The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1896-09-18
IS DARKENING THE ALREADY
CLOUDED FUTURE OF POOR
OLD SPAIN.
SIGNS RATHER OMNIBUS.
FOLLOWERS OF THE PRETENDER
PREPARED TO MAKE VIG-
OROUs FIGHT.
CALL TO ARMS is CONTEMPLATED.
Leader of the Carlists Denies That
He Has Entered Into Alliances
With the Powers.

MADRID, Sept. 17.-There are unmis-
taxable signs In Carlist circles that
Spain may soon have to face most
serious internal troubles, as we'll as
the uprisings in Cuba, the Philippine
islands, and, possibly, Porto Rico. The
Carlist deputies early during the pres
ent month took determined stand
against the adoption by the chamber
OF the bill providing subsidies for the
Spanish railroads. They claimed that
the money thus appropriated could be
better employed in Cuba and else
where; 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 ills complained
of by the suffering masses of Spain.
Later when the railroad subsidies were
adopted the Carlist deputies withdrew
in body from the chamber.
Questioned at that time in the lob
bies and elsewhere as to the probable
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 noun
tains and once more raise the standard
of Don Carlos, If patriotism demanded
1t. In fact one Carlist deputy, Senior
SAM, openly proclaimed that the d.
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 to be the rightful heir to the
throne of Spain
Other Carlist deputies publicly admit
ted that they retired from the chamber
In order to avoid any responsibility for
the disasters which they foresaw were
arising as result of the govern
ment's policy, and it became known
later that secret instructions were sent
by the Marquis Cerralbo, the principal
agent of the pretender, to the Carlist
organizations throughout Spain, mott
Tying them to prepare for call to arms
In case of good opportunity arising
for reasserting the rights of Don Car
los by force of arms.
The Marquis Cambrinana, who show,
nd and who was waylaid and nearly
killed for his trouble, wrote to the news
papers declaring that the stand taken
by the CarliSts, like that of the repub-
Iicans, In protesting against the send
ing of further reinforcements of troops
TO Cuba, might be the signal for grave
events and serious internal struggles
Then, to cap the climax, the Carlist
deputies issued manifesto explaining
and defending their action in leaving
the chamber of deputies, and declaring
that their leader would decide when
the proper moment had arrived to re-
spond to the call Of the nation, which
would summon them to save it. 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 admin
istrative and financial matters.
Under ordinary circumstances. that
is 10 say, II the Spanish government
mao been hands free, these manifesto
lions would have been followed by re-
presslVe measures, including probably
the arrest of the defiant Carlist deDu-
ties. In fact 1t is said that this was
what the Carlists were anticipating. as
1t might have so aroused the people
that an instruction throughout Spain
would have followed.
Dur elmer NdnoNaS CLAIMED not to
regard the attitude of the Carlists in
a serious light and gave it out that the
government was confident that the
pope, the clergy generally and the
house of Austria would bring pressure
to bear on the Carlist chiefs and pre-
vent any uprising. 1t was also init
mated that Don Carlos had promised
the pope and Emperor Francis joseph.
or Austria, within whose domains the
DIofGndar resides 70 do
which would be likely to hamper the
Spanish government in it's task of sup
pressing the instruction in Cuba and
preparing for the possibility of en-
broilment with the United States.
In an interview with Don Carlos