The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1875-03-28


organization OF the pdytidas OF Aragon lnto
regular army. FOR although as have shown IN
previous letter Carlism IS not gaming grouno IN
Navarro and the North, IL should not oe forgotten
that IN the povinces have Just named ne has
80 900 men. The only difiiculy Is that these forces
are separated In three or four different armies,
TO their origin and the way eacn has grown up with
out any connection with the Others. ron hand
full OF men, who throw themselves into eacn
province IN the beginning, and around whom the
present armies have gradually grown.
DON CARLOS STRATEGY.
The system oil Don Carlos, II should be remem.
bered. Is not one OF INVASION, but insurrection he
counts upon each province In s turn to rise and
throw of the authority OF Madrid and accept his
own. To bring this about he sends a iew men INTO
aprovince. who serve as nucleus around which
an MS srs may rs F0 lime e. OF
lie and carry on guerilla warfare, avoid
Ing collision with regular bodies or troops
Gradually, however, they increase IN number and
audacity. and. from continually ~ ins cc.3io the
enemy, they occasionally turn and give fight. until
disciplinei army, composed OF very hardy and
daring troops. ana commence taking the offensive.
This Is the present condition OF the Carst forces
In Valencia, Catalonia and Aragon: And ali the
efforts OF Don Carlos are now tending to form OF
these disunited columns one solia well disciplined
army like that OF the four northern provinces,
which has only within the last year passed rom
the transition state TO that OF regular army.
HOPES OF THE CARLIsTS
Although tile cause OF Don Carlos is absolutely at
Standstlll in the north, II must not he supposed
that ne Is not prog IN other parts OF Spain.
The trouble IS that while the southern provinces
arc sun comparatively fresh, aud nave scarcely
ielt the effects OF the war, the northern
provinces, which have borne its brunt, begin to
show symptoms OF exhaustion. 1ney certainly
cannot support the present army forever without
help from abroad. The Carist army here in the
north Is Doth TOO large and too small IL Is too
small TO under axe the offensive, ana larger than
has, nevertheless to be fed anu this burden is be-
ginning 10 be severely ielt by the people. Unless
the war is vig elousy prosecuted IN the south the
OF year or eighteen. months. become exhausted
and be unable to MAINTAIN any longer the
the population that leeds it. bon Carlos
Is, therefore, straining every nerve to bling
the armies OF the south nto State OF
efficiency aud discipline that will enable them to
take the offensive, and thus draw away part Of
the liberal forces now Investing EsteIia. unless
the Ali0nssts soon recOmmence offensive opera
tions against the Carit5t stronghold the tide OF
war WI PROBABLY roll to the south, and the hnal
struggle which sha decde the luture oil Spain,
may take place much nearer Madrid than TIE
plans OF the Ebro.
General Quesada has been appointed 10 succeed
La Serna IN command oil the Army or The North.
mand TO Moriones, but was overruled by us cOun-
sci or5, VINO are ALL OF course, jealous OF tnat gen.
era. as to General Quesaua, IL may be said of
HIM as OF a yirtuons woman, that ne Is. quite I'M
known 20 lame. lie is one OF those 600 Spanish
generals OF whom somebody wlttliy said that tney
were ike HAPPY naSlons-they have no history.
II rem AIMS 10 be seen whether MS devotion to the
monarchy Will compensate or the absence OF
knowledge OF the country and OF the enemy lie has
to deal with.
THE LOOKOUT AT EsTELLA.
