The herald., 1898-05-31
RECURRENCE OF RIOTS
LEADS TO ESTABLISHMENT OF
SOUP HOUSES
THE MEN ORDERED TO MANILA
Postpone Their Journey for More
Suitable Time-Spain Has Neither
Ships Nor Crews
Associated Press Special Wire

LONDON May 30.-The Madrid corre-
spondent of the Daily Telegraph says:
| Widespread distress is reported in vari-
Gus parts of the interior. more especially
In the province Of Catalonia, where food
prices have risen considerably, while a
number of working people have been
thrown out of employment. This week
several factories at Maurese, northwest
Of Barcelona, will have to be closed as a
result of which hundreds of families will
be plunged in misery
The local government Is endeavoring to
alleviate want bq opening soup kitchens.
According to dispatch from Murcia, cap
ital of the province of that name riots
occurred yesterday Sunday in the city
of Mula, owing to the scarcity Of food,
especially bread. Details of the outbreaks
have not yet been received, but it is known
that the local authorities and a number
Of wealthy individuals have arranged To
have cheap bread baked for the poor.
The views of considerable number Of
Spaniards respecting the conduct of the
war are expressed by Ell Nacional as fol-
lows:
without plans, without purpose, with
out earnestness, we are frittering away
the one advantage which our enemy lacks,
which military education gave us. We
neither take the offensive nor confine our
selves strictly to defense. Admiral Ger
vera display system of strategy which
warrants the belief that we are making
ready for protracted war, SO as to tire
out the enemy. but Capt. Aunon, minister
of marine. with his usual breeziness, de-
clares that he cannot prolong the conflict"
A Resurrection Shin
LONDON, May BOA dispatch to the
Daily Chronicle from Barcelona referring
to the Spanish announcement of the forma-
ton of third Spanish fleet, including the
Numancia. under the heading IA resurrec-
ton ship" says:
'The Numancia is here, bulwarks bat
tered, her anchors and chains thick with
rust and her paint all gone. Apparently
she does not carry single gun. am not
sure whether she has engines. Beyond
few sentries. she certainly has no crew. A
small gang of men is hammering, swabbing
and painting, and marines from Cartagena
have been ordered here to do the work Of
patching UP.
Though official announcements say that
the reserve fleet, including the Numancia
is to go to the Philippines, the orders for the
now definitely countermanded.
Besides the Numancia, the armored
cruiser Cardinal Cisneros. and the cruiser
Lepante. now just out of docHat Carta-
gena, with the Dona Maria de Iona, the
Don Aware de Bazan and the Marques de
la Vittoria will be included. The Perse
formerly the NORMAL from Valencia, has
been ordered to Cadiz and will be trans
formed into an auxiliary cruiser. Similar
orders are expected for the transatlantic
liner Jover Surra."
Not Friend
LONDON, May 30.-The Madrid corre-
spondent of the Times says:
1t is reported that Senior Sagasta during
Sundays cabinet coupcil reasserted that
Spain does not expect the support, diplo-
matte or otherwise, Of any foreign power,
and that there is no question whatever of
undertaking negotiations for this purpose
through Senior Leon y Castillo, Spanish
ambassador at Paris.
A Cabinet Crisis
NEW YORK, May so.-A dispatch to the
Herald from Madrid says:
The most pessimistic rumors already
prevail in diplomatic circles regarding the
durability of the new cabinet recently
constituted by Senior Sagasta.
Harmony certainly does not reign in this
Cabinet with free trade and protection
equally represented.
The crisis which is shortly anticipated
will be precipitated by the discord prevail
ing between Gamazo, the Minister of
Commerce, who is partisan of the .n-
come tax, and Puigceiver, the Minister of
Finance, who is an opponent of this mea-
sure.
While the imminent fall Of the Sagasta
ministry is discussed, the talk also of
politicians is as to who is likely to obtain
the Premiership.
The name which has been heard most
frequently mentioned is Senior Silvela.
progressive conservative.