The daily morning journal and courier., 1898-09-08
CORTES IN A GREAT UPROAR
TICTOUS ATTACKS MADE UPON
 S1GAST4'S GOVERNMENT.

and It's Reverses-- Resolution for nm
 Investigation to be Discussed-NcyIor
 Says the Mistakes Made c in Cuba Are to
 be Blamed Upon the Politicians at the
 Head Of the Government.
 Madrid, Sept 1.-The chamber has followed the senate in discussing the late war behind closed doors. This ac- tion has caused the greatest sensation. Immediately after the chamber assem- bled to-day Senor Salmeron, the repub- lican leader, moved that an investiga- tion be made into the responsibility of Senor Sagasta's government in conec- ticn with the declaration of war, the of the constitution by the suspension of guarantees. Premier Sagasta quick ly asked that the deliberations be con- ducted behind closed doors and the president pronounced favorable on the request. Thereupon the republicans and conservatives vehemently protested and, amid an indescribable confusion, the doorkeepers cleared the galleries of spectators, the deputies in the mean time shouting uproarously.
 The senate session also was a stormy one Generals Weyler, Dominguez, Palejo and Rivera attended. General Weyler reminded the senate of how Count d'Almenas had greeted the re- turning soldiers, ignoring the officers. He declared that this was a reflection upon the officers efficiency. "The mis- takes made in Cuba are not to be blam- ed upon the army he said but upon the politicians at the head of the gov ernment." The latter, he declared, were responsible for not sending sup plies to the armies in Cuba and Porto Rico and, indeed, for completely aban- doning them.
 The ministers of war and marine ought to have resigned. Had the army been properly equipped, he continued, it would not have failed. It would have failed. It would have been better for Admiral Cervera's squadron to re- main at the Canaries, for no practical end was served by sending the ships to Santiago. What measures did the gov ernment take to protect the squadron? General Weyler asked hotly. The re- responsibilities for the surrender of San- tiago rested wholly upon the govern ment instead of General ToraI Gen. eral Weyler strongly condemned the secret sessions of the eortes and con- cluded his speech as follows: q de- sire to speak to all Spain and not mere- ly to the government
 Count dAlmenas replying to General Weyler's stricture said: T addressed my greetings to those who have been martyrs for their country--to the Span ish soldiers, because they deserved such greetings. I did not address the gen. erals, for they showed themselves in- capable of leading soldiers to battle or of showing them how to fall worthily on the field" Marshall Prima De Ri- vera shouted: That is not true" and General Weyler and others joined in the protest. The count. addressing General Rivera, replied: "I am not afraid of such cries or of epaulets or of the decorations that will have to be torn off
 
 sashes of some generals should be torn off and put around their necks." A great uproar ensued.
 The resolution signed by all the re- publican deputies was submitted to the chamber, declaring the government responsible, first, for lack of the nec- essary energy in prosecuting the war; second, for accepting a shameful peace, and third, for violating the constitu- tion. The moment the president of the chamber ordered the doors closed, Senor Sa1meron cried out: 'T sol- emnly promise the country that the republicans will publish all the delib-- erations of the secret sfttings, for we are determined to violate the secrecy which the government imposes" Ul- timately the republican and Carlist deputies quilted the chamber as a protest against the secret sitting. They held a meeting later but failed to ar- rive at any agreement and the meeting was adjourned. The chamber by a vote of 1O2 against 45 resolved to dis cuss Senor Salmeron's motion for an investigation into the responsibility of the government in connection with the war.
 During the tumult in the senate sev- eral senators were called to order. Lieutenant General Correa, minister of war, promised to show all the rocu- ments relating to the Cuban campaign, but the recrimination continued, Mar shal de Rivera demanding the authen- tic documents and not the American telegrams He denied that he ever promised to grant reform in the Phil ippines General Lopez Dominguez de- clared that the whole responsibility rested upon the government and not upon the generals, who had died giori- ously or been wounded while leading 1 their forces; and he proposed that the 1 senate should pay homage to the army and navy.
 Senor Romero Ciron, minister for | the colonies, protested energetically | in the governments defense. He said no credence should be attached to the ] telegrams of the foreign correspon- i dents. Senor Amblard, one of the Gu ban senators, said General Weyler once l exclaimed in his hearing: q shall not 1 terminate the war, but I shall finish l with the country
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