The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1898-05-11

VueeH heSeht Aum1ts Her Ina
bility to Save the Country From
the Impending Ruin.
| MADRID, May 10 midnight).-Th
chamber has definitely adopted the war
| credits.
| MADRID, May 10.-Cabinet changes
| have become inevitable, and the Car
lists, Republicans and Socialists are
| preparing to take advantage of any op-
portunity presenting itself. Happily the
activity of this hybrid group, which
| includes several nondescript and un-
| scrupulous politicians and some Romer-
| lists, presents no immediate danger.
Inside the chamber they only number
about thirty deputies, and outside they
have no efficient organization, except
the Carlists, who do not desire at pres
ent any insurrectionary movement, but
only to discredit the monarchy, hoping
| that an anarchistic republic would
in favor Of Don Carlos.
Carlists Careful.
Meanwhile, they are careful to avoid
| producing an impression of utilizing
| the national calamities for their own
| ends. Spain has not forgotten the ter
rible sufferings Of the last Carlist war,
| and does not desire to begin another
| struggle Of the same kind
Senior Morets practical invitation to
the chamber to declare what policy the
country desired to adopt has not met
with general approval, it being re-
garded, as Senor Silvela said Saturday,
| as a confession of impotence ON the
| governments part and conversion of
| the cortes into convention, and Of
the cabinet into mere executive com
mittee.
In the COrtes.
The principal speech in today's de-
bate in the chamber was that Of Senior
: Labra, a Porto Rican member, who
maintained that autonomy in Cuba was
not a failure and that on the contrar
| the United States precipitated war be-
| cause, as he said, 'sthey foresaw au-
| tonomy would succeed in restoring
peace to Cuba" The Americans be-
| lieved, he declared, that Spain would
yield, but ION their arrival at Havana
they discovered their mistake" /"
| (Cheers.)
Senor Labra contended that Spain
ought to appeal to the powers not for
armed assistance, but for an arbitral
al law involved.
The speech was much applauded on
all sides. Senor Moret, secretary for
the colonies, generally indorsed Senor
Labra's views and, replying to Senor
Mella's speech yesterday, said that
neither victories nor defeats could be
another and that it was bad inter-
probation Of the words of Isaiah" to
say that God averts his face from ma
tions governed by women.
Stormy Session.
The chamber dover house, had a
prolonged sitting this evening, with a
view Of passing the current political
measures giving the government au-
thority to procure funds to continue the
war.
Senior Salmeron, the Republican lead
er, alluded to the runners of the queen
regents abdication and declared that
the Republicans were ready to form a
government forthwith. His remarks
evoked storm of protests; and Senior
Salmeron was unable to proceed for
fully ten minutes. Monarchists and
Republicans shrieked at each other and
banded threats.
The presidents voice was completely
drowned. When he finally obtained a
hearing the president, Marquis Vega
Armijo, requested Senor Salmeron to
withdraw the calumny Senior SALINE
ron refused, whereupon the president
named him and threatened to name
him thrice If he continued his attacks
upon the throne. AS a result Of this
caution and Of the persistent Monarch
ist Interruptions, Senior Salmeron was
compelled to desist.
Senor Sagasta, the premier, then rose
and declared that any one trying to
SOW disunion among Spaniards when