The age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1897-1902, 1897-11-04
AND HAVE CREATED ALARM
SagaSta and the Minister Of War Are Dis
CuSSing RaDreSSiV0 Measures.
AzcARRAGp RETIRE TO PRIVACY
Ex-Ministe' $ JOr, According to senor sal-
van, : Changed His Tactics Since
urning home-Alarming
y Death Rate In Havana.

Madrid, Nov. Sowing to the fact that
| the Carlists are known to be Importing
arms into Spain, the PREMIER Senor Sa-
| gasta, and the minister for war; Gen.
| Conrea, are considering the adoption OF
repressive measures.
| It is reported that Gen. Azcarraga, who
succeeded the late Senior Canovas del
Castillo as premier, has decided to re-
tire from political life.
Taylor Takes Back Water
Senior Salvani has written letter to
the newspapers here in reply to the ar
ticle ON the Cuban question published i'm
an American magazine, of which article
Hannis Taylor, the former United States
minister to Spain, DIS the author. The
senior says:
II am astounded at Mr.. Taylor's arti-
cleds in an important American review"
Continuing, Senior Salvani then pro-
ceeds to tell the following story:
1T met Mr. Taylor last April in a street
of Madrid and though out of prudence
I asked him nothing, he said:
OpdlH luuSl IOt suppress tnc Supdlh
insurnection by force of arms alone She
must carry out reforms
HE did not mention word about
autonomy but, he added:
"'Peace will thsn follow Immediately.
Spain has a friend i'm the white house
whose powers are on the eve of expiring
and she ought to- profit by the opportu-
| nifty to obtain peace speedily, for, who
| ever succeeds him, he is certain to be-
| less favorable to Spain than PRESIDENT
| Cleveland
IT recognized the Importance of the
foregoing declaration and hastened to
confer with my friend Canovas (the forI
mer premier), who warmly thanked me
i'm a letter which I have retained.
shortly afterwards the reforms of
Canovas began to be talked about and
was commissioned to explain them to
Mr.. Taylor and to tell him they would
be published within few weeks as ac-
tually occurring. Mr.. Taylor embraced
me saying:
"'You and I will bring about peace i'm
Cuba and thus powerfully contribute to
the good of humanity and uphold the
good interests of civilization by ending
the war, the protype of crime and a re- =
turn to barbarism.'
II again hastened to communicate
these words in the proper quarter
Just prior to these events Mr.. Taylor
at lunch in my house and in company
with CASTELAR, and others. toasted peaca
warmly protesting his admiration and
love for Spain and expressing the desire
to see us successful in the work of pacl-
fication
Shortly after the election of President
Mckinley, when it waS mooted that MIR.
Sherman would be made secretary of
state, asked MIR. Taylor if Spain would
not have reason to fear man who in q
speech in tn. senate had displayed such
hatred of Spain. Mr.. Taylor replied:
Don't notice that, fer Sherman, as a
responsible minister, will change his
opinions Spain mas nothing to fear in
this respect
In conclusion Senior Salvini said:
"These ideas and sentiment differ
greatly from those attributed to him
| now"
Wholesale Discharge of Prisoners
A dispatch from Barcelona says that
| 112 prisoners, who have been confined i'm
| the Fortress of Monte Juch for year ON
| a suspicion of completely din anarchistic
| plots and outrages, were released~today.