The Anaconda standard. [volume] (Anaconda, Mont.) 1889-1970, 1898-05-12
HER INTERNAL OlSSeNSIONS.
Spain Il In q Fix and Doesn't Know which
Way To Turn.

Spain Il In q Fix and Doesn't Know which
Way To Turn.
New York. May ia dispatch to
the Herald from Madrid says: 1t is
only indirectly that attention is paid
to the progress of the war by the peo-
pie. For the time being every one is
engrossed with the consideration of
the ministerial crisis. Upon its solu-
ton depends the immediate action of
Spain. If the cabinet weathers the
storm. II will emerge from II either in
structed to prosecute the war vigor-
ously or else empowered to take steps
for the re-establishment of peace with
the least possible delay. From careful
consideration of the ministers action,
it is thought that the latter action is
more certain. The question is. will
they be able to follow their desires?
This position is a difficult one. They
know only too well hat the longer the
wal Is prosecuted the more severe will
be h loss of Spain.
1t is manifest that the government
is trying to throw the responsibility
for the continuance of the wal on par
lament. 1t Is also manifest that the
opposition is trying to embarrass the
government by refusing to accept that
responsibility without at the same
time giving h ministry any ground
for saying later the peace wa con-
tluutu ny the VIII Oh the ndtlOn = TeD-
resentatives and not by the govern
ment party majority. The opposition
will not help the government to secure
peace, as later ii may overthrow ii on
the same grounds.
There is growing a current feeling
that to pursue this disastrous war,
now that IL has been proven that while
SPANS courage is always equal to
any test, her financial, military and
naval resources are inadequate to cope
with an adversary so vastly her SUI
perior as America, simply to
madness.
One of the most prominent bankers
here said that to escape from total ruin
is becoming more and more difficult
every day the war is prolonged. The
workingman finds himself confronted
with tangible proof of what war
means. He is already paving about
twice as much as formerly for the loaf
of bread that plays such an import
ant role in his nourishment. and he is
beginning to get desperate. There you
have the exclamation of the risings
that have and are still taking place all
over the country. The laborer knows
that life is becoming impossible for
him, and il may be that IL is even now
very neal the point where the exporter
of every bag of grain becomes his
enemy. and the Spectator who is stor-
ing breadstuffs in the hope Of a fur
Their rise is a man t. be dealt with as
a noxious reptile. Some of the disor-
ders to little more than
noisy demonstrations but oil indicate
h spirit of desperation due to the
DEAFNESS of bread and the consequent
widespread misery.
With the people in this excited state
ii is comparatively easy for the Carlist
and republican political agitators to
gain the acceptance of the most alb
surd theories. These a~gitators have
naturally not been lacking. but the po-
litical aspect of the disturbance is only
a minor one. Their real cause is the
stern suffering. and the government
with a united majority could bring the
war to an end n be applauded. VIII
n majority be obtained? Most people
doubt Il.