Evening journal., 1898-06-23
QUEEN WILL RESIGN
Rumors That the Regent Is
About to Abdicate.
SPAlN'S INNUMERABLE TROUBLES.
No Rest For the wicked-Fears For Au-
gustis Famiiy-The Cadiz FIeet-For-
eign warships Said TO Have
Landed Men at Manila.

LONDON. June 23.-The Vienna cor
respondent OF The Daily Telegraph
says:
"All the information that reaches
here from Madrid proves beyond a
doubt that the position of the queen
regent has become altogether untena-
bic and that her majesty viii resign the
regency within very short period.
1T may prove feasible TO establish
regency council under arrangements IA
vorable for the existing dynasty; but,
according to present indications, this
appears questionable. In well informed
quarters here IL is believed that the
next defeat for the Spaniards will up
set the conditions prevailing in Madrid,
where the situation is already extreme
~ confused"
The Gibraltar correspondent of The
Daily News says:
mo credence need be given to r7umors
that the Cadiz squadron viii return to
that port. Admiral Camara could not
return without riots at Cadiz and Mad
rid, particularly as he said at the BAN
quet before his departure that he would
never return before his flag had been
STEPPED in American blood. You will
find that the next move of the squad
ron Will be to the Canaries."
Reports from Manila, says a special
dispatch from Shanghai. indicate the
existence Of fears that Sonora August,
wife OF Captain General August, and
her children have been massacred by
the rebels in Bulacan.
1t is thought, according to the same
advices, that this is the reason of the
unwillingness Of General Aguinaldo, the
insurgent leader to allow the British
consul to start to rescue them.
The Paris correspondent ofThe Stand
ard says:
There is no belief here in rumors of
peace negotiations. as Il is considered
altogether improbable that the United
States would listen, now that she has
landed troops in Cuba.
"The Temps prints a letter giving the
view Of a leading Conservative states
man at Madrid. emphasizing the neces-
sity Of seeking peace as the only way
of averting civil war or appalling revo-
luton The writer says: There can be
no dolusion. Spain's colonial empire Is
irretrievably lost. In anticipation Of dis
turbances the colonial army ought to be
sent to Spain
The Daily News publishes state
ment alleged to. come from a corre-
spondent having access to good infor-
nation, that the occupation of Manila
by parts of the crews of foreign war
ships there is an accomplished fact al
though It will probably be three or four
days before the official news arrives by
way OF Hongkong. The communication
proceeds to say:
"Over a month ago Admiral Dewey
prepared to lombard Manila. At this
| juncture, however, a new factor was
added TO the situation. The German
consul, acting on precise instructions
which had just arrived by the German
warship Irene, strongly opposed a bonn
bardment. These instructions were
clear and categorical and emanated d.
rectly from Emperor Williams cabinet.
1T was then that Admiral Dewey
asked for re-enforcements and supplied
/ AguinaldO with arms. While Germany
gathered naval force the intention at
Berlin was, If not to take possession of
Manila, at least to cooperate in the
landing, Admiral Deweys force not be-
ing sufficient to protect German inter
ests. Captain General August had on
his part informed his government Of the
situation, and several interviews took
place at Madrid with the German en-
bassador, the result being that it was
decided Captain General Augusti should
appeal to the foreign warships at Ma
Mia, excluding the American. to protect
the lives and property Of the inhabit-
ants against the insurgents.
1T was an indirect way of capitu-
lating while sparing Spanish amour
propre There Is no doubt Admiral Won
Diederichs has taken command Of the
forces landed, although he has not
taken possession in behalf of Germany
But will he when the American re-
endorsements arrive be willing to allow
his forces to re-embark? The whole
question lies there"