The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1898-08-26
CORTES TO MEET SEPT. 5
POLITICIANS THROUGHOUT SPAIN
SHARPENING THEIR KNIVES.
Lively Session of Parliament Predict
ed-Return of Soldiers from SAM
tiago-Bones of Columbus.

LONDON, Aug. 26.-The Madrid CORE
spondent of the Standard says: Nothing
can better illustrate the country's weari-
ness and dsilluson than the small excite
ment caused by the return of the repatriated
troops OF the 225.O00 men who have left
Spain for the Antilles since March, 1895, fif-
ty thousand have persisted in Cuba, seventy
three thousand have been sent home in
valided and the remainder are returning to
be disbanded after receiving a portion of
their nine months arrears of pay. This
clever stroke of policy on the part of the
government will, it is thought avert the
dangers that otherwise might have existed
of disconnected army to be made the tools
Of political or military intriguers and Carl
lists. There are forty-three generals and
six thousand other officers on the active list
For these it is proposed that the number of
line regiments shall be increased The gov
eminent has very LITERALLY provided hospi-
tai and other accommodations for the re-
turning troops and private subscriptions are
pouring in from various parts of Spain also
for the sick soldiers
1.-The Carlist and Republican papers and
opposition organs of every shade, including
the Conservative and Independent journals.
openly show delight at the convocaton of
the Cortes. 1t is their firm belief that the
days of the Liberal government are num-
bered. They also announce that the oppo-
sition considers that it's hour of reckoning
has come. The opposition will not allow the
government TO close the session as quickly
as Senior Sagasta fancies or may desire
His opponents, they add, are determined to
discuss all the acts of the Cabinet before
and during the war and there will be pro-
longed debates. Some papers are even
laboring under the deusion that the Cortes
can discuss the contemplated instructions
to the peace commissioners. A part of the
session will be devoted to ways and means.
The treasury is also becoming very empty.
Even many friends Of the Cabinet consider
the convocation of the Cortes mistaken
act of weakness fraught with consequences
which will prove undesirable and inconve-
nient both in home politics and in relations
with the United States"
The Madrid correspondent of the Times
says: THE convocation of the Cortes for
Sept. indicates that Senior Sagasta had to
capitulate to a majority of his colleagues.
The chief advocate Of the early assembling
of the Cortes was the minister of justice,
Senior Groisaro, a recognized authority on
intricate questions. The peace conditions
are thus fated to pass twice through the
fire of parliamentary discussion-frst in en-
bryonic state, as defined in the protocol, and
subsequently in fully developed treaty form.
1t is stated that the government will insist
upon propagation during the sittings in
Paris of the Peace Commission. The press
halls this solution as a victory for genuine
constitutionalsm over what Ell impartial
describes as a dictatorship Of impotence
There are many indications that the session
will be extremely lively. The government
will have to justify the suspension of the
constitution and the press censorship, and
there is no doubt that the orators Of the
chamber will make strenuous efforts to
rouse the nation from its culpable lethargy.
Prolonged discussions on the chief Incl
dents of the war are probable and awkward
sponsibilfty for plumbers. The discussion of
the protocol is also likely to be prolonged
and animated, but it can hardly have any
practical Importance because the fate of the
Antilles is irrevocabe and the Philippine
question cannot be infinitely examined be-
fore the Paris commission meets.
THE Bishop of Tarragona in a pastoral
and many newspapers and the clergy de-
plore the rage throughout the country for
amusements which eliminated in the un-
usual spectacle of women acting as toredos
in bull fight here, a thing most inappro-
pirate when the country is mourning the loss
of brave men,"