Evening star., 1898-07-25
CARLOS AT LUCERNE
Pretender to Spanish Throne Hurried
There From Brussels
WITH WIFE And HIS AID-DE-CAMP
Madrid Government Closely Watch.
ing CarIlsts Everywhere.
OUTBREAK AFTER PEACE

| LUZERNE. Switzerland. July 25.-Don
Carlos. the pretender to the Spanish
throne. has arrived here with his wife and
| aid-de-camp.
| LONDON, July 25-Don Carlos the Span
ish pretender. according to dispatch from
| Brussels to the Daily Mail. has hurriedly
| started for Switzerland.
The Madrid correspondent of the Daily
| Mail says:
| The government is closely watching the
| Carlists Throughout the country. Carlist
| clubs have been requested TO furnish COM
| plete lists of members, with addresses, and
many will probably close rather than COM
ply.
II have reason to know that when the
| time comes the outbreak will be general,
| but Don Carlos will not give the signal
| until peace is concluded or until ii is known
| that the peace conditions will be such as to
provoke the people to Indignation. Marquis
| de Cerralbo. the representative of Don Car
los here, has gone to Brussels to confer
| with his chief
The chiefs of the Carlist organiza ton are
| leaving Spain.
| Spain's Defense Work.
The Gibraltar correspondent of the Daily
| News, telegraphing Sunday, says:
The administrative haste and hustle in
Spain about port defenses are prodigious
but who thirk that all this means bust
| ness after what has happened? The heavy
French guns supplied from the Saint Cha
mond works have oeen lying for the last
| six weeks ir the drill ground at Carabanch
Ell They are being tested and will be sent
| ~ ba
| ioned pieces at Cadiz. but the means Of
leading them are defective and so. too. is
the smokeless powder. However. the mill
| tary engineers expect that all these defects
will be set right
Ordinary railway traffic is almost sus-
( pended, as the trains are wanted TO take
| soldiers and marines, with the munitions Of
| war, hither and thither.
The field artillery, which was supplied
| by France before war was declared was
| originally centralized at Madrid but It is
| now being shipped to the northern Sierra,
| where Carlist risings appear. The fire bril-
| gades at the various seaports are constantly
drilling to prepare themselves to deal with
burning houses during the bombardments.
| The engineers have created what appear to
| be strong defenses at Cadiz. but the
strength must depend altogether upon the
range of the guLs."
No News of Disorders.
No news has been received in London as
| to any special disorders in Spain A dis
patch from Madrid says that the cabinet
yesterday Sunday discussed the question
| of censorship and decided to continue to
enforce the regulat ons The leading papers
threaten to cease publication unless the
censorship removed, but 10 is doubtful
that they will carry the threat into execu-
ton.
The press is preparing all classes for the
less of Cuba and Porto Rico and for de-
velopments at Manila. El Imparcial, re-
fiecting a widespread opinion, advocates
direct negotiations for peace with the
United States and admits that American
annexation of Cuba is preferable to Cuban
Independence, if Spain must lose the col
ony, since the lives and financial interests
of Spaniards would be much safer under
America
El impartial and Ell Heraldo describe
the military precautions taken at Madrid
against any possible disturbance.
Great distress continues among the work
ing classes at Barcelona and Malaga. and
it is said that not vessel is to be seen
either at Cadlz or Barcelona.
The Gibraltar correspondent of the Daily
News, telegraphing Sunday SAYS:
According. to ministerial admissions
peace is farther off than il was last week.
The great difficulty is the loss of the Gu
ban cable. Senor Gamazo the minister of
public instruction and public works, is
much disappointed and threatens to re-
sign
Prospects of Peace.
The Madrid correspondent of the Times
says:
Peace prospects have greatly improved
during the last forty-eight hours. The
diplomatic exploration of Duke Almodo-
de he ha baan
more practical than was supposed and
it is tolerably certain that the gov
ernments efforts are entering
phase, which may gradually lead to tam
gible results.
The precise nature of the change is a
secret but there is little doubt that IL
tends to direct negotiations between Spain
and the United States. there being no in
c!ination to seek the mediation of any
neutral power. The moment has arrived
when America, having reached the part
ing Of the ways, must choose between
war with a specific object and an inde-
hnable war of conquest
The present pause in hostilities is held
to prove that the United States is re-
action, and it may be confidently pre-
dicted that If direct negotiations are open
ed without delay both countries will find
their views on the main point-the future
of Cuba-far from irreconcilahe.
The CarIi-t Intrieues.
There is still much talk about Carlist
intrigues ard preparations, but the gov
ernment, though vigilant and ready to act
eLergetically If necessary. seems to think
that at present there is no serious danger
of untoward developments.
THE danger of republican movements
is still less. Senior Emilio Castelar, has
just rendered a service to the OF
order by publishing long letter, in which
he impresses upon all good Spaniards the
necessity of sinking party differences and
remaining firmly united at the present
critical moment"
The Madrid correspondent of the Daily
News, telegra phing Sunday, says:
THE efforts of the government toward
pc ace are meeting with almost insuperable
difficulties. Ministerialists say that the
chief obstacle is President McKinIey's i'm