The New York herald., 1879-08-30

possessions at Moroccos expense. / have thus
briefly alluded to these strange speculatons because
they reveal the full bent of the Spanish mind
the subject of Gibraltar and the strong in
stinct which would turn all Spain's jealousy and
rancor for England to love could that thorn in her
side be removed. Gibraltar in the hands OF Spain
would be utterly useless. The fortress could not
answer the purpose of any Power not having the
full command of the sea- The town itself. deprived
of English trade and custom, would sink to its OLD
condition of wretched village. But all such con-
sideratons are of weight IL balanced against
wounded Spanish pride. One might as well reason
with child calling for the moon.
ANGER AGAINST ENGLISH INTERFERENCE IN
MoRoCCo-sPAIN DETERMINED TO RECOVER
HER INFLUENCE LOOKING TO HER DE-
FENcRs.
Madrid correspondence of the London Standard
Any who has regularly perused the columns
of Spanish journals and the speeches OF opposition
and independent orators, unfettered by the re-
straint that Office under the Crown Imposes. will
have perceived that oil alike from III GioCo OF Cas-
telar to La Iberia OF Sagasta. from La PdtTa of
Centralistas to the very Ministerial Journals
that invariably reproduce their remarks, all
declare that active policy is Morocco
to vindcate the of Spain against the grow
ing influence of Great Britain in Tangiers and in
Tetuan. Very serious charges banded about
against the part the British authorities Of Glib:
raltar said to take in organizing the
levies ana in fortfying the posts of. the Sui
tan. These reports are taken for granted in
Spain. discussed in Journals and used by orators in
the Spanish Cortes when declaiming against the pre-
ponderance Of British interests in the Mediterra-
My object to call your attention to latent
state Of agitation which every ana then is famed
into blaze when public opinion is led to believe
that the Morocco question is about to pass into
phase. The slightest disturbance. any incident ut
Tangiers or in Ceuta, might provoke move
ment Of public opinion that would oblige
the Madrid government, against its will, to
abandon its neutrality. Therefore, Marshal Campos
and his colleagues wish it to be understood that
they want to respect the treaties OF 1860 and 1876
but that at the time they will be prepared for
all emergencies in the future If the more active
policy about to be adopted by their diplomacy in
Tangiers did turn out to be distasteful to the
Moors. who are not very patient when under the
apprehension Of intervention from the Chris
tian foes that they have been at war with
for many centuries on both shores
Of the Straits Of Gibraltar. For
upward Of two years the Madrid government has
carefully inspected its defences all along the coast.
from Cadiz round to Malaga, on the Mediterranean
coast. 1t is secret to residing in Southern
Spain that the garrisons Of ports and coast forca-
tions mostly selected from engineer and
artillery corps, far away in the Balearc Isles.
With praiseworthy activity the Stats that were
formed in Carlist and Cuban wars have devoted
their attention to large and comprehensive
system OF defences. which not only at
placing every port and arsenal in proper con-
diton but especially at all the works
<,P ovd fa~iv MOr
Funds alone wanting to prosecute the vigorous
reorganization of the arsenals. ports and coast de-
fences of Spain, and even in his short tenure of
Office the gallant Marshal Campos has added some
fGOO.OOO Of extraordinary expenditure to improve
the war and naval material of this country.