Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1897-08-10
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Washington. Aug. 8.-This govern
ment probably has already received the
| formal notification OF Premier Canova's
assassination, but IL 20 It is locked ur
with other dispatches in the State de-
partment and will not be known until
Secretary Sherman reaches the depart
| ment, tomorrow. Immediately the
State department. according to its usu-
al custom, will announce the event to
| the President and the latter will, in
some way, make formal and public ex-
deep regret. Just in what form these
expressions will be couched is not
known, for precedents differ, but It
doubtless will be dispatch to the
| Spanish government. simple and SYM
pathetic in its terms.
Secretary of State Sherman received
the first news of the affair through
The Associated Press bulletin. He ex-
pressed deep interest in the details. H.
said: This deplorable event will have
some effect, Of course, on the political
affairs of Spain, but to what extent /
cannot say. The death Of one man Is
not necessarily going to change the
sentiment OF the whole country Spain
is a very tenacious country. But she
means. evidently, to hold on to Cuba.
Just how she can do 1t, under these cir
cumstances. cannot see. Yet she is
opposed to yielding point. Premier
Can0vas was strong partisan. He
was the chief exponent of the element
which was determined to keep the
island at all hazards. Seemingly Spain
is almost a unit on this"
"Canovas was a strong factor in the
government Of Spain, but it Is not i'm
possible that another will be found to
replace him in that important Office
having similar views and the same pro-
nounced ideas. How 1t may be in this
case l am not able to say, but the eff
feet, politically. OF such an event. are
not essentially far-reaching. and have
not always produced radical develop
ments.
AS to the consequences on the con-
flict in Cuba, do not care to talk. I
have no official information Of the as
sassination, and must refrain from ven-
turing guesses as to what it may effect
in the future
Asked as to how long he now thought
the Cuban instruction might last. he re-
pied that that was probleml teal and he
did not care To discuss 1t. He added that
he had heard various names of prominent
leaders In Spain mentioned. but he was
not well informed as to them and there
was nothing on which he could base a
prediction as to Canovas' probable sue
cessor.
Senator Morgan of Alabama. a member
of the foreign affairs committee of the
Senate and the champion Of Cuba In that
body, predicted In an interview that the
assassination might be the forerunner~
of complete change of government. a
republic replacing the monarchy. This.
he thought. was the present tendency. |
and today's event he regarded as an evil |
dence of the dsintegration of the Span |
ish government. He added:
This affair is going to create COM
plete revulsion throughout the whole of |
Spain. That country is now in a very
shaky condition. 1t is doubtless true that |
today's assassin was an Anarchist, but |
the act Is representative of feeling that /
exists all over the country. A republican |
party has already attained great strength |
though of course operations nave to be |
largely concealed. Then the universal |
testimony is that the bulk of the Span |
ish army in Cuba is made up of young |
over the land, and their dispatch to the |
island to be led by Weyler has developed |
a powerful sentiment in Spain. Why are |
the veterans kept at home?
Look at hits powerful republican ele- |
ment that has grown up, the effect of de- |
nuding the country of its young men, and |
the personal antagonism thus engendered, |
the proximity of Spain to the broad lib |
eral influences of the French republic, |
where there are ties of mutual affection |
and the government eXerts itself 20 help |
its citizens. The act does not mean a |
personal prejudice against Canovas. but |
against his political stand and the views
and the extreme element he represents"
The only member of the Spanish Legal
ton in Washington when the news of |
Senior Canovas' assassination was re-
ceived. was Julio Galarza. the third sec
rotary. Senior De LONE. the Spanish
minister, was at Lenox. and all the other
members of the legation were scattered
for the summer.
Until $40. Senior Galarza had heard
nothing officially from Spain. but at that
hour telegram was brought him, and
after reading it he hurriedly left the
Metropolitan Club, where he was stop
ping, merely saying that he was going TO
New York. Ii is probable that he will
join Senior De LONE either there or at
Lenox. 1t is likely that this unexpected
development will bring the Spanish min
lister back to Washington.