The Kimball graphic. (Kimball, Brule County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1905, 1898-07-30
Prevents the Exact Situation al
Madrid From Being Known
Outside ofspain,
THROUGH PRIVATE SOURCES
Situation More Critical Now Than
at Any Time-uuring the
War.
SEEMING APATHY SUPERFICIAL
Slightest Incident May Mt Any Mo.
nient preeipttatc IL Rcvolu-
tion--News From Watt
son a Relief.

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New York, July 27.-Tribune's Paris
special:s The great severity of the
Spanish censorship prevents the exact
situation at Madrid from being dis
closed except through private chan
aels. Any newspaper correspondents
1T Madrid suspected of even limiting
1T the true state of affairs now known
to prevail there would be imprisoned
or expelled. Under these circum-
stances, grave Importance attaches to
The Madrid letter of Saturdays date,
received here today by u French dip
tomnt, who is known on both sides
Of the Atlantic. The Tribune corre-
spondent is unfortunately not at Ibis
srty to mention the name of the
writer of the letter, whose opportuni-
ties for asserting the truth at Madrid
are unsurpassed, but is authorized to
cable the following summary of it's
eontents:
Madrid, Saturday, July 23.-The
situation is more critical than at any
previous time since the war began.
On the surface the habitual indiifer-
ence of all classes of people to the
nations disasters seems to continue.
Social entertainments, popular amusc-
merits and bull fights go on as merrily
as aver, but this apparent apathy is
me, ely superficial. The slightest Incl
dent may at any moment precipi.ate
a crisis and plunge the country into
/ revolution. The news which reached
here Thursday of the postponement
of the departure of Watson's SQUAD
ron is regarded as a definite abandon-
ment of that expedition, and causes
immense relief to the Spanish cabinet.
The work of defending the seaport,,
nevertheless, actively continues, AMI
two transports with troops and heavy
guns arrived yesterday at the Cana
ries.
Sagastu is now powerless to either
carry on the wan effectively or con
rlude a peace. The question of war is
thrown into the background lV the
urgency of dynastic considerations and
by measures to avert Il military pro-
nunciamcnto backed by a popular up
rising. The spectre of revolution by
the momentarily restrained Carlists i'll
the northern provinces is ever present.
There is nothing for Sagasta to do but
put his whole trust in the leaders OF
the army. The generals are now abso-
idlc llllSiciS CuL AhluLJU uIIt art llhSIS
to cast aside Sagastn as soon as they
have no further use for him. The ar
tillery is the most democratic, as well
as the most efficient branch of the mil
itary service and will always be early
III taking. an active partin any repub-
lican movement to %overturn the dy-
nasty. Today The entire artillery force
of the garrison of Madrid is openly
hostile to the government and il or
dered to fire on the people would GER
tally refuse to do so and would fra
ternize with the insurgents. Several
infantry regiments when the emer-
gency arises are also ready to follow
the example of the artillery. Disatfec-
ton in the army increases day by day.
Officers of every grade accuse the
ministry of incapacity in conducting
the war and charge them above all
with criminal neglect in failing to sup
ply the Santiago force with food and
ammunition.
General Polavieja, a~sthoroughly hon
est. a loyal soldier Of the old school,
whose devotion to the queen regent
IS beyond reproach, had a long confer
ence with the queen, Sagasta and the
lenders of the opposition. Polavicja
is the last hope of the dynasty. This
blunt but genial soldier still retains
a certain influence with the army, but
those who ought to know best say that
when the time comes he can no more
stem the popular tide than could Mar
shal Bugeaud have prevented the Paris
revolution in 1913 from sweeping away
Louis Philippe.
Not n day passes without the empe.
ror of Austria exerting his personal in
huence with the queen regent, urging
her to make pence Mt once, no matter
Mt what sacrifice; for in his opinion,
the only salvation Of the dynasty de-
ponds upon her ability to do so, and he
points out that the longer peace is de-
layed, so much mere intense will
be the internal explosion which
is the real danger, to the
dynasty. The queen is most anxious
TO act upon the emperor's advice and
her great hope is that Polavieja will
succeed in obtaining the assent Of the
army to permit the cabinet to make
such direct efforts for peace to Wash
ington as would be acceptable there.
But whether Polayieja will be able to
exert the necessary influence with the
nlltar.N eauerS or not is considered
more than doubtful.
ITO make The outlook still more dis
NAL, it is known that in spite of ex-
5plicit official denial, the republican
discomfort is. spreading at an alarm
ing peace in Cordova, Valencia, Maria
and Huelva. The socialist ~populace in
C%nrtagena is kept in check only by
the soldiers and sailors OF the arsenal
80 49, & ~ ~ Ess Observation-Disclosures