The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1896-09-18
Manifesto That Indicates Insurree-
ton Is Contemplated When an OPP
perfume Time Arrives.
DON CARLOS INTERVIEWED
THE PRETENDEE TO THE THRONE
MAY "REAssERT HIS RIGHTS"
If Spain Meets with Fatal Reverses
in Cuba His Supporters Will Prob
ably Be Called to Arms.

able signs inzCarlist circles that Spain may
soon have TO face most serious internal
troubles as well the uprisings in Cuba
the Philippine islands and possibly Porto
Rico. The Carlist Deputies early during the
present month took a determined stand
against the adoption by the Chamber of the
bill providing subsidies for the Spanish rail-
roads. They claimed that the money thus
appropriated could be better employed in
Cuba and elsewhere, protested against the
whole policy of the government financial
and political, and thereby placed them
selves on record before the people as being
opposed to all the bills complained of by
the suffering masses of Spain. Later, when
the railroad subsidies We're adopted, the
Carlist Deputies withdrew in body from
the Chamber. Questioned at that time in
the Hobbies and elsewhere as to the prob
able attitude of the Carlist masses, these
Deputies did not hesitate to say that they
could not guarantee that their adherents in
Catalonia, Navarro and elsewhere would not
take to the mountains and once more raise
the standard of Don Carlos, if patriotism
demanded it. In fact, one CarIist Deputy
Senior SAM. openly proclaimed that the di-
rection of the Carlists would soon pass into
the hands of their military leaders, adding
that the Carlists were perfectly organized
in almost every province, and that they
were prepared to take advantage of any
favorable opportunity to take the field
again in support of their chieftain, Don
Carlos de Bourbon, Duke of Madrid who
claims 10 be the rightful heir to the throne
of Spain.
Other Carlist Deputies publicly admitted
that they retired from the Chamber in or
der to avoid any responsibility for the dis
asters which they foreSaw were arising
a result of the governments policy, and
it became known, later. that secret instruc-
tions were sent by the Marquis Cerralbo,
the principal agent of the pretender to the
Carhst organizations throughout Spain, no.
tifying them 10 prepare for call to arms
in case of good opportunity arising for
reasSerting the rights of Don Carlos by
force of arms. The Marquis Carbinana,
who showed up the municipal corruption
of Madrid, and who was waylaid and nearly
killed for his trouble, wrote to the news
papers declaring that the stand taken by
the CarllstS, like that of the Republicans
in protesting against the sending of fur
Their reinforcements of troops to Cuba,
might be the signal for grave events and
serious internal struggles.
Then. to cap the climax, the Carlist Dep
uties issued manifesto explaining and
defending their action in leaving the
Chamber o. Deputies and declaring that
their leader would decide when the proper
moment had arrived to respond to the call
of the nation which would summon to save
1t. The manifesto also placed the Carlists
on record as supporting the supremacy Of
the church, the throne and a parliament
representing all classes, and advocating the
freedom of the provinces in. administrative
and financial matters.
CnQer ordinary circumstances. that is to
say. II the Spanish government had been
hands free, these manifestations would
including, probably, the arrest Of the def
ant Carlist Deputies. II fact, it is said
that this was what the Carlists were an
ticipating as it might have 80 aroused the
people that an inSurrection through Spain
would have followed. but Premier Canovas
claimed not to regard the attitude of the
Car!ists in a serious light and gave it out
that the government was confident that
house of Austria would bring pressure to
bear on the Carlist chiefs and prevent any
Carlos had promised the Pope and En-
peror Francis Joseph of Austria, within
whose domains the pretender resides. not
to do anything which would be likely to
hamper the Spanish government in it's task
of suppressing the insurrection in Cuba and
preparing for the possibility OF embroil-
In an interview with Don Carlos, pub
lished Yesterday, the pretender is reported
any agreement with the Pope or with
Francis Joseph not to attack the Spanish
ding that, while it Is true that patriotism
enjoys peaceful attitude upon his part at
present the same. patriotism might counsel
change of opinion, for, he concluded, he
is perfectly free to choose the opportune
moment to reassert his rights.
The publication of this interview has
set the hearts of the Carlists oeatfng with
expectation and it is more than likely a
ba would be followed by an outbreak of
the Carlists, who admitted to be better
prepared than ever before to take the field
with hope of success. Don Carlos through
his maria ge to the Princess De Rohan in
1894, was enabled to command a large for
tune, and there is doubt that this |
money and other funds for long time
past have been utilized to prepare for an
other attempt to place King Charles VII
on the throne of Spain. If Spain loses Gu
ba, which seems to be more than likely
the Carlists claim that the downfall of the
and that Charles VII will be triumphantly
placed upon the throne with little or no
trouble. The Spanish ministers, however |
claim to be well able TIC cope with the |
Carllsts and to suppress the insurrection in |
Cuba and the Philippine islands at the |
same time.