New-York tribune., 1873-06-21
THE SPANISH REPUBLIC.
ppop1 EMS OF GOVERNMENT.

CORTFs-MR. BRADLAUGH AT MADRID.
trRoM THE SPECIAL CORRESPONDENT OF THE TRIBUNE.l
MADRID. MAY 2G-When my servant wakes
me- tho mt thug he asks is "What is passing In the
North r. when 50 down to breakfast nay friends ask
tie same question At breakfast the conventional topic
Of the state Of the weather neglected for the more
modern query call on friend. aud am st met
with tAe same interrogation. dine aud at the table
db5te the question is passed from mouth TO mouth.
no ~ play aud alusiOns made To IT. In despair.
throw myself into the OF Morpheus, and until
open my eyes again. he does nothing but whisper In my
ear e pdSd 81 NOrte ." This question, however,
has serious side well comicai one and 1t is GER
tanly no joke that nobody can gave satisfactory reply
% it, For the last fortnight we have all been asking
each other, seriously What is passing in the North T.
all shrug shoulders in token OF ignorance
aud disgust have had interviews with Mil sters, ana
they seem At loss TO answer the question As the
DGrO ESpdOi in its aruce hea ed by this query
"There something incOmprC hcnsble in the aspect OF
the civil war IN the North which seriously alarms the
liberal opinion of SPAIN" IL is nearly month ago
that Nouvlas the Minister OF War and GenerainC Chief
of the army Of operations Navarro and the Basque
Provinces having learned the Of the catastrophe
of Grau, abandoned his ministry 70 the care
OF Figucras. and hurried of to rearran&e the
strings OF the complicated and mysterious plans
with which ne promises every month 10
end the war within four weeks. NouNIaS
prdes himself on has geometlical knowledge, and ar
his mdneuNcrS on tue III CIflts'
squares rhonbs. rh1mbods and triangles; 9ut some
how his mathematical precision does not bring logical
results Perhaps II he were 90 adopt MahOmets simple
strategy OF going to the mountain II the mountain will
not come 10 him. might at last across the en-
omy and thus have chance Of trying the effect OF an
attack Of two three columns on parallel lines and
acting within deploying distances of edcn ottc Since
n left Madrid he has been veCotatiu5 at Vuora with
5000 men, The other day he took trip TO Bilbao, be-
sse the volunteers and the regulars could not IN
that seaport town, and IL necessary 10 separate
item. The volunteers refused to bulge and so the reg
ulars 20 Nit,Oria with Nouyilas. few DAYS ago
drunken brlwl took place IN low tavern OF VttOra,
between Of the volunteers who had arrived from
Madrid and those who had been raised in the town;
blood was she'd and NOuylas himself appeared on Tie
20 quc the disturbance st last the soldiers Of
the brave army Of This Gca. Boum growing 50
eorpulent thaJ promenade WAS considered indis-
pcnsa5e. and so, leaving very strong Carri-
son at Vttota, Nouvas co1xCd ms children
to take a little gentle exercise, and managed to
bring ihcm far Salvajcra about five or six miles
from VtUTs. After TINS stupenlOus eflrt they nave
been resting FOR afcw days, will doubt gather up
sufficient strength 10 return 10 Vttora soo0.
do not WISH % 70 be imagined from this account OF
he opt ravus which only apply 70 the General that
su dcprociatng tie Spanish solder Although my
ornin ~ him does not stand high that In which
Il il held 10y spautlrds themselves think him an ex-
rccu soldier, especially regards tins particular kind
of wariare but is pity that nc ], MT better leo for
Spanish Officers, as . rde, are extremely ignorant.
Terc are two causes or the continuance OF his war; and
although these anita ousc to each other ncy are
allied in their opposition TO tho Government. OIe OF
these is the complete state Of DISCRIMINATION Of
the soldiers. aud their mutnols cOu1lct l refusing 70
move out Of towns where they enjoy themselves
the ample pay they The other Is. the
willingness of an classes OF officers 70 end which
veud bring them professional ruin, The Government
having very fOoli-hy promised To d,bdui the army
soon tine war should be iAi,nel. Il was only
yesterday that man, who has always
been an enthusiastic Republican, said TO ne
that Dc feared that republic impossible in Spain.
at eost for many wears 70 come For the last fortnight
have been continually heating the question asbei.
"WAdt the master In the NOFA Such is the stagna-
ti1 in those regions that no viii believe that
misfortune has not occurred which the ministers are
afraid 10 communicate. Tue truth is that SOuyilaS, with
clarlcer.r obs'iuacv insists dong what he thinks
best without n any way consulting the GOvcrnm mt,
even sending information OF his whereabouts. He acts
IN fact like a despouc military dictator, and apes
Napoleon the first In everything except his military
genius OF which, however ne fancics himself possessed
to a considerable extent. News to-day that the
troops ana volunteers had mutnci Ia and around
voua ami that severe f-htiug was going on one side
shouting T,lI d N0nGrltdq, and The other Tjca Ia
Ecyubte1. OF course / DO not Tor mOnen; believe
that there any truth IN the news but, the other
hand, ID there any the Government would not learn
IL frosu Nuuyi4as.
Dorrczuray Is every day recely arms, clothing au
muniuon, money AID oi, and Is d.ilhus his
tnuaiy within a very slOrt time, which may be
counted DAYS, 1900 VIII claim their discharge
from lle army, and how they TO be replaced when
volunteers refuse forward the few that do
enlist unnJuacedhs "a 10 have induced NOuvilas
b. ask th' Government 20 send lin any more Far
from being auZagcs he asserts they the reverse.
Both Figucgas a0d CIs,elar have uis-iyiuss
about this Carist struggle. ana the anU-Bcpuuucan
crisis. which Just Occurring IN France, also bodies
good TO the young Republic. "Bu5," IL will be asked
elf the Ministers are not satisfied with Nouyiias why
DO .acy not appoint another genera, e. Tue reply is
ver smy,c--Acrc is else 20 appoint. O,crtur,s
were made te Gen. Morioncs, ruan who kuows the
Ll,q1e provinces wc.l and rs energetic as Nolyas
Is sluggish But he disappr the policy Of the Cow
erumtni. ana honest enough say CASTELAR, Inn
Esf has SAID NOuyilas is the only have" and
even he is considered capable OF DotrayiDg the
Say day 81 j. in his power ana worth his while
Indeed. OF the many alarming o. tle past
few days has been that be had been pronounced for
Military Dictatorship, with himself dictator. and that he
was in full march toward Madrid. Another rumor
was that he had Joined Dorrecaray with u
considerable number Of troops, and that both
Car'ist. and he had declared Don Alfonso, son
g! TIE cy Q-eeu, KING OF spail Tac foundation for
this Was a vague suspicion that lac mad been IN
negotiations with Dorrogray and although this wasa
fact 20 vas with different Object have 4 on unQucs-
tonaOe authority. that for some time past, he has been
endeaycrng brDe DOrregaray into committing trea-
con 70 biz party, but yet unnecessarily. There
was another rumOr yesterday, that serrauo had
entered Spain and Joined Dorregaray in favor a!so Of
tie Prince Of Asturias; but this, although the cards.
has not actually taken place aud am Of opinion that
ei never take place. That be is recOnccd TO the
Queen s q matter OF very little doubt me- have
h from very good authority. We may therefore
eude that be will not rect quietly. although NAV
nar 1tgV IN