The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1898-05-16

Spanish Newspapers Tell What the
Powers Would Do in Event of an
Anglo-American Alliance-Refer
4 to French sympathy for the Span
ish Cause - Another Inspired
Story Sent From Havana.
Copyright by the Associated Press.
MADRID, May 15.-Spain Is not
pleased with the utterances on the sub
ject Of the possibility Of an alliance be-
tween the United States and Great
Britain.
The Spanish ambassador at London,
Count Rascon, telegraphed an extract
OF the recent speech of Joseph Cham
berlain. the British secretary Of state
FOR the colonies. at Birmingham, on
Friday evening last, to Senior Gullon,
the minister for foreign affairs, who
Immediately conferred on the subject
with the premier, Senior Sagasta, with
the result that the latter asked the
minister for foreign affairs for a more
detailed account of Mr. Chamberlain's
remarks Consequently the foreign
minister cabled to Count Rascon for
fuller report of the speech. This, 1t
is under stood, has been received, and
the Spanish ministers were to discuss
1t at meeting today.
Spain, 1t is said upon good author
ity, will draw the attention of the pow
ers to the transcendency of the sug-
gested Anglo-American alliance with
respect to European interests.
The Spanish newspapers and the poll
ticians here Of all classes discuss Mr..
Chamberlain's speech most angrily.
They consider 1t to be sequel to the
Marquis Of Salisburys warnings to
Spain, whose dominions, 1t seems, are
to be absorbed by strong enemies.
The Liberal, referring to the suggest
ed Anglo-Saxon alliance, says: "If an
alliance, defensive ard offensive, is sign
ed, the same day the general conflagra-
ton will burst out which has been SO
long suppressed by the powers. An
Anglo-American union will be faced by
Russia and Germany, with their allies,
and our western and eastern posses
sions now on fire will be an insignff-
can't episode compared with the con-
China. If the Anglo-American ALLIANCES
succeeds, Europe. which has hereto
fore been Indifferent to our case, will
take our part, not to favor, us, but to
defend her own preponderance in the
world"
The Impartial contrasts the speech
of Mr.. Chamberlain with the reported
action Of the crew of the French cruiser
Admiral Rigault de Genouilly, in cheer
ing for Spain after the bombardment
of San Juan de Porto Rico, which was
witnessed by that vessel, as being indi-
cative of a coming war in Europe and
against the Anglo-Saxons. Continuing,
the Impartial points out that as Spain,
single-handed; makes Roadway against
the United States, she would prove a
valuable factor in the combination
against the Anglo-Saxons
The Impartial today publishes a dis
patch from Havana, giving another
extraordinary Spanish version of a war
episode: ION Friday the gunboats
Condo de Venadito and Nueva Espana
steamed out Of the harbor and attacked
an American squadron of two cruisers
| and five auxiliary cruisers, which were
outside. The Spanish vessels fired
twenty shots and the Americans eight.
the latter apparently retreating dam
aged. Three crowded tugs followed
the gunboats, the people on board
cheering them"
1t would seem possible that the facts
upon which the Imparcdars dispatch is
based are to be found in the dispatch
filed at Key West today. Two Span
ish ships did steam out Of Havana har-
Dor and try to draw Some of orr VOC
sells under the guns of the heavy Span
ish batteries. The ruse was unsuccess-
full though the Santa Clara batteries
sent some badly aimed shells at our
ships, which replied by driving the two
Spamards back into Havana. The
American report, however, says the
Spanish vessels were the Alfonso XII
and the Legazpi cruiser and a gun
boat which have been blockaded in
Havana harbor