The record-union., 1898-05-18
Newspapers Discuss Expedisncy Of
Continental Alliances.
Republican Press Favor France and Russia
Also Expecting Much From the
Attitude Of Emperor Will
lam d Germany.


respondent of the STANDARD" tele-
graphing Tuesday, says:
"Senor Sagasta spent the whole day
IN conferences with several members
of the last Cabinet, and in fresh me-
gotiations with the leaders of the right
wing of the Liberals, Senior Gamazo
and Senor Mauro, who insist on OBJ
tanning as a condition of their joining
the Ministry a well-defined programme
upon the following points:
THE war; the internal question; the
colonial policy of the West Indies and
the Philippines; home affairs and
finance, both for present urgent and
war means and for the future reor-
ganization.
'Senors Gamazo and Mauro aim at
vigorous action in every respect, to
convince both the enemies and friends
of Spain that the nation itself and the
new Cabinet intend to show themselves
equal to the task of facing all present
emergencies, and of arriving at def
mite solutions
THE Spanish papers resolutely dis
cuss the expediency of continental alli-
ances, which they affect to consider one
OF thc principal objects of the future
! Cabinet. The Republican papers urge
an alliance with France and Russia,
at the same time agreeing with the
monarchical papers in expecting much
from the attitude of Emperor William.
The Ministerial papers are equally keen
and bitter against alliance between the
United States and England"
CABINET NOT CONSTRUCTED.
| MADRID, May II. - Some of the
newspapers to-day asserted that Senior
Sagasta and Senior Gamazo would
reach an agreement at the conference
this afternoon to form a, coalition Cab
| met, while others expressed the opin--
ion that Sagasta would encounter so
many difficulties that he will be COM
PEELED to abandon the project
It was announced semi-ofticially this
evening that the reconstructed Cabinet
would be made up as follows, prob
ably:
President of the Council, Senior sa-
| gasta.
Minister of Foreign Affairs, senor
Castillo.
Minister of War, Lieutenant-Genera1
Correa.
Minister of Marine. vice-AdmiraI
Butler.
Minister of the Colonies, Senior Ga
mazo.
Minister of Finance, Senior Lopez
Puigceiver.
Minister of the Interior. Senior F. R.
Capdepon.
Minister of Justice, Senior c. Groisard.
| Minister of Public Instruction, Senor
Romero Giron.
| Midnight-The composition of the new
Ministry is still underlined, but it is re-
garded as certain that Senior Gatodo
will enter the Cabinet 1t is also re-
marked that Senior Capdepon may
finally take the Colonial portfolio, and
| that in such an event Senior Aunon or
Admiral Camara may become Minister
of Marine.
| GEN. AZCARRAGA ASSAULTED.
| LONDON, May 1.-THE Madrid cor
respondent of the Daily MALI says:
| General Sancho Mira tonight as
saulted Lieutenant General Azcarraga,
Minister of War in the last Canovas
Cabinet. and the head of the Ministry
organized after the murder of Canovas.
The incident occurred in Puerto del
Sol. They were separated, and the
military officers will probably prose-
cute General Mira.
DEMAND REPRISALS UPON
AMERICANS.
MADRID. May 1.-THE newspapers
here assert that letters for Spain, even
letters containing checks and other val
ua bles have been stopmped at New
York and destroyed. The papers de-
mand that the Government make re-
prisals upon American residents in
Spain. especially in the case of the cor
RESPONDENTS of American newspapers.
ADMIRAL CERVERA'S ADDRESS TO
HIS CREWS.
] MADRID, May 17.-At the moment
of his departure from the Cape Verde
islands Admiral Cervera, in command
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