The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1898-05-25

which supports and animates them under
the existing circumstances. do not mean
TO deny the patriotism of the Spaniards.
but il should not be vaunted to excess, for
IN Madrid, for example. the fluctuations OF
the war interests the inhabitants less than
the next bull fight or the drawing of the
national lottery. But the great question
which will evidently cause the revolution
airy movement of which / have spoken is
that of bread The bread question has al
towns
Spain is just now passing through very
serious economic crisis. 1t is the result Of
France, which one day reached lis per cent.
Taking advantage of the exchange, French
end Belgian corn factors have bought up
all the wheat in Spain, which they at once
exported, realizing considerable profits. and
when the CorteS passed a bill forbidding
the export of cereals the stock of corn and
wheat had already crossed the frontier,
leaving Spain without food for her own
people. 1t therefore became necessary, to
immediate needs. In Madrid the rise in the
price Of bread has not yet made Itself felt,
because the mayor promised to indemnify
the bakers out of the municipal fund, but
the credits for this purpose not large,
and when they are exhausted the Madrid
bakers will also be obliged to raise their
prices. What will happen then? The peo-
pie. already in such straits, will inevitably
join the numerous political and other mall
contents, and the result may very well be
After this revolution, which the army
VIII be powerleSs to put down, Will Don
Carlos come into power or will q republic
be proclaimed? 1t is very difficult to
prophesy on this point. 1t is certain, how
ever, that the Queen Regent does not en-
JOY much sympathy among the people. She
Is blamed for several things, the chief of
which are that she too frequently follows
the advice of her mother, the Archduchess
Elizabeth of Austria when a difficulty
arises, and that she too ostentatiously sur
rounds herself with cardinals and bishops,
who are sovereign masters at court. Span
ia dc al lap0 Ef<a[ al
ways remaining in retirement when there is
question Of her presence at any great fete.
They do not know her. and consequently
can have no sympathy with her.
The young King is never in question
An Andalusian senator who is an out-and-
out Royalist said to me: The Queen Regent
pie and then lost their sympathies. Now
she is on the way to lose their respect
The Queen Regent was not present at the
patriotic gran corrida,' the receipts from
which were destined for the national sub
scription, the other day because she feared
a hostile demonstration, which would GER
tainly have occurred had she passed
through the streets.
AS regards the war the people do not
entirely share the opinion of the Queen
Regent. The loss of Cuba and Porto Rico
and the Philippines would cause the Span
ish people to rejoice. Cuba, Porto Rico and
the Philippines were three milk cows of
the ruined grandees of Spain and the Span
ish people were overwhelmed with taxation
10 keep them up. Let the Americans rid us
VI GuDd anu philippines. II WOulu DS
the greatest good they could do US. They
ought to have been given. TO them without
war. That Is what / have heard at least
two hundred times from the mouths of
Spanish people and 1 am convinced that an
immense majority think this now. In gov
eminent circles there is a conviction that
Europe will intervene, and this is the last
hope which seems to keep them up. Senior
GamdZO alone thinks that such interview
ton Is not to be counted upon. They are
waiting without knowing whittier they go
fn this lamentable situation-war abroad and
Ihreats of revolution at home.
who will be the savior? Will it be Gen.
Weyler, whose atrocities in Cuba have not
hlienated the malcontents? Will it be Senior
Salmeron? Will it be Don Carlos. who, I
have been told, has never been so near the
throne as now and whose partisans grow
daily more numerous and more powerful?
VIII it be a republic or a new monarchy?
No one can predict, but the movement
against the Queen Regent has really started.
and serious complications will probably
arise before long. Every one breads them,
every one fears them and only miracle
can prevent them"