The evening tribune. (Pawtucket, R.I.) 189?-190?, 1897-08-09
NEWS At WASHINGTON.
Secretary Sherman and Senator MorganrSse a
Crisis Ahead For Spain.

Usvoso UuSo8 ~ SYshs
Washington. Aug. .-Thisgovernmcnt
has already received the formal nntifi-
cation Of Premier cCanovas' assasstna-
ton. Immediately the state department,
according to usual custom, Will announce
the event to the president, and the latter
will, in some way. make formal and pub
lie expression regarding the govern
ment's deep regret.
Secretary of State Sherman received
the first news OF the affair through the
press bulletins- He expressed deep In
terest in the details. He said:
This deplorable event will have Some
effect, of course. one the political az
fairs Of Spain. but to what extent / can
not say. The death Of one man Is NOT
necessarily going to change the ssenti-
ment Of the whole country. Spain Is a
very tenacious country. Her money. is
gone Her resources have been eex-
hausted. But she means, evidently, 30
hold on to Cuba Just how she can do It.
under the circumstances, cannot see.
Yet she Is opposed to yielding q point.
Premier Canovas was q strong partisan.
He was the chief exponent of the element
which was determined to keep the island
at all hazards. Seemingly, Spain is,al-
most aS unat on this. Canovas was a
strong factor In the government Of Spain,
but II ~ not impossible that another
will be found to replace him in that i'm
portant Office, having similar views and
the sameDronounced ideas. How 1t may
be In this case am not able to say, but
the effects, politically. Of such an event,
are not essentially farreaching and have
not always produced radical develop
ments. As,to the consequence on the
,confiict in Cuba do not care to talk.
must refrain from venturing guesses as
TO what Ii may effect n the future"
Asked as to how long he now thought
the Cuban insurrection might last he
replied that that was problematical 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 prob
able successor.
Senator Morgan,o Alabama, q mem
ber OF the foreign affairs committee OF
the senate, and the champion Of Cuba In
that body. predicts that the assassina-
ton might be the forerunner Of q com.
plete change Of government, a republic
replacing the monarchy. This. he
thought. 1Rs the present tendency. and
yesterdays event he regarded as an cyl
dencs OF the disintegration Of the Span
ish goveGnment. He added:
This affair IL going TO create COM
plete revaision throughout the whole OF
Spain. That country is now in very
shaky condition. 1t 10 doubtless true
that the assassin was an anarchist, but
the act IL representative of.a feeling that
exists all over the country. A Republi-
can party has already attained great
strength. though. Of course. operations
have to be largely concealed. Then the
universal testimony is that the bulk Of
the Spanish army In Cuba Is made up Of
young men. This has broken up fami-
lies all over the land. and their dispatch
to the island to be led by Weyler has de-
veloped q powerful sentiment In Spain.
Why are the veterans kept at home?
Look at this powerful Republican cle-
ment that has grown up. the effect OF
denuding the country OF It's young men,
and the personal antagonlsm thus en-
gsndered. the proximity of Spain to the
broad. liberal Influences of the French
republic, where there are ties OF mutual
affecuon and the government exerts It
sef to help It's citizens. The last does
not mean q personal prejudice against
Canovas. but against his political stand
and views and the extreme element he
represents.
1T was the well developed symptom
of the most deep seated antagonism TO
the creed OF the Canovas party. The
Barcelona incident gave evidence of the
tremendous Observation-Disclosures onsv"-