The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1897-08-24
SPANS ATTITUDE
Toward the United - for
Damages for Filibustering Expedition.
Calderon Carlisle Tells of His Confer.
ences With CanuYaR.

Damages for Filibustering Expeditions.
Calderon Carlisle Tells of His Confer.
ences with Canovas.
London, August 19.-Calderon Car
Isle, of Washington, counsellor to the
Spanish legation in the United States,
arrived here today from Spain.
In the course Of an interview with
the correspondent Of the Associated
Press, Mr.. Carlisle said he went to
Spain to pay a visit to relatives, but
while there he had an audience with
the queen-regent and he discussed with
the late Senior Canovas del Castillo,
the premier, and other high officials of
the Spanish government, the various
aspects Of the Cuban question, explain
ing to Senior Canovas the details of
some Of the principal flibustering ex-
petitions from the United States to
Cuba and giving his views as to the
legal aspects of the filibustering claims
which he had investigated since the
war broke out in Cuba. Spain, he said,
intended to press strongly her claims
to compensation for flibustering and
these claims would overbalance the
American claims for damages to the
property of citizens of the United
States in the island.
My last interview with the late
Senior Canovas," aid Mr.. Carlisle,
wa uuIIIS lHc "tth bt1OIt lie was
assassinated and at the hotel which
was the scene of the tragedy. He re-
quested me to call. While l was wait
ing at the office Of the hotel Senior Can
Ovas entered the room and was imme-
diately surrounded by half a dozen
gentlemen, amid who he stood talking
on Cuban matters. I enquired as to
who these gentlemen were and was told
they were newspaper correspondents.
Tho ccnya We anfirlU infnrrn1 | anita
American, in fact. One could easily
see how a man so approachable as
Senior CanOvaS could be aSSaSSinated
without much difficulty. l was told
that he always received newspaper cor
respondents freely n talked with
them frankly.
"Senor Canovas appeared to be in
excellent health and spirits, though,
of course, he was no longer a young
man. He told me he was satisfied that
the progress of the war in Cuba this
summer had been all hat could be ex-
pected in the wet season and that he
believed conditions would be much bet
ter in the autumn. He spoke feelingly
of the suffering in Cuba, which he con-
sidered M described as unavoidably
incidental to a state Of war and he
expressed the Warmest hope that the
necessity for suffering would soon
cease.
1.-The condition of public sentiment
in the United States was a matter as
to which he made particular inquiry.
I assured him that the country was not
so partial to the insurgent movement as
might be inferred from some of the
and from the reports of
congressional debates"
Mr.. Carlisle believes the effect of the
assassination of CanOvas will be to
unite more closely the various sections
of the conservative party in Spain. He
said: Il can speak, not only for the
court circles, but also for the people of
three provinces where the Carlists are
reputed to be strongest, and l can say
that I saw no signs Of preparations for
a Carlist rising nor anything to cor
roberate reports circulated in the
United States to the effect that the
Spanish people are so dissatisfied with
the government as to be easily melted
to overthrow it,"