The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1897-08-27
A P~RO-SPANiSh VIEW.

The Councillor of the spsnish L~~.-.
washington Discuss-s the Cuban d..
.'oa rr"" In" koyailst s-ts.dp...,-
spa'n's Cisims Against Am~r,ca $50
He'd with the Progress OF IN, M ''a"s'
vas Ana the Correspondents.
LoNoND, Aug. al.-Calderou carl;s,.
Of Washington, councillor of The Sn.n'
ish legation in the United States A..
rived here yesterday. from Spain. In
the course OF an interview MIR. C~arl;sl.
said he went 10 Spain 10 a vtsit -
relatives, but while there. he had 49,
audience with the queen recent ana
he discussed with the late senior c,na
vas del Castillo, the premier. and oihe-
nigh officials of the Spanish govern.
ment, the various aspects Of the Cuh,,
question, explaining To Senior Canovas
the details OF some OF the principal
hlibustering expeditions from Ia
United States to Cuba and giving his
views as TO the legal aspects OF tho
hllbustering claims which he hal II.
v~estigated since the war broke out II
Cuba. "
Spain, he said, intended TO press
strongly her claims to compensation for
hllbustering, and these ne claims. win
o~verbalance the American claims ~
damages to the property of citizens -
the United States in the island.
my last interview with the I,,a
Senior Canovas, said Mr.. Carlisle. ..,,as
during the week before he was ass,
sinated and at the hotel which was liza
scene OF the tragedy. lie requested ma
to call. While | was waiting All ~
office of the hotel Senior Canoya, EN-.
tered the room and was immediately
surrounded by half a dozen gentlemen
amid whom he stood talking on Cuban
matters. | inquired a. 10 who th,.Sa
gentlemen we're and was told they
were newspaper correspondents.
The scene was entirely informal
quite American, in fact. One coul;
easily see how a man as approachable
"a Senior Canovascould be assas,sinated
without much d%ilieulty.
was told that he had always re.
ceived newspaper correspondents
freely and talked with them frankly.
senior canovas appeared 10 bc in
excellent health and spirits, though. ot
course. he was no longer a young man.
lie told me that he was satisfied that
the progress of the war ia Cuba tits
summer had been all That could be ex-
pected in the wet season, and that he
believed the conditions would be much
better in the autumn. lie spoke feel
ingly of the suffering in Cuoa, which
he considered and described "a, un-
avoidably incidental To a state of war.
and ne expressed the warmeSt hope
that the necessity for suffering would
soon cease.
THE condition OF public sentiment
in the United States was IA matter ~ to
which lie made particular inquiry. |
assured him that the country was not
50 partial to the insurgent movement
as might have been inferred from some
of the newspapers and from the reports
of congressional debates"
MIR. Carlisle believes the effect of the
assassination of Canovas will be 10
unite more closely the various sections
OF he conservative party in spain.
lie said: II can speak not only for
the court circles, but also for the poo
pie Of h three provinces where the
Carlists are reputed to bc the strongest
and | can say that | saw no signs o,
preparations for "A Carlist rising nor
anything to c%orroboratc reports cir
culated in the United States 10 tho
effect that the Spanish people are 10
dissatisfied with the government 40 70
be easily melted to overthrow it,