Kansas City journal. [volume] (Kansas City, Mo.) 1897-1928, 1897-08-09
SECRETARY SHERMAN TALKS.
Doubts Whether CanoNHS' D""'h HI
Have Il Great Effect on SPAN
fsh Politics.

Washington, Aug ~ H40 7oN''
,,-.rrbl, ras already received the formal
notification Of Premier Canovas assassin
a-.,n hut if SO IL is locked IN with other
d,s-atcbcs in the state department ana VIII
moi d.. ln-wn until Secretary sherman
reaches the department tomorrow morn
frr Immediately the state department nc
,orEfug 10 its usual custom, VIII announce
,r, event to the president and the latter
will in some way. make formal ana pun
lie cxpres sion regarding the government ;
d.ep regret Just in what form this eN-
preston will be COuched = not known, lSt
iregpdentS differ. hut il doubtless VIII DC
Z dispatch 10 the Spanish government
simple ana sympathetic IN us terms. -,
Secretary Of state sherman LtcSNSV 'lIS
first news or the affair through the AS'o-
,isted Press bulletin. He expressed &c, 9gtp
~ rcr. II i'm the details. He said: MS
,eplCrahlc event will have some eiieSt, OF
course on the political affairs OF SPstih
tut 20 what extent ! cannot say. ne
To- change the sentiment or the WnoIe
country. Spain il a very tenacious couh-
Try. Her money l. gone. heL resource Fe,,.
have been exhausted. But she means,
.yideutlv TO hold on to Cuba. Just now
she can do il. under these ctrcumstan
] cannot see. Yet. she is opposed TO yleld-
ing p8int Premier CUnOVaS was a SUI
uartiSan He was the chief exponent OF the
element which WAS determined 10 keep tiit
island al all hazards. seemingly SPAIN Is
almost unit on this. CanoNaS Mas d
strong factor in the movement OF Spalli;
but II iS not impossible that another VAL
by found to replace him in that lnporlane M
Office having similar views and the same
pronounced ideas. How II may be IN TINS
case 2 am unable 20 say. but the eIects'
politically Of such an event are not essen
Iiaily far reaching and have not alNay ;
produced radical developments. AS 10 tne
consequences Of the conflict In Cuoa 90
not care 90 talk. l have no OHlclai lIlloI
nation Of the assassination and must re
frain from venturinE gueSses as TO What IL
may effect in the future.
D. moi
Cuban inSurrectiOn might last, ne Iepilru
that that was prOblematiCal ana ne did
not care tC discuss IL. He added that NJ
had heard various names OF pFoihlltI!. ! .
leaders in Spain mentioned but ne was not
well Informed as to them. and there was
nothing OF which he could base prediction
a. 20 Can0vas' probable successor.
Senator Morgan. of Alabama. InesfloeT !
Of the foreign affairs committee OF the
senate and TIE champion of Cuba III that
body. predicted in an interview that tnt
assassination might he the forerunner oi
a complete change OF government d re-
public replacing the monarchy. -
This h. thought. was the present ten
deucv and to-day's event he regarded as an
evidence of the disinteEration or the SpaI-
fsh government. He added: This aitalI
Is going TO create complete revolution
throughout the whole Of Spain. That couh'
try Is now N very snak5Ins co's'lt
was an anarchist but the act II represents
tive Ct a feeling that exists an over li'
country. A republican party has alreauH
its operations have TO be largely concealeu
Teen the universal testimony Is that m
bulk OF the Spanish army in Cuba : mao
un OF Young men. This has broken ul
families al over the land ana thelr dlspd g
TO the island TO he led by Neyler mas ue
VoiCpeu a powerful sentiment IN SPAN.
Why are the veterans kept at nOIne
Look AZ this powerful republican elemch
that has grown Cp, the effect OF denuulnt
the country Of its young men ana lh'
personal auta-onisrr thus cngendered; tn
5ir1xirnifv Cf Spain 10 the broad. liberal in
fluence Of the French republic where ther'
are ties OF mutual affection ana tne gov
a~rruent cNerts itself TO help its citiE ms
The act does not moan a personal prelu
dice ggatDSt CauOVaS. but against ms po
lirfcal stand and views and the eXtrem
element hc represents. II was the well de
Nalopei system Of the most deep se1te'
autaEcniSm TO the creed OF the tanO'a
uarty. The Barcelona incident gave cNl
der1cC Of the tremendous anti-admniStra
Won operations and the stricken premier
frtlar-r mcut Of WoyteT. putting him II
command Of barcelona in that affair. Sre2 I
ly added 20 CanoVas UHpopularity. Ine IN
di-aticue point 30 ~" assassin as victim
OF that Barcelona incident.
Tho succcssorship Of Canovas Is prob
lrrr.tfcal. 7 believe. however, that tn
rl-rfuisfra ton viii realize the overwhelm
ing iHf'Ucug, Of the opposition and. havin
seen 'arovas gotten out Of the way. Wi
r-y someone with cuban views degre
removed from those of Canovas in lih
r-al direction. II is not Improbable. an
80 is quit. likely. that Scnor PraNede
NIa',1 S1uasta. tho distinguished Libera
statesman. may succeed Canovas as pre-
uisr. Sarasrg Is 20 years old. WAS min
rsf.- OF the interior under the provisions
..aErrrnlsl- uf IAS. president OF the CoTto
iu TN- and las occupied the post OF prl
ruieg ~ fhg rJnish government numbe
90 times.
= believe that the Cuban conflict wi
De- .r.I.1 20 IL. 'o~. Of the present rain
-..>,a. This 3 uaN, frequently Contcndc
and NOV. am confident uf II. The tcrm
nation of m, affair would thus be brough
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