The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1897-09-30
designations of the Conservative Ministers
Presented and Accepted by the Queen.
Cor Wo<1or'e Roc711 One of the Steps That May
OCi' HSylSi SSSsai Be Expected SOOn
Senor Sagasta in Favor of Supercedng the Captain
General and Granting Immediate Autonomy
to Cuba-Party Leaders Called
to Council.

MADRID, Sept 29.-(Midnight) 1t is
said that Senor Sagasta is in favor CT
superseding Capt. Gen. Weyler, and Of
granting autonomy to Cuba immedi-
ately. Senor Gamazo will probably be
minister of foreign affairs in the new
cabinet.
MADRID, Sept. 29.-The Spanish
cabinet has resigned. The queen has
accepted the resignation, but has
asked Gen. Azcarraga to continue in
office until a solution of the crisis is
found. Her majesty will summon the
leaders of the various parties and the
presidents of the chambers tomorrow
to consult as to the situation. Senor
Sagasta has been telegraphed for and
it is believed that the Liberal leader
will be asked to form cabinet. The
ministry whose resignation has just
been announced was constituted as
follows:
Prime Minister and Minister for War-Gen.
Marcello de AZcarraga.
Minister for Foreign Affairs-The Duke of
Tetuan.
Minister of Marine-Rear Admiral Don Jose
M Beranger.
Minister of Finance-Don Juan Navarro Re-
verter.
Minister of Commerce and Agriculture-Don
Aureiano Linares Rives.
Minister for the Colonies-Don Tomas Cas-
teliano.
Minister for the Home DEPARTING 7t-Don
Fernando Cos-Gayon.
United States Minister Woodford,
the Duke of Tetuan and the president
of the senate, the Marquis Paso de la
Merrzed, held long conference today
and Gen. Woodford presented to Gen.
Azcarraga the members of the United
States legation. Owing to the cabinet
crisis the Cuban Pour Parlers have
been postponed.
On Aug 27 last, it was announced
that Senor Sagasta, the Liberal lead
Ell, had made a fresh declaration on
the political situation. He said affairs
were daily growing worse in Cuba and
continued serious in the Philippine
Islands. He added the Liberal minis
try would be ready to apply autonomy
to Cuba. Again, on, Sept. IA, Senor
Sagasta, referring to the Cuban insur-
rection, said the uprising, instead Of
drying out, was spreading consider
ably He added the situation In the
asserted that the Carlists propaganda
in Spain could not be viewed with in
difference and he expressed the bellef
that reconciliation between the po-
litical parties in Spain was imposs1-
bla as long as the Conservatives were
in power. Senor Sagasta, in conclu-
sion, remarked: "In my opinion the
Cortes will not meet, but if they do
meet their existence is ephemereal.
Regarding the relations between the
United States and Spain the Liberal
leader refused to express himself.
WASHINGTON, Sept. 29.-The news
of the Spanish cabinet CRISIS was hrst
brought to the attention Of the officials
of the state department and d1plo-
matte officials through the Associated
Press bulletin from Madrid, and up to
late hour tonight from no other
source was any information on the
subject Forthcoming. 1t is surmised
that Minister Woodford's failure to
cable the department was attributed
to the fact that it was after nightfall
in Madrid before the news became
known.
1t cannot be said that the event
caused surprise among the officials Of
the state department or among the
members Of the diplomatic corps i'll
Washington A careful inspection OF the
cable news for the past few weeks had
left the general impression that the
cabinet, selected in haste after the as
sassination of Premier Canovas, could
not be expected to survive long.
There were several reasons for this ex-
pectation, but perhaps the principal
one was the belief that the dissensions
among the supporters of the govern
ment, caused by the personal encoun-
ter between the Duke of Tetuan, the
minister for foreign affairs, and one
of the leaders Of the Conservatives,
had not been healed, but had been
only bridged over temporarily. The
Conservatives, at the time, insisted
upon the resignation of the duke as a
condition of their further. support of
the government. AS the government
depended not upon a homogeneous
party, but rather upon union OF
various elements, generally opposed to
| Liberal ideas, for it's existence, this
was the threatening condition, and
crisis was averted only through stren-
uous efforts of Conservative leaders.
AS to what is to follow the resigna-
ton of the cabinet, officials here are
y
Sherman does not believe that it will
| materially affect the relations of Spain
| either to the United States or to Cuba,
which seems to indicate an eXpecta-
ton on his part that when the cabinet
| is reorganized it will be found to be
| still of a Conservative tendency. On
| the other hand high officials in the
administration expect that Liberal
cabinet under the leadership of the
veteran Sagasta will be erected on the
ruins of the Azcarraga cabinet. If
| this should be the case the future is
held to be full OF promises for Cuba.
Incident to the selection of a Liberal
cabinet, it is expected, would be the
restoration of Martinez Campos to
position where he would be able to
carry out the programme of the re-
| formed government in its Cuban pol
| icy.
Among diplomatic officials the resig-
nation of the Spanish cabinet excited
| the keenest interest and was the chief
| topic throughout the evening. The
| Spanish minister left at 4 o'clock for
Lenox, about an hour before the first
| word of the designations had been re-
| ceived He had felt up to the time of
departure that there was no indication
| of important developments at Madrid,
| and he would undoubtedly have re-
nained here had he anticipated the
impending crisis. All official advices
are being forwarded direct to Lenox.
| The ministry, it was explained, by
| diplomatic officials entirely familiar