The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1897-08-10

Politically, Cc such an event are not e9-
2 sentiaIly Ear reaching and have not al
s ways produced radical Developments A.
to the Consequences o. the conflict in
Cuba I do not care 10 talk / have 10
Official information OF The assassination,
and mus, refrain from veuturng guess
es as 20 what IL may affect in the fu-
sure-"
Asked as % how long he now thought
TIE Cuban insarrection might last he
! replied ta.- tia. was p,oolematicsl and
he did not care 10 discuss IL. He added
that he na5 heard various names %
prominent leaders n Spain mentioned
hus he was not we'll informed as 20
them. and there was nothing on which
! he could base a prediction as - Canovas'
! p-oSa6ie succsssor.
4 Senator Morgan o. AlsS2n,a. a mem
her OF the foreign affairs comrSStee OK
the senate. and the champion OF Cuba.
/ IN ina, body. predicted in an tnse-vie~
tina: the assassination might De the fore
runner % a complete change Of governs
ment. a replbic replacing the mon
archy.
This. he thought. was the present ten
de-cy. md today's even, he regarded as
an evidence - the disintsgretIon % the
Spanish government He aided: This
| affair IS going 70 create complete rev.
osution throughout the whole ~ Spain
Tia: country IS now IN very shaking
condition. 7: ia true. doubtless. that To-
DAYS assaSSinwas an anarchist. but ne
act is representative OF a feeling that ex
lists all over the country. a repuolicsn
party has already attained great
! strength. though. OF course. It's opera
tons have 10 be largely coacealed-
Then. the universal testimony Is that
| the bulk OF the Spanish army IN Cuba
! Is mad. IN OF young men. This has
broken M families al over the lard and
tac!r Dispatch 10 the island 20 be led by
W-yler has developed a powerful sea;i-
| men; in Spain.
.'Whv are the veterans kept at homer
! Look M this powerful republican ele-
! ment that has grown up. the effect Of
! denudins the country OF its young men
/ and the personal ansasoDism thus ensen
! dered; the proximity 81 Spain 20 the
/ broad. liberal influence oc che French re-
: pubic. where there arr ties az mutual
affection. sni the government exests it-
| sell 70 help SIS citizens The act dces not
mean a personal pretuasce against Cano-
vas. but against his political Sand and
| views. ana the extreme eiemen, he rep
r. Seats. Il was the well-developed sys
/ fem o. the most deep-eeatea artsgo-
nisrn TO the creed ~ the Canovas party.
| The Barcelona incident gave evidence Ct
| the tremendous anti-aaminiStration oyc
| afatons and the stricken Prernier's IN
| dorscment OF weyle-. putting him in
/ command oe Barcelona in that affair.
/ greatly added 20 Csnovas' unpopnlarty.
/ The Indications point 20 the assassin a.
| d victim of that Barcelona incident.
| The successor % Canovas 10 problem
aticaL believe. however. thai the ac-
| mlnis;rGtion will realize the overwhelErs-
ing influence Of the opposition. ant. bav-
Ing seen Canovas gotten out OF the way.
| VIII try some one with Cuban Vows .
! degree removed from those o. canovss
In a liberal de-iction. IL Is not impro5-
a ole. and il Is quite likely. that Senior
Praxe1es Mesto Sagasta. the distinguish
ed LIBERAL statesman. may srcceed Cam
ovas as premier. Sagas,a IL 20 years
! old. was minister % the interior undep
the provisional government Of isss. pres,
| ident OF the cortes IN 1871 and has occis
pied the post OF premier 81 the Spani<a
government, a number OF times.
II believe that the Cuban conflict VII
be ended at the close OF che present.
RAINY season. Th,s have frequently
! cOntea1ei. and now am confident OF H.
Tne termination OF the affair would thus
/ be brought about IN October"
The only member OF the spanish lcga-
| ton in Washington when the news %
! Sen3r CanOvas' assassination was re-
| ceivei was Julio Cslarza. she third Sec
retary. Senior Def>ome. the SpaniSa
| minister. was at Lennox. ard all tho
other members Of the IegaC On were scat
| tered for the summer Untii $50 Seno-
| Calarza had heard nothing officially
| from Spain. but a; that hour telegram
| was brought him and. after reading ~.
ne hurrieIiy left the Metropolitan club.
where he was stopping. merely saying
that he WIS going 70 New York. Il wss
| thought probable that he would. and
Join s,.nor DeLorne either there or in
! Iennox. II Is Ekely that this une1pect-
81 development would brink the Span
ish minister back 70 Washington.
CANOVAS' CAREER
Madrid. Aug e-Senor Antonio Cano-
vas del CosuIio. According 20 ;he Do
tionalre Universal D-% Contsfnporains.
was born a. Malaga February 3. Is2s.
He took the course Of philosophy AMI
Law in ne University % Madrid and be-
gan Ms caree- az igrna!ist.
IN 1871 ne made ais 6eDB;. under ne
patronage Of Seniors Rios. Rozas AMI
Pacnsco. az chief sfiI0r % ne Pafris.
IA which ~ defended conservative tseas.
Abou; this time ne pub Gsed a voi1ms
o. lyric poems and a series 4 Historical
papers. He was ia doubt whether = To-
Low literary Or political career. IA, soon
found himself turned % politics By tas
course % events. IN iss2 - was named
deputy FOR Malaga. sni s-prn tbs; firns
20 his death had never cease5 % ereBpy
sest In ne cor:ss In isst he sss
charge sasaires a; Rome sDi prepared
the historical nsenaFanaun On fae rsis-
lions II spain si.a ne holy see With
serye1 "a basis f3r ts~ concrsSs- AZ
ter ke-vioz ne crown - governor g
Cailz IN 49,. Si-sctor general - fss al
mlnis.-z don from - - 1871. and lastly
ia .5at sane year ~ srEeT secretary e
sac ~ tas i1serlor. ts@ queen csLsi
hl-n 70 he ministry "a member - 90
~ -1re:- IN 1856 - ae.4 ne por-fols q.
finance and ne caloniss IN the o'D.sa-
~ cabinet ani & 3~vs.0ss3 upon hE-r n
srax - ne iGx '0r ne ADDITION Q. -
save .rade. gso--iy befsfe TIE rsfgls-
;i5n - 1853. he beanie ss~-.siiy con-
solc.osa a. ane = ne ar - asfsnf ~rta
s-e-y IN tAe c5sfAs toe p-irel2,s 6
beading H5ersi ard csnciiisf0ry sssss