Affairs here IN Estella have been at standstill
ever since the battle OF Lacar. The display OF
energy required Tor the deliverance OF Panpeuna
on one side and Tor the attack upon Licar on he !
other seems to nave exhausted the generals OF
botu armies Tor the present, and we DO not look
for any important movement for some weeks at
least The two armies are In presence OF each
other. Neither Is looking Tor Ielniorcemenis nor
Tor anything else which might possibly be a pre- I
text Ior delay. ThatoI Don Alfonso winch Marshal
Serrano mad oeen preparing curing the last elgnt
months Tor The attack upon Eslela. win the nope
centrated about the Cariist capital Eve ytblns.
in short, Is ready for the inal onslaught.
and has been ready any time during che past
Two months. and yet the onslaught Is not made I
the attack does not take place. movement
about oace every SIX months seems to satisfy the
ambition OF Spanish generals matter whether /
such movement results IN anything or not and so,
although spain is waiting with painful Anxiety /
ever TO be made, SHOULD be made at once, months
may pass before anything IS done
ground that Estsiia is impregnable. il begins to
be whispered that The liberal generals are all OPP
posed TO an attack AMI that none OF them are
wiling to take the responsibility OF 1t, except
Moriones. Tue most enthusiastic Alionslsts speak
OF the capture OF Estella AS very prOblematca aud
Consul IN Bayonne who will not be accused OF
Carist sympatales, expressed 1t to me as his
lOrce and that Don AlonsoS only nope of ending
the war lay Ia co7eoeatO
it may be observed. for tie benefit of those who
do not understand the word, signifies conven-
tion agreement or treaty; and IT was by con
close after having lasted seven years ana alter
SIX OF the most trusted generals OF Don Carlos
tthe grandfather OF the present prince) had been
traitorousy seized and shot by one OF their
brothers IN arms. The general who committed
this sextupe murder mad, OF course, been bought
by Isabella. and he instantly ned the country.
The oct caused such terror and dismay through
out the Oarist army that the troops began TO !
look upon all their generals as traitors ana com.
menced deserving uy hundreds. The army was !
an mn CANS Va
to taat time had still some prospect OF success,
was irretrievably lost. 1t was then thai a con-
ve1O was concluded, with the consent, believe,
OF Don Carlos himself, and one Of Its PROVISIONS
insured their rank 10 all the Carllst officers VINO
The Madrid government, IL would SEEM hope
the present war may be terminated IN the same
only nope. II this De true all can say Is taat the
end OF the Carst war IS not yet There Is not the !
int co concemo Tor long time Not Until money
and arms and munitions fall them; not until the /
people OF the revolt ed provinces rise up against
them and refuse to continue the struggle; not
until the troops desert aod the army dsbancs
unoer the pressure OF want; not IN snort, until
the Widest enthusiast shall have ceased to hope
VIII these men enter into a COHUentO. But when
1t comes t. that conUento will be unnecessary. If
Don Alonso5 last hope lies In u reconciliation |
win Tue Carllsts 1t Is very certain That ne Will
find 1t but a nicagre one.
THE CHIEF COMMANDS AMONG THE CARLIsrs
Several changes axe to De effected shortly IN the
Carlist army. General EO retlres rom mis- post |
or MInIstcr of War on account OF old age and in
Carlos himself takes command OF his armies IN
person. This means that General Mogr0vejo, who |
has been attached to the person Of the King Is to
he tina commander-in-cDict. MOgrovejO Is new !
recruit to Carilsn, only having joined the cause
ABOUT eight or nine months ago. The first hRht
he engaged IN was that OF Urnleta, IN De- |
cember, where he pulsed Iona after desperate !
fiynt, considering the number OF troops engaged.
Both he and Iona were wounded. lie is said to
DE The best general OF spain, which may however,
not DE saying much. IL Is SAID on all hands that
he VIII adopt more vigorous policy in the con-
duct OF the war and that he does not approve |
Ello's and Mend,rs plan of always resting quietly
on the defensive ana leaving the enemy time to
gather himself together after every rapu.sc, as |
the CariSl chiefs nave hitherto done.
ROYAL TACr
l would observe here that Don Carlos shows |
good deal OF TACT aud skill In dealing with MS /
generals, ana consideration and Kindness wncn [
wins nm. the wdrmest devotion and allegiance
even from those VINO have been unsuccessful and /
whom ne Is obliged 10 remove. IL becomes neces- |
sary, for instance, TO remove Dofregaray from the
commander IN chief alter his biunder AZ the affair
OF biurrun in September last, because ms removal