The daily morning journal and courier. [volume] (New Haven, Conn.) 1894-1907, 1895-03-18
WHOLE CABINET RESIGNED.
THERE IS Il SERIOUS CONDITION or
AFFAIRS IN MADRID.

General de Calnpos Has Been Appointed
Captain General of the City and 1t Is
Probable That He VIII be Chosen as the
Next Premier of Spain.
London, March 1.-THE United Press
correspondent in Madrid telegraphs
late this evening that the whole Sagasta
cabinet has resigned and General Mar
tinez de Campos had been appointed
captain general of Madrid. General
Campos will take command Of the
troops and probably will be the next
premier, as there is a general feeling
that strong hand in the government
is an imperative necessity just now.
During the final council of the
Sagasta cabinet committee of officers
went to the council room and asked
for the premier. They demanded that
he suppress the Resumen, which had
published reflections upon the courage
of the officers corps and propose to
parliament severely represslve press
laws.
The premier declined to make any
such concessions. He reported the
officers demands to the council and
after a brief discussion the ministry
decided to resign. The upset was pri-
marily to the Ill feeling between the
civil and military authorities by the
military raids on the newspaper offices
yesterday.
The present colonial complications
adds to the difficulties Of the ministry,
General Campos has just ordered
back to their barracks all the officers
who at this moment AS p. m, stand
in groups
officers Of the provincial garrisons
have begun telegraphing expressions of
congratulation and sympathy to their
comrades in the capitol.
In addressing congress last evening
during the senate debate on the mill
tary excesses the minister Of war tried
to palliate the conduct Of the riotous
officers. He accused the Spanish press
of criticising the army and its gen
erals more severely than was Gus
tomary with the press Of any other
country
His plea for the rioters caused con-
siderable disturbance In the chamber.
The reporters began murmuring when
he made his first excuses and gradually
Increased their protest until the presi-
dent threatened to have the press gall
Ieries cleared. The reporters held a
hasty consultation and left in a body.
The officers and directors Of the whole
Madrid press met an hour later. Many
Of them are deputies or senators and
they left their seats in the cortes to
attend the meeting.
Some of the speeches were so bitter
that no reports can be printed.
The governments failure to interfere
with the rioters was not due, how
ever, entirely to Discrimination to act.
The ministers and local officials could
only call on the police to execute their
orders. as the civil guard refused to
serve. Crowds filled the streets and
places Of public resort. Such a con-
flict between the army and civilians
has not been known since the restora-
tion. The progress of events is watched
with keen interest from the palace.
The queen regent was greatly affected
by the reports Of yesterdays disor-
der.
She has conferred repeatedly with
General Campos.
London, March 1S.-The Madrid cor
respondent of the United Press tele-
graphs:
General Campos issues an order abso-
lutely forbidding the officers to make
any demonstration. He has taken other
measures, and has told the queen re-
gent that he is ready to answer fully
for the maintenance of order. Thanks
to his energy nd prestige the officers
have been reduced to obedience. The
military conflict is virtually ended, as
far as the press is concerned. Campos
will apply the military code to newspa-
pers insulting the army. He has de-
clined the task of forming ministry
unless other political combinations fail,