The record-union., 1898-05-04
IN PARLIAMEN
Senior Salmeron Makes an Attack
Upon the Government.

AhAIIlID, MAY O.-Ine HOOTS ana
| galleries of the Cortes were crowded
at to-day's sitting, and some lively
| scenes ensued. Senior Salmeron said
that before questioning the Government
the house ought to pay it's tribute of
admiration to the Spanish sailors at Ca
vite, adding:
When it has been ascertained how
much blood has been shed and how
much money expended, it will be neces-
sary to establish the responsibility at
taching to the crown as Well as to the
| least citizen So s
| Murmurs of protest followed this re-
mark. f-f<f> -
The President of the Chamber called
SenOr Salmeron to order, and directed
his attention to the article of the Con-
stitution establishing the inviolability
of the crown.
Senior Salmeron renewed his demands
for an explanation of the cause of the
| reverse the fleet had sustained.
Just at this moment General Weyler
lentered the chamber and seated himself
between the Republican and Carlist
groups. -sf, "
Salmeron continued, deploring the un-
patriotic attitude of the Conservatives,
and attributed the country's ills to the
| worn regime under which we live.
He concluded: g We expend millions
to maintain the monarchy, but have not
enough to buy ironclads. Whoever will
destroy the existing regime will be a
! great patriot
This declaration was received with
/ loud Conservative protests.
Senor Sagasta made determined re-
ply, which was loudly applauded by a
majority of the chamber. He began by
deploring the fact that. the Spaniards
were not united, lin the present cir
| cumstances, when the country is in
volved in a war forced upon it,
If it ever We're criminal to attack the
fatherland he said, it was surely more
so now EuIogizing the men who had
fallen III battle, he declared it impera-
tive that Spaniards should show them
selves energetic. and he appealed to all
parties to unite. He begged the cham
Der to adopt the. necessary war credits.
81 ask it." he said, Sin the name of the
soldiers and in the name of the father
land .i@@
Senior. Sagasta declared that the Re
publican system did not deserve the
| praises Senior Salmeron bestowed upon
| it.
THE United States is republic" he
said. "yet it employed toward Spain a
policy of a kind SO base that the world
has never seen before. 1t does not dare
to make war face to face. 1t seeks by
| indirect methods to do Spain an injury.
am certain the United States would
be pleased to see any uprising in Spain
/ by the Republicans"
/ This was followed by loud Conserva-
tive cheers and Republican protests.
The Republicans and Carlsts greeted
/ Sagasta with angry denUnciations,
shaking their fists and giving other
marks of disapproval, while the Repub-
| licans and Monarchists exchanged hot
I recri1ninations. But the debate itself
fell short of expectations, Senor Sa-
gasta's reservation of the desired ex-
! plantations depriving it of interest
| The heads of all political sections
agreed not to oppose any measures the
! Government required to conduct the
war.
The chief interest attached to the
speech of Senior Jose Canalejas, who de-
clared that he belonged to no political
party, and could speak with entire in
| dependence.
| The editor of lei Hefaldo'' severely
criticised the unpreparedness of the
| Government. He said that he learned
while on his visit to America and Gu
| ba that the Americans meant war, and
were rapidly preparing for it, being per-
| fectly acquainted with Spain's means
/ of attack and defense, but" he said,
had the Spanish Government not been
/ so yielding, and had it confronted the
! Yankees with a powerful army, they
would never have gone to war" He
said he considered it preferable to give
Cuba independence than embark on q
| ton. ~
| 1t is believed the Government intends
| to close the Parliament as soon as the
| budget is voted Senior Gassett's pro-
posal to vote censure upon the Gov
ernment is likely to produce a warm
debate The minority, though small, is
in possession of brains far above the
average of the Deputies.
la Correspondence de Espana'
handsomely withdraws its previous dis
courteous reference to foreign journal
lists, explaining that they We're. only in
tended to apply to such as were delib-
erately unfair to the Spanish cause.
/ Madrid IS Gfiiet tonight
In the Senate admiral Befanger, af-
ter an eloquent etliegy of tae amen
who died at Manila offered his ser
vices to the Government uncondition-
ally.