large towns there
are'republlcans, and the rich landed proprierors
are Aiphonsists. As for artillery, we are az yet
poorly supplied. We have four cannon here and .
larger number in Catalonia. In q few weeks be-
leve we shall have more cannon and some thou
sands more small arms; and on the day when we
take couple OF big towns the whole country as
far as the Ebro, will fall into our hands. We need
not endeayor to take fortified places like Pampe-
luna, the citadel OF which Is impregnable, and on
the walls or which my nephew, the Marquis HOr-
mazas, received thirty Dayonet wounds in an at
tempt to take 1t by storm. should we occupy the
neighboring country we need only blockade such
places"
THE MILITARY ORGANIZATION,
as received from the same authority. is as fol-
lows
"Dorregarry is commander OF the three Basque
provinces and OF Navarro. General Oll0 commands
under him IN Navarro; General Velasco In Biscay;
General Llzarraga in Guipuzcoa; and General
Llorente in Aava. Hzarragai IL now only organ
izing his forces in Navarro, and Dorregarry is
doing more active service there. In Catalonia the
general command IL In the hands or Alfonso,
brother OF the KinG, who has under him General
sabales, in the districts Of Corona and Barcelona;
General Trlstany in Lerida; and General Wales in
Tarragona. Santa Cruz the notorious cure, is .
subordinate under Lizarraga, and has been con-
demned by his commander to be shot f; and his only
reply has been to inform the said commander that
he also should be shot whenever Santa Cruz should
meet him."
"But l hope,n said the General, "that Santa
Cruz will come to his senses, although have my
self confirmed Iizarraga's sentence giving the
cure two hours Tor unconditional submission II he
wished to save his life. He is an ambitious man,
and Graves not0riety and power; but he has no
military knowledge and the influence he exercises
on his band OF 700 men is simply due to energy ana
personal courage. Il Is wonderful how, by the
force OF personal example, he keeps his men to.
gether against every dniculty. do not doubt
that the greater number Of atrocities attributed
to him are altogether fictitious. lie has, know,
shot summarily man and woman, but he
charged that they had repeatedly given informa-
ton to the enemy. Spies, OF course, are not
spared in any wars; but when the Carlists kill
spy it is called murder. while If the republicans
kill Carst of any sort it is called Just measure
Of severity.'"'
asked the General how 1t was that the King did
not put himself at the head OF his troops, and
mentioned the severe censures had heard on this
subject.
he said:-"We have great trouble in
KEEPING THE KING QUIET
and preventing his rushing prec.pitately across
the frontier, as he did last year when we were de-
1eated and he had to retrace his steps. Should
be defeated or captured, should the same events
happen to General D0rregarry, You can perceive
that the disaster would be measurable and not be-
yond remedy. But suppose either to happen to
the King, what then ? And both defeat and cap
ture are clearly possible to any Of us, no better
armed nor stronger than we now are. True.
neither is very likely with the disOrganzed enemy
we have to oppose, but we must not trust
our cause to unnecessary possibilities 1t is
true that His MaIesty's coming would excite
great movement in his favor; but an untnely en-
thusiasm may waste the grandest opportunity.
We should have the peasants by tens OF thousands
thronglng to us and demanding arms. Well, we
have no arms to give them Encouragement
would follow delay in such matter and our young
fellows would go on to their homes dsheartened
and never rally to our coors again. All that we
must avoid. No, no; in u few weeks more we
shall have arms-arms, our great necessity and
munitions and supplies Of all kinds. There will be
plenty Of men whenever we make the signal. and
then we will occupy what points we need and /
will ask you to come again and describe for the
Americans the entry OF Don Carlos into his do.
minions.n
Expressing some curiosity as to
WHAT SORT OF PERSON THE KING WAS,
General Oo spoke as follows as nearly as can re-
member =
"He is very intelligent, very kind-hearted and OF
great personal courage but am unable to say
whether he will be distinguished as a statesman !;
for this IS subject upon which fair opinion can
only be formed pOsteri0ri, ana not other wise that
is to say, we must judge OF 1t from the facts only.
Many intelligent men have failed as statesmen,
Sar infor tvta
quite equal to the little craftsmanship required In
a sovereign Italy and England could supply Illus
trations OF this"
These closing illusions led me to observe that
the General made scarcely justifable comparison
in referring to constitutional governments when
Don Carlos was commonly recognized as the repre-
sentative OF absolutist theories.
He aid:-"You are greatly mistaken II you think
that the King ever dreamed Of absolute power
He knows, and his counsellors know, that abso-
lutism Is impossible in our day. He understands
also the inter mpossibity OF that other buebear OF
people who shout for progress government by
priests and monks. The legitimate monarchy in
Spain viii not only rule with the advice Of the
Cortes, but will restore all the ancient franchises
OF the various departments-the .Jueos as we can
them--whlch have been violated In turn by all the
progressive parties. 1t will support religion, OF
course, but will not go . step beyond what the reli-
gious feeling OF the people requires in that respect
People say we will overrun the country with
monks, which Is simply nonsense II any person
Is disposed to m0nastic life, government. 10
seems to me, has little to do with it. There IL
among our peasantry, and even our people at
large a religious fervor that may be deemed
fanatica; and II our monks were fanatics it was
not because they were monks, but because they
were Spaniards. II should call good Cariist in
the next village and tell him myself that detach-
ment OF our friends had been beaten somewhere
he would not believe me. He would answer that
God would not permit Carlistos to be beaten. You
cannot make people thus tenacious less fanati-
cally religious by closing the monasteries, as the
proaressistas did. Such a foolish and unjust
measure could never have other consequence than