The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1898-05-10
DON CARLOS TALKS OF SPAIN.
Charges That Corruption Has Left
the Nation Defenseless.

GAur&eS IANN
the Nation Defenseless.
Brussels, May 9.-Don Carlos, the Span
ish pretender, In the coulse Of long in
terview. said: when left Venice about
the middle of April, had in eontempla-
ton desperate and unquestionaby haz-
ardous enterprise. unlikely perhaps to fur
ther my own dynastic interests, but sure
to force the hands of the cowardly Off
cials who are shrinking from the respon-
sibiity of upholding Wet Armis, the in
tegrity of the Spanish dominions. The
declaration of war made me pause
Il found myself imperatively constrained
to await events. Up 10 the present these
have proved disastrous, The incidents in
Cuba and Manila have revealed neglected
defenses, venal administration, prevalent
substitution of personal for national inter-
ests, corruption fostered by party govern
ment, generously voted millions diverted
from the fulfillment of their patriotic pur-
pose 10 the pockets of fraudulent contrac-
tors and dishonest state employees and
disorder, peculation and mendacity IN
every department of the public service.
1.-The Queen Regent has been mere
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and self-seeking ministers, blindly coun-
tenancing their pulling solicitations TO
European powers and even the Pope for
mediation between aggressor and ag-
gressed. She has proved herself fond
mother, but feeble queen.
This is what Spaniards, in the extrem-
ity of their peril resent and they justly
blame her for appealing to the people 70
sustain the Alfonsst dynasty instead Of
Farat rra.ars
she failed to understand the Spanish char
acter and sounded the wrong note. She
should have exhorted the Spaniards to
rally around Spain, and not around Alton
so. 1t was not her only son, but the
country of her adoption which should
have been at least ostensibly her first con-
sideration.
LAS for Intervention on our behalf by
the Powers implored by her at the in
stance of her weakened advisers, had
it been provided for in previous treaties
or confidential ententes, there is no true
Spanish patriot who would not have wei
coined it with feryent joy; but to solicit
it with humsliating entreaty at the elev-
enth hour, was manifestly incompatible
with our national point of honor.
"Whatever popularity Donna Christina
may have enjoyed by virtue of her do
mestic and constitutional merits was in
eNltaDly scattered 10 tne winds Wnen she
lent herself 10 a. proceeding whereby the
nation felt itself degraded have the full
est confidence in the valor and patriotism
of the Spanish army and navy. The peo-
pie, too, will bear with stoical and dlgni-
fled equanimity whatever sacrifices and
priyations are imposed upon them. They
will never grudge supplies to their fight
ing brethren, even IL they have 10 tighten
their belts to the last hole.
1T is their ministers whom / distrust
and condemn. Senor Sagasta is not so
culpable as Senior Moret, but he is an old
man of failing power. He is the apostle
of expediency and as such utterly unit
to sway the destinies Of proud, brave and
self-respecting nation.
AS for Weyler he is a typical Cab
allero Espanol. He is purely a soldier;
not in the least politician 1t is my
firm conviction that he adopted the proper
policy for putting down the Cuban insur-
rection, and would have suppressed 1t
effectually perhaps ere now had he not
been prematurely Withdrawn from the
command, the victim of political In
trigue and official cowardice. He was
the terror of the American emmissaries
and rebel spies, and of foreign sympa-
thizers with treason and anarchy"