The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1898-04-15
WILL NOT PROVOKE WAR.
SaGasta's Statement to a Correspond
ent-RiOts in SpMin.


LONDON, April 15.--The Madrid corrte
spcndent of the Daily Mail, telegraphing at
o'clock Thursday afternoon, says; II have
just had a conversation with Senior Sagasta,
who assured me that the government was
absolutely resolved not to provoke hostili-
ties with America He added: L should be
extremely sorry were the country to lose it's
present self possession because OF the i'll
cessant menaces addressed to us by the
United States. We are striving with all our
might to repress the national excitement.
W lille others are carrying on agitation with
as much cleverness as Don Carlos has dis
played in his recent manifesto, / hope the
policy and action of the government will in
spire confidence in the country. Just as we
are careful now to avoid giving any cause
of offcnse to the United States, so will we,
if necessary, display all possible energy to
defend the honor and interests of Spain
The Madrid correspondent of the Daily
Mail says News has been received from
Barcelona that the university students
there made a riotous demonstration as they
were leaving the lectures to-day tThurs-
day) After giving 'vivas' for the army and
navy, Spain and Cuba, they uttered cries
against Yankee pigs and against Senior
Moret, the secretary for the colonies. The
rector of the university endeavored TO per-
suade them to dispense quietly but they
refused, and marched d body down the
central boulevard of the city. Eventually
they were dispersed by detachment of the
civil guard.
The memorandum which the Cabinet has
decided to send to the powers gives re-
suit of the report of the Spanish board of
inquiry into the Maine disaster contrasts
it with the American report and asserts
that SPANS efforts to have the matter re-
n a
by the powers were frustrated by the re-
fusal of the United States to acquiesce.
.'Rumors We're afiOat to-day that the Of
ficers of the Madrid garrison, numbering
over thousand intended to parade in the
Gale de Alcala. the principal street in
full uniform. as silent protest against the
pacific attitude of the government The
demonstration did not occur, however. The
matter having come to TIE notice of the
military authorities, the officers were
warned that such demonstration would
not be tolerated With view of keeping
the officers out of the capital, a Tiii.ary
maneuvre has been ordered to take place
in the vicinity of Madrid The report of the
Spanish board of inquiry into the causes of
the Maine disaster is expected here by the
next mail from Havana. 1t will be pub
shed immedia tely.
dispatch to the Daily Mail from Bar
ritz. dated Thursday. says: The recent
news from Madrid shows that the censor
ship is dealing severely with kilograms re-
porting popular demonstrations AS early
as O'Clock on Monday afternoon two shots
were fired near the San Gil barracks The
alarm was great as it was feared that the
cavalry regiment CHARTERED there had re-
volted. An investigation showed that the
shots were fired by two civilians, who were
arrested. 1t is worthy of note that the DEM
constructors who were dispersed in the course
of the day in the vicinity of General Wood
fords residence and elsewhere were not the
rabble, but people of the middle classes and
the well-to-dO, The best proof of this is
that men like Senior Martin Rey, a we'll
known and wealthy attorney. and Senior D
Centa, the celebrated dramatist were
rested as agitators. During the demonstra-
tons some revolver shots were fired by
persons in the crowd and this caused the
police and civil guard to charge with drawn
swords. Several daily newspapers will be
prosecuted for publishing articles melting
the populace against America. But despite
ali these events, General Woodford declares
that he exects his family to return here
from France next week, and it is fact that
none of the American consuls in Spain has
left his most i"