New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1898-08-21
CARLIST THREATS.
TIE pRETENDER's LAST LETTER OF IN
sTRUCT1ONS TO HIS ADHERENTS.
.,,, DISORDER IN THE NORTHERN PROVINCES
THE QUEEN REGENTS ISOLATION - THE
MADRID POPUI.ACE INDIFFERENT
,.prr THE TRIRINE.

-,,, or.rrx REGENTS ISOLATION - THE
v,pRrp PopuI.ACE INDIFFERENT.
fey CABLE TO THE TRIBUyE
,rodr,s Aug. 10. via Paris. Aug. 2o-The
,.r.,eth OF the Carlists is assuming proper
,,o,s which, in spite of the enforced silence OF
49, ,rass. cause the Government considerable
.,o,v senor Silvela. the leader or the Con-
.,,e marty. saws that Carlism has now he-
,re symbol Of Casarism, and is welcomed
,,o landed aristocracy and others whom the
s'.os,ers or the American war have driven into
.na ranks of dynastic opposition. but who had
,,berto held aloof from the Pretender The
- has lust made a journey in the Basque
,~ov,rces and talked with several OF the most
,,-or,incp, Carlis, leaders who are all positive
,r their belief that in case OF need they can
copr, opon several OF the most prominent gsn-
-. o,d ,,uon certain regiments of the regu
lar army.
rho MOS, casual observer could not fail 20
ro,iCe that throughou, Navarro and Guipuzcoa
,ha ,eosants under the influence of the rural
o,oro,. and discontonted with the increased war
.oxo,io- ave impatient to come out from their
,sorios N fght for their arcient fueros or local
,or,estead laws Thirty thousand Gras rifles
a,d annie supplies Of cartridges purchased IN
Franco have been safely transported across he
I
s~o,ti.1 m Tlizundo and now being Gis-
.-ihrted " the villages. In a conversation with
che Naroris De Tamarit aide-de-camp TO Don
csr,os and Carlist Deputy in the Cortes who
has returncd 10 Madrid from visi; 10 his chiaf
q, Lucerne the writer was assured that the
Carlist forces are fully organized and at the
lowest estimate consist OF fifty thousand men.
The MARQUIS De Tamarit said that money was
actually in hand sufficient to keep this army
together for six months and stated that large
sums had been received from converts IN
Mexico. and that additional funds had been
rron1ised by English speculaeors. The Marquis
considers a general Carlist uprising inevitable
but is most positive in his declaration 'hat ho
official Carlist movement will be made before
October IL All who know Don Carlos well are
nnaniinous in saying that he Is not at all anxious
70 repeat in his fftieth year adventures similar
"a tho.e he undertook when youth Of twenty
seven.
The mos; explicit instructions from the Pre-
lender have been received by his representa-
tive IN Spain the Marquis De Ceraibo Inc
exact words Of these orders are:
Continue actively and by every POSSIBLE means
the Carlist propaganda. especially among 'h
soldiers Of the cavalry ana ln1ahlI! ,ha
Madrid and the large towns, ana aihohs 'ne
hattaliors that return from Cuba but' apoNe
all prevent the peasants in the BASQUE pro-.
inces from assuming prematurey an, a." W
hostilities Do all you can TO induce theih 10
uai, Hold our forces ready TO act ana impress
mon all our adherents that their first duty is TO
Wait until the proper moment arrives. l, wouIo
he unpatriotc 10 act before peace "i'h '"e
t-nited States is actually signed
Notwithstanding tn, peremptory orders Of Don
Carlos the Marquis De Tamart ana otne1 Na''
&c, leaders fear that It Will be impossible TO pre-
-, ,.o,a,cd bands of partisans from taking the
ca. ,,oesa much to the annoyance OF the Mar
ouis ne Ceralbo some Of these bands are al
rsadv stirring nea- Urgel. and the Carlist agents
are doing all they can 10 keep them In check ana
nrevent the Pretenders hand from being forced
hy his overzealous partsans In the northern
provinces
The severe strain upon the Queen Regent has
told vlsbly upon her health. Although stlll re-
tanning the great respect Of the people she re-
mains estrangsd from them because she snafes
none Of their national tastes nor passions. Re-
ports are constantly circulated. only to be CON
tradicted again. about her intentions 70 retre 10
Austria She was deeply disappointed that Sa-
gasta was unable to postpone the assembling oi
the Cortes until after the signature OF treaty
Of peace and with a womans instinct she mas
vague apprehensions that the meeting OF the
Cortes bodies no good fortune for the Afonsist
dynasty. II with tears In her eyes that
SIZE received the news from Sagasta's lips that
he could not succeed in deferrng the opening or
the Cortes later than September 20. 1t is pain
fully evident that, except those Immediately
about the Queens person. the nobility and cour-
tiers are disposed. with true Castilian noncha-
lance to abandon her FOR Don Carlos. II is the
unexpected vitality OF Carlism which, more than
any other reason has caused the Queen TO give
up her plan Of passing few weeks AZ San Sc
bastian. which is in the heart Of the Carlist
district
The attitude Of the army is one Of expectancy.
and the division of opinion among army leaders
and the military discomfort canno; fail to be
augmented by the return OF the troops from
Cuba. General Arolas the violent partisan and
conAdant of Weyler. will return with them.
Arolas Is popular with the Younger officers of
the army, and among his intimate friends en-
joys the reputation OF being sort OF stormy
petrel II is predicted in army circles In Ma
drd that Arolas will not long remain in the
background
The persistent attempts OF Romero Robledo to
pose as Spanish Gambetta have met with
complete and ridiculous failure. The division in
the Cabinet owing to difference of opinion be-
tween Sagasta and Gamazo In reference TO the
convocatjon OF the Cortes. is only patched up
TEMPORARILY as Sagasta was willing 10 go 10
any length 10 avoid Cabinet crisis before the
conclusion OF peace 1t IS felt here that the
meeting OF the COrtes VIII be very dlfhcut
hoadland for eagasta to weather especially now
that the capitulation Of Manila has caused a
new ground for complaint against him. BY this
Spain has lost the trump card which 1t was
confidently expected she would use during the
peace negotiations to retain a vestige al least or
her influence in the Philippines.
No one who does not see II with his own eyes
can realize the extraordinary and absolute IN
difference Of the Madrid public TO all political
afairs Meanwhile misery and beggary on one