Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1898-04-26
CRISP GIVES HIS VIEWS
r,.pnmler Of Italy Says The Spaniards are
Cruel, Barbarous and Incapable.
CONFIDENT THAT AMERICANS WILL WIN.


New York April ga dispatch to
,be World from Rome says;
slgnor Crspl, being asked what
would be the result of the American
snanlsh war. answered emphatically:
at is the end of Spain.
81 regret. as do all Italians, that our
latin sister has allowed herself to be
drawn into such an impasse. from
which l can assure you she cannot es-
cane without great injury"
The interviewer suggested to the for
mer premier that he was very severe
on valiant Spain.
valiant, echivalrous--yes:" he re-
plled, but those are virtues of the
middle ages as understood by the
N grandees of Spain. In our nineteenth
"a century Initiative is necessary-a prac-
teal spirit, which in the Spanlards is
absolutely wanting.
u They have committed monstrous
sins. for which she is paying now.
II do not say the Americans have
i any right to interfere in the affairs of
"a Cuba, but the Spaniards certainly have
"a shown themselves cruel, barbarous and
"A Incapable Of governing the pearl of the
Antilles.
"a I'm one way or another they will lose
~ that beautiful colony.
n "The prime cause of Spains condi-
IA ton Is the general state of ignorance
IA in the upper as well as in the lower
"a classes. 1t is the priesthood, absolute
<# ly sovereign everywhere, which has
jl4 led that fine country into ruin.
The Catholic religion is indeed
beautiful religion. Christianity has
done much good. But through an
interchangeable spirit the clergy has
done irreparable damage to the Latin
race"
ltalys greatest statesman was asked
what he thought the results of the war
would be.
Very grave results" he answered.
In the first place. whatwill become of
Cuba after the war? She will be
small republic. of which there are al
ready too many over there. constantly
In revolution or bankruptcy.
'But that Is the least important side
OF the case. 1t Is to be feared that the
Americans. intoxicated by an easy
victory, will throw haphazard all their
energy against the European colonies
left In their nelghborhood
Canada assuredly viii be one of their
iirst victims unless an Anglo American
alliance Is established between London
and Washington-and that would offer
10 my mind many dangers for the peace
OF the world,
~ In short, II the United States de-
ieats spain, as is probable. they viii be
Obliged IN order to maintain their posi-
ton, TO nave recourse to costly arma-
ments, and Europe. which Is looking
forward 10 the time of actual disarma-
hient' will more than ever be plunged
mo endless expense. Armies for land
ana naNies must now be Increased
Where it will stop do not know.
IN any case 1t seems to me that the war
prses"
senior Crispi was asked If he thought
Europe ought to have interviewed.
Alas' he responded, Europe resem-
pes spain from certain point of view.
anarchy is dominant everywhere.
10 sneak frankly. there is no Eu-
vpe' The European concert Is only a
sinister Joke. Nothing can be expected
rom the concert of the powers"
IL was observed to Senior Crispi that
we are then marching direct to ruin
hnd decadence.
NO., he said toward the unknown.
M knows what tomorrow has in
ots tor us. We must have confidence
n the future"
MADRID is DISTURBED.
r. HT Nv York. April ga dispatch to
Rumors of serions ai.,,,rhoroos Il,
e. Madrid were current in ne o din,,s ",
Commons lobbv. based an aIsnat ~ ~
Rom the British embassy III thrs aiSpa'ch
x These disturbances We're me resr,,
"A is reported. of the reyulsion Of feel
KS Wheli the report of the capture of
od f"Ils was denied. The canard
raised GtNu s.t,
= ng to an extraorain.rv kun u, o,a ise,,
nd as intense eynita,,,. p'r ". u,a'io 10,
6n ~ Madrid. the populace, eEged
thsrrip nborlucal intriguery, vented its
~ huthorities "''achihg the established
.l revolution 4, sna,, n,,,,,,,
hort time is mo, spa nnr, w,un,n very