The San Francisco call., 1898-12-04
FraDk Admissions Made by q Portion of the British
 Press.
Expects AnercoD Assistance in ReturD for the Moral Support Given by the "Motber
 Country"
Copyrighted. 1898. by the Associated Press.

ne made his former attempts to gain the throne of Spain. One factor, how ever, influences thinking Spaniards against the substitution Of King Stork for King Log and that is that Don Carlos would be bound by his own pro- fessions to repudiate the treaty with the United States and Spain would be in much more perilous state than ever. She would not only lose her possessions, but would forfeit the mil lions proffered by the United States.
 The part of the Spanish kingdom which IS causing this anxiety on ac- count of the Carlist intrigues Is the provinces of Lerida, Gerone, Teruel, Cuonca, CaStillon and Valencia. The detailed watch in the disaffected dis tricts have hitherto failed to produce any important discoveries or to check the agitation. Don Jaime, the son of Don Carlos, is reported to be moving from place to place on the French side of the Pyrenes, from which place he is pulling the Carlist wires.
 The Count de Maille, leading Carl ist, who is now in Paris, is quoted in an interview as expressing himself san guine of success. The people and clergy and some of the bishops are alleged to be longing to return to the old regime. The Count adds
 As for the Pope, he always is on the side of the party in power and will send his blessing to Don Carlos as soon as he sits on the throne. General Weyler is ready to give his support to the high est bidder, and Don Carlos, his wife (the Princess de Rohan) and her family are ready to advance funds and the French lgitimatists will also aid finan- cially and provide volunteers
 An English visitor who has just crossed Spain writes to the English papers saying:
 T have not found trace of un- friendliness or. a word of abuse for Americans. If any of them care to come here (meaning Spain) they will find every one very happy to see them
 "A resident in Spain told me that if an American army marched into the country it would be received with open arms, as many Spanish people had told him that it would be better to have the good government of Ameri- cans than to suffer as they did.
 The soldiers who have come home have given favorable accounts of the Americans, for whom they seem to have real liking"
 The unpleasant news from the Ins dian frontier, where the Mad Mullah is again on the warpath, has caused considerable apprehension among the Indian authorities. though the latest advices show that his victorious march has been partly checked by the friend ly Khan of Robal, who, by a timely move, has saved the British lines of communication with the garrison at Chitral, which the Mad Mullah en- deavored to cut. The fanatical move ment, however, has taken a strong hold among the Swats, and there is a prospect of another little frontier war" A little British force is now held in readiness for a movement to the front. The followers of the Mullah are variously estimated to number 5000 to 5000, and their numbers are growing daily.
 The appeal of General Lord Kitch- ener of Khartoum for funds to found a Gordon memorial college at Khar- toum met with an immediate response. Over .970,000 out of the G100,000 asked for has already been subscribed
 Advices from Russia say the reports of threatened famine there are growing more gloomy every day. Count Leo Tolstoi has petitioned the Government for permission to form relief commit tees to cope with the distress, and the Czar himself has contributed half a million rubles to the Red Cross Society to aid the starving peasants.