New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1888-03-11
THE TROUBLES OF A QUEEN
INTR!GUES OF THE MONIFENSiEho-ih"
NESS OF THE KING OF SPAIN.

INTRIGIIES OF THE MONIPENSlfho-ihA~
NESS OF THE KING OF SPAIN.
Vhc" '''' p,o,e. February "a.
We arc in q snowed-up country i"'i
scarcely u main or branch railroad line on which
,r,irs have not been in distress for long periods
and when they were delivered by regiments OIL
soldiers employed to shovel away snow iiNo
navvys. fresh snowstorms came on ana the sue
ceodinp trains had to halt Seven trains ran OH
the rails in different parts of France in the course
of the week owing to snowdrfts. What Is not 50
unusual rs you may fancy, the snowstorms an"
cold have been worst in the sunny south. ihcI'
are four feet of snow at Montpelier. Inc sohth
of France when the temperature Is below freezing
point is the worst wntcring quarters I'm" Sna"io
the days being very short, the air bitterly Keen
after 4 in the afternoon, and mono OF the houses
built to resist foul weather On their Way 10 oan
Reno the Grand Duke and Grand Duchess VI
Baden were showed up for twcnty-eight iours III
Switzerland We have not had here the spanish
mail for two days, and al on account OF the sho"
and not brcause of any Montpcnsier conspiracy
disturbance.
This brings me TO the attitude OF the queen
Rcccnt and Senior Sagas,a toward the Montpen-
sicrs. The head of the Spanish Government 3D.
rs politicians co. an honest man. lie has SHOWN
he last took Office after the death Of King Al
rhonso. Spain has enjoyed in these two and "a
quarter years immunity from commissions or eN-
elements Of an UNHEALTHY sort, although the last
sovereign went down t. H., grave amid thf0es OF
earth and Of the nation Ia the autumn OF 1900
Spain was rayagcd with cholera ANA her beautiful
province Of Andalusia devastated By repeated
shock, Of earthquake. TIE Caroline lSiahuS
affair aSa;cd the people, and the Ming Woulu
have been chased ont Of the country II he had
not made haste to 80 to another WorAL we'll
since his widow sen, for senior Saga,ta there has
been no sign Of revolt Queen Christina, IKE
most women in responsible ana difhcnt sllu'-
tior is tcachablc and her womanly instinct leads
her to look for safety where safety Is to DE found
| don't suppose that any sovereign Of our time
has so utterly and unrescrvediy sought ior
strength in In, principles of constitutional gov
eminent Senior Sasa,ta, in whom she places
reliance, has no foreign policy other than the
one Of good will to all people, but especially
TO ncxt-door ncghbors He sees that the
League of Peace is "a league Of W.T., and will
not indor,e the pact which King Aphonso
signed at Berlin in 1888. This does not suit
Prince Bismarck And rs be cannot upset
senior Saeasta by scttin. on the Corcs AGAINST
him be has sought affinity with the Montponalers
aud Queen Isabella who does not feel amahly
toward her daughtcr.H-low, and WHO Is quite
in the hands Of hr daughter the lniant1
Euaha, tie wife Of The D.c dc Mcnipon'i'rs
only surviving son. They don't obIr't to me
e., =. me-. ,,..,lt., ,,.ho os q
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sop 10 Spanish lIldc or F"hl5 "''9 i" s'."'
Morocco 10 Spain il She enters the so-c'ilcd
p.,c, ill..uc,n The Sfnrf.h GTtrru.nrut
suspect the Noutrl n,icI, OF intriguing for tn" sop
10 b.. given 90 ti'm. as representatives. Of Nran
and .f ,,,u,.,t,riu, 81, -, ia 1, able at a given
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queen christina ava nor i4.'H' '''i.>'.I' S''.
should remember that france would h, hcinHci
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ana "'NfH''l h NV NJ ""' ''t'i" ~ I''"
tho German alliance. Nlain would be able to
lmmohlIllc "A few French Army corps, by mon
a.i4s tie ltI'u'1n frontier. lazy cou!u 60 ike
Wise. 80 could l. lFum. And whilst W"tcA Mas
hong kept along tine lNrclrc>, the Alps ana Ia;
Belgium frontiers the g. ima'a would come az"
on France by four stratcrical roads, OAc oi wien
I D. no. yet completed.
Queen Chr.tinn', trouble, ar" intensified Wy the
state OF her sons health Ter own ti"ha'"Ih'r
tlc Ar.hiu'" Charles. and beg father Who MHN
az" h't H.'H'r UNI WI 'H'. ...
. stances has been showing li~rlt IN Inc nlDN kilH