The Red Cloud chief., 1898-04-22
THE QUEEN WARLIkE.
WILL HURL DEFIANCE AT
UNCLE SAM.
speech from the Throne VIII Passion
nt"iy Appeal to tho Chivairy ~ the
Dons Scene In the Corics Prom
iscs to he "a Notable one.

MADRID, April 30 The memorable
scene which took place in the ROYAL
castle on the hill above Pesth in I74l.
when Empress Maria Theresa called
upon the Hungarian peonlc TO defend
the integrity OF the empire. which she
held in trust for her young son, En-
peror Joseph II, against the attacks
OF Frederick the Great Of Prussia, is
Likely to be repeated Wednesday in
the cortcs here when Queen Regent
Christina. "a lincal descendant of
Maria Theresa, Will. ia inauyu.
rating the newly elected Parliament,
call upon the representatives OF
the Spanish nobility and people
to defend from American aggression
the integrity Of the Kingdom, which
she. like her celebrated %anccstrrss,
holds in trust for her Young son. Don
Alfonso XIII. Aud while it is doubt.
ful whether the grandces will respond
ms did the Magyar mobiles with the
Latin cry Of 'Moriamur pro Rcgc
nostro I'VE will die for our king, way.
ing their scimitcrs nloft. yet some TX.
ceedinYly patriotic demonstration
may DO looked for in response to the
passionate appeal Of Her Majesty.
The queen, instead OF accepting, as
usual, n speech wholly prepared for
her by the cabinet, and delivering it
without identifying herself to any
great extent with the sentiments
which it contains. will on this most
memorable occasion in her entire
reign rs regent, deliver n speech OF
her own m%aking-a speech which will
he more truly a speech from the
throne than has ever before been
heard by the cortcs. The ministers
today submitted &c her Mt n cabinet
meeting at which she presided the
r OF the speech which they had
pre- red for her use. But it did not
please her. 1t was not patriotic
enough, neither did she regard il as
sufficiently energetic ia tone. So She
Is entirely remodcling it according TO
her ideas and to popular senti.
incnt, and may be relied upon To
arouse by its delivery every spare of
chivalry and patriotism in the breasts
OF the hidalgoS
The speech will be distinctly in
favor Of war. rather than surrender,
just as was that Of Empress Maria
Theresa, 40 years ago, After having
exhausted all efforts to maintain
peace, the queen is now us rcsolutc in
favor OF war rs even General Weyler
could wish. The champions Of peace,
who are few in number, find no friend
any longer in her, aud the tenor OF
her u~tterances will be such
as to entail the Immediate de-
parture OF General Woodford from
the city. and of Senior Polo from
Washington. In fact, the queens
speech. which will be delivered with
Don Alfonso standing beside her on
the throne, her hand, n> usual on such
occasions, resting tenderly on the
lads shoulder, will be virtually u de-
claration Of war against the United
guration OF the contest. unless both
houses Of Congress at Washington
have empowered President Mckinley
to act before then.
The spectacle of the queen, with her
boy by her side, hurting defiance in
the midst OF the Cortes against the
American invader and arousing the
patriotism of her people will be nat.
urnlly calculated To appeal to the
sympathies of Continental Europe aud
to still further antagonize the latter
against the United States However,
there is not the slightest danger of
this sympathy ever assuming an &C.
tive form"