The evening times., 1898-05-09
THE CAUSE OF DON CARLOS.
Views of the Pretender on spain
Present Position.

| Present Position. -.
| In every essential aspect the latest
manifesto issued by Don Carlos de Bour-
bon, says the London Telegraph. COM
firms the statements verbally made by
| His Royal Highness on August L. 1891.
in the course of an interview granted by
him to our special correspondent at Luz
ccrne, where the Prince. whom millions
of Spaniards regard as their I1ghtfui
| sovereign. was at that time Sojourning
with his august consort. II may be re-
membered that Don Carlos. In allusion
to the murder Of Senior Canovas de Cas-
| tillo, which had then recentiy taxcn place.
described the deceased statesman-who.
| as politician. had been. one OF his most
steadfast and successful. opponeuts-as
being afraid Of the United States. cow
I ed by the tremendous difficulties of the
Cuban question. timid in fiis attitude to-
ward the Spanish peepiegr A Partisan
Journal Of considerable influence having
! few days previously attributed to the
prince certain sentiments and views
which his royal highness as he solemn
| 1y declared. had never FOR a moment en-
tertained. he earnestly requested our
correspondent to disavow them on his be-
half in the columns Of this Journal.
/ 1T has been asserted" he said, that
| my resolute abstinence. from taking any
active steps to vindicate' my hereditary
rights in Spain for the last two years
has been due to a chivaitous reluctance
on my part to add to the already painful
and perilous embarrassmears Of a wom-
an and a child. This allegation is entire
ly without foundation in fact. .Iy retic-
ence has been solely ascribabie to a less
romantic but more patriotic cause. l am
| Spaniard 'avant tout and as such 1t
was not for me. while-iespite the enor-
nous sacrifices made by the mother
country to re-establsh law and order in
the daughter colony. and the heroic ex-
ertions OF my compatriots In that tfirec-
tion-the Cuban insurrection remained
unquelled. to hamper any Spanish gov
ernment in Its course Of action by aggra-
waiting its standing difflcultIes abroad
with fresh complications at home. 1
might. and did. disapprove of the atti-
tude assumed toward the United States
by the Canovas administration. The
American remonstrances and hints at
possible intervention were merely So
many .'ballons d'essai' not at all TO be
taken 'au grand serieux.' They should
have been met by a firm and dignified ra-
fusal to admit of any interference on the
part OF foreign State with the affairs
Of Spain. The government at Washing
ton. | feel certain. was only trying II
on "a you English say. and would have
WltnuTaWn It's extrivaEant Dreten5lOnS
had they been resoutely repelled.
However. as far as l was concerned the
incontrovertible fact remained that no
true patriot could be justified in putting
obstacles In the way of cabinet en-
gagged In the strenuous endeavor to sup
press the rebellion in Cuba. What coun-
try. I would ask. has done so much as
poor. needy. distracted Spain to maintain
the territorial integrity of its colonial
her vast dominions in every quarter of
the globe. has never yet dispatched two
hundred Thousand regular troops from
her shores within the space Of two years
in order to extrpate disa ffection and
restore public tranquility within the lin
its of any one of her dependencies Spain
has endured her misfortunes and sor-
rows with heroic fortitude and he would
have been indeed traitor who should
have aggravated her sufferings by pro-
voking Intestinal convuisions when she
was valaintiy striving against an adverse
tate. What Is wanted In Cuba Is un.
hinching severity in repressing the re-
bellion. followed by generous concessions
TO local requirements and popular aspira-
tions"
In these sentences lies the forecast of
Don Carlos manifesto. the keynote of
which is patriotism. Now. as eight months
ago. he uncompromisingly stigmatizes as
a traitor to his country the CarIist who
in face OF war with the United States
should rise in arms against the actual
government of Spain. Should that war
come to pass. he adds with generous
fervor, "all those who shall fight against
the foreigner who Insults us will deserve
well of Carlos" On the other hand.
should the government fail to yindicate
the national honor by refusing to accenr
the proffered gage Of battle and acduiesc-
ing in the loss OF Cuba. the Duke Of
Madrid will brand with treason the Car
lists who shall not respond to his call:
in other words. who shall fail to rally
to the flag which. 1t may be assumed he
Will raise in the northern provinces with
a view to overthrowing the present re-
gime, and establishing himself upon the
Spanish throne. 1t would be idle to un-
dervalue the Importance of this courag-
eous and energetic prince as a factor in
the knotty problem now calling for solu-
tion in the 1berian Peninsula. Don Carlos
Is In the prime Of life-he was born in tho
Red Year." just half a century ago-of
great stature and physical strength. an
intrepid and experienced soldier, and one
OF the Few living Spaniards who. as the
acknowledged leader of a political marty
knows exactly what he wants and means
10 nave 1t, coute que coute" He is ex
tremely wealthy, In virtue of the enor
nous fortune bequeathed to him by the
late Comte de Chambord. whose landed
property. as well as a personally valued
at t2oV.oo. Don Carlos inherited on the
death of Henri Cinq."
To vast number of Frenchmen as
well as of Spaniards, Don Carlos repre-
sents the principle of legitimate mon
archy IN France and Spain alike Regard
ed from "a financial point of view. he is
IN position to equip and set powerful
army in the field without raising loan
or issuing royal promissory notes" to
De hquidated by the national excheouer
should his followers succeed in setting
MN firmly on the Spanish throne The
force of which he will be able to dispose.
whenever 1t shall please him to do so
will be recruited from among the hardest
and most combative populations of Spain
DCatalans, Navarrese, Galicians. and
Basques. many thousands of whom are
reported ready to take the field in his
cause at few hours notice With re-
spect to the local organization of his
partisans. it may just now be opportune
to recall to public memory the interesting
statement he made to our correspondent
on the occasion above referred to, In re-
ply to questions addressed to him with
regard to his own projects and to the
chances of their being carried into execu-
ton:
II can tell you," said Don Carlos, that
the Carlist organization in Spain has