The herald. [microfilm reel] (Los Angeles [Calif.]) 1893-1900, 1898-05-13
SPAIN'S REAL ENEMIES
ARE THE MEN WHO ASSUME TO
BE PATRIOTS
ALL PLOTTING REVOLUTION
Secretly Fomenting Riot and Anarchy
in Eope of Turning Disorder to
Personal Advantage


NEW YORK. May PA dispatch to the
World from Madrid says: Weyler, Rob-
ledo and the Carlist and Republican lead
ers have now deliberately set about to
bring on a revolution in Spain and that
very soon, too.
They are plotting separately and with
different objects in view, but they are
working necessarily for common end
the destruction of the existing government,
root and branch. These arch-conspirators
have just adopted a new line of policy.
They have decided to offer amendments
to every bill in the Cortes providing ways
and means for carrying on the war and
to oppose every financial measure coming
from the Ministry. Their purpose In
adopting this policy of obstruction is to
prolong the deadlock in Parliament, giving
opportunity for anarchists and the starv-
ing to riot, and for other manifestations Of
popular discomfort to increase to such an
infiammable condition Of affairs through
out the kingdom that news Of the next
Spanish reverse shall cause an explosion.
Weyler and Robledo expect then mill
tary dictatorship, headed by Weyler.
The Republicans look for revolution
which shall sweep away the monarchy.
The Carlists laugh In their sleeves and
chuckle over the imminent prospects of
civil war.
The Court of Spain and the Madrid gov
eminent have again separately sounded
the European courts and governments re-
garding what assistance they would give
to Spain during or at the close of her war
with the United States.
Austria naturally was found to be most
willing to take the lead in any action ia
vorable to Spain, but her allies, Germany
and Italy, although they sympathize on
principle with the Queen Regent, do not
care to pick a quarrel with the United
States.
France and Russia give really the most
encouraging expressions Of sympathy and
assurance of readiness to help in any
movement, while the other powers, even
those on the continent, only consider inter-
vention or mere mediation feasible.
All the continental governments pretend
to throw upon England the whole response.
bility for their inaction and charge her
with playing into the hands of America.
The Spanish government cannot yet, for
reasons of domestic politics, come to an
agreement with even the most friendly
European powers because they have init
mated that they can only interfere to
mitigate the consequences Of SPANS I'M
equal struggle with far superior enemy
They say they cannot mediate unless the
Spanish government and people make up
their minds to make the inevitable. though
painful, sacrifices of sovereignty and ter
ritory In the West Indies, after their naval
and military efforts have sufficiently win
dicated the honor and dignity of SPAIN"
Spanish Finances
NEW YORK, May 12-Spanish fours,
which have been at as low a figure as q.
and which closed last week at 29a4, have
gone UP to IS, says the London correspon-
dent of the Tribune This unexpected re-
suit is explained on the street as due to a
gathering feeling that Spain is not pre-
pared to risk another naval engagement.
but will keep her feet under the shelter Of
Cadiz and accept the Intervention Of the
powers.
If this feeling were general, Spanish
tours would go above As at once, but the
rise has sufi1ced to convince many hope
full bankers that peace is close at hand.
They have been talking freely among
themselves about the possibility of negoti-
ating peace on the basis of Spanish with
drawal from Cuba and American retire.
ment from the Philippines, with moder-
ate war indemnity, payable from Madrid.
They have no facts upon which to base
this belief, except this sudden improve
ment in Spanish securities and the unex-
pected air of confidence in the restoration
of peace exhibited In Paris and Vienna.
All reasoning about Spanish fours Is
however, illusory. They would improve
| in price If Spain were to lose all her
colonies, or II she were to have second
| naval defeat, jus. as they would have
risen on the strength of reports that heI
navy will not fight in West Indian waters
1t was the prospect of protracted wal
with unlimited issues of paper money