The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1897-09-13
CARLOS VAUNTS HIMSELF.
THE SPANISH PRETENDER SOLVES
THE CUBAN QUESTION.

Ia Needod In Dealing with the 1sinnd. ma
an Energetic Front Toward the Cnitcd
states. which, He Thinks. would no Afraid
MADRID, Sept. LIN conversation with tho
correspondent of III Impdrciu:in Santandcr,
Gen. Martinez Campos acl nowledgcd having
written to Gen. Castro a letter concerning the
falling to pieces of the Conservative party and
the necessity Of Immediately calling the Lib
erals to office. Speaking of Cuban affairs tho
General said that in 1898 he would have re-
fused to 20 to tho island II he had surmisod
that the Government would not enforce tho 70.
forms which the Cortes had just authorized.
Delay in introducing reforms" he added.
made n moro radical measure necessary, and
will finally make autonomy imperative. l
never believed In autonomy. Hnd 1t been
given spontaneously autonomy would not have
frightened me-; but 1t now annoys me that such
n regime should be given under pressure Of
force. Yet it is possible that autonomy is in
dispcnsablo for the mutual convenience Of the
two countries"
III DJensor OF Grenade reports an interview
which Senior Lopez Muhoz, a deputy TO the
Cortcs, had with Don Carlos at Lucerne, Swift
Zcrlnnd. The rretendcr to the Spanish throne
Is quoted as having said:
Force and repression alone can pacify Cuba.
At most, there will be plenty of time later to
NNs'S " WV soAoiys
II am sufficiently acquainted with tho
United States to be ablo to say that the atti-
tudc of our Government toward tho United
states has been extremely wrong The Gov
eminent was afraid to arouse the wrath Of the
United States, when it was that nation which
should BIO afraid Of us. Our respective parts
have been sadly mistaken. Rather than go to
war, tho United States would submit to any
thing before an energetic attitude on the part
of Spain. II, in spite of all, war should come.
the United States would surely have the worst
Of IL. 1t is true that she has moro money and
men than Spain. but, in war, there arc other
decisive factors which the United States lacks.
and OF which Spain has n supcrtluous stock"
Ell Nucro Regimen ridicules Don Carlos's
utterances. what a pity" it cxc,aims, that
he did not reveal how he proposed to v~anquish
the United States. But, perhaps, Don Carlos
wishes his scheme to remain a secret, lest the
United States should 40 to work and obtain
the elements OF war OF which tho pretender
boasts"
Referring TO Don Carlos's policy OF repression
in Cuba, the newspaper says: such language
might be justitlable in case VIC had, through re-
preston. accomplished any results to speak
OF after having sent 200, O00 soldiers to the ISL
and. 1t is very easy to talk of conqucring n
people who enthusiastically struggle for indie.
Vpnltntp anu WIN nave ina as u mOSJ
valuable ally
Don Carlos repeatedly says that his parti.
sans will not take the field while the territorial
rial integrity OF the nation Is at stake. hut there
is going to be at Lucernc an assembly of Carlist
notablcs under the prcsidcn y OF the Pre-.
tender. at which. according TO the leading news
papers here. resolutions will he adopted calling
for u change in the heretofore peaCcahlc meth.
s saS %' s !as pSv:, ssou an de NHfi raIai L dc gsrrT rSis
Pcy!cron. the Marquis dc Tamarit, and others
are said to have started already for Luccrne.
~ ! quot v ,t,ln Id. -rptl N r,n-l ,n.Vla
OF the party's adhcrents will be called to take
place at one of the cities near the French from.
tier.
Tho Spanish "Intcgristas' also. who admit OF
no COMPROMISE with modern ideas. will soon
hold a mass meeting at Azpeitia, Guipizcoa.
The leader OF the party, Senior Nocedal. said a
few days R.o:
w aspire to the adjustment of all modern
institutions and liberties which are useless 10
all but few, and fatally lead toward anarchism.
We would restore our secular constitution,
with all its regional. municipal and ,Erem!al
liberties. We would invest our sovereign with
by permanent councils made up by the most
OF human intelligence. We would melt into
one body the two branches of our Cortes. and
restore all the legislation formerly in force in
each OF the provinces. cities, and towns. We
would declare learning FREQ and totally indie.
pendent from state supervision, except in cases
where IL might interfere with truth, and,
through dangerous teaching, disturb the peace
of the conscience. and the practice of laws in
svired with the spirit OF the Catholic creed.
We would place public charities in charge Of
the Church. In fine, while respecting civil lib
city. we woule revive the institutions which in
PAST centuries made spain powerful among the
great nations OF the earth
In an interview with the correspondent Of
the HfrdiiU in san Sebastian. Senior Conas,
the Liberal senator whose ears were boxed by
the Duke OF Tctuan,, said that he could see only
two reasons why the Queen had not called
Sagasta to Office.
Either the Crown rejects sagasta's Cuban
policy or SaSasta shuns power because he con.
siders that the situation has grown worse to
such and extent that there is no solution of the
Cuban conflict other than the one suggested by
Senior SiIvcla, namely, the liquidation OF SPANS
affairs in Cuba"
In the opinion OF Comas 1t is q mistake to be.
li.ye that the. present Cabinet, however insiR'
nhicant, was formed as a makcshift. The men
IN Office intend to hold power for a long time:
At most there will be a change in the internal
senior Canalcjas, n former Minister Of Jus.
ticc and Finance, and proprietor. ii Is alleged.
intends soon 10 start on u Visit to Cuba. span.
tho colonies. Hc wishes 10 look Tor himself
to be able to tell spain what. according to hic
own personal knowledge OF the situation, must
be done with tho island. Considering Cana
lejas's recent visits 10 Silvcla, from whom he
was politically cstrangcd, and considering hi.
independence OF mind. many per
Sons here believe that no has seriously con
sidcred Silvcla's hints concerning the advisa
bility Of abandoning Cuba. and that what hi
authority over all the other spanish politician,
with which n personal inspection OF tho island
alone could invest nm, ana mus DC aDIe u
raise his voice in behalf OF evacuation MS soor
as no returns to spain.
The Government takes special precautions
against further Anarchist outrages. In his las
trip from san Sebastian to Madrid Gen. Azcar
raea was escorted by. eight Duardias cirile.
under a Lieutenant. This force was placed il
"a car next to the one occupied by the Premier.
On Aug. - tho steamer Montserrat landed
In La Coruna 1901 sick soldiers from III,
Spanish army in Cuba. Twenty-four soldiers
died ON the trip, and sixty.tivo discmbarkc,
in a hopeless condition.. The independcn
newspapers are fun of criticism OF the wrctchet
manncr in which the unfortunate men ar,
damned in steamers lacking all sanitary ar
rangcmcnls.
privntn ndviccs from Porto Rice to +
GiObO say that the island is kept in constan
alarm us n result of preventive measures b.
ovcrxca!ouS. authorities. The jails in almos
every city in the island are filled with poli,i
cal prisoners, arrested upon tho slightest prc
text, and military tribunals have cognizanc
of the cases. The Liberal party has been force'
TO st0p its political propaganda In the interior
The monetary situation goes from bad I
worse. The budget will not be covered. TIL
rates Of foreign exchange have gone beyond al
reasonable limits.
FREED FROM A SPANISH PRISON
Arrival or Juan yiro OF Havana and ALDER