Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1898-09-14
QUEEN HOPES FOR SPEEDY END
Anxious for an Early Conclusion of
Peace COMMISSIONS Task.

ANXIOUS Tor an Early conclusion of
Peace Commissions Task.
The American Spanish peace commits
sion, if a letter just recei ed from a prom
inent diplomat in Madrid correctly repre-
sents matters, will find its work expedited
by the attitude and desires Of the Queen
Regent. Tired Of the riot and tumult of
war, which have brought her nothing but
trouble, the writer says that, contrary TO
the usual practice Of Spanish diplomats
of trying to enlarge or modify the opera
tons of the commission to gain time, she
will use her influence to bring them to a
speedy conclusion.
At a reception held in the royal palace
at Madrid, and in general conversation
upon the state Of affairs between the two
countries, in addressing a prominent for
eign ambassador Of a country which has
been very friendly to Spain during the
war, the Queen spoke Of her lack of tran
guilty, stating very clearly that this
was produced not alone through the
American-Spanish war, out as well by
the internal state Of unrest produced by
her heartleSS adyersarieS. She said that
her most prominent au~versaries, meaning
the Carlists, have got only used legiti-
mate but illegitimate methods to try to
drive her son from the throne of Spain.
That they have sunk in the scale of
humanity is to be judged, she says, by
the methods to which they have descend
ed. in attempts upon the life of the boy
King of Spain. The last attempt Of this
kind was the placing of a bomb filed
with dynamite in the eastern compart-
ment of the royal palace at Madrid. The
internal machine was, luckily, discovered
in time, she said, and was traced to
Carlist sources. Several Carlist leaders
who had been Swallowed by English de-
t~ectives III the employ of the Spanish
r0yDrp O1ant J1-aro for1D1 tn hoy-o +ro ,-o1o1
through Germany, France, Switzerland
and England, and were finally appre-
hended at Navarro. where the detectives
discovered all proof necessary to convict,
including several other bombs of iden-
teal manufacture.
The Queen declares that she entertains
no malice against anyone, not ever the
Cubans, but that she feels pity for the
latter on account of their ingratitude to
the mother country, which has never done
for them other than good, and her belief
is that they viii feel sorry later for their
conduct.
The diplomat writes that during the
short war time Queen Regent Christina
has aged ten years and her face is that of
a heart-broken woman. Commenting on
her own appearance. she said that if it
had been for herself alone, she would not
have suffered all the trials and worries Of
war, but she has sacred obligations which
she must fulfill at any cost. The first is
to keep the throne for her son. young
King Alfonso NIL. which is his legal
heritage. she IS NJ more than his guar
dian, she says, and she compares herself
with any other guardian, who accepts the
last commission of a dead man in his viii.
This is her position. she said, nothing
less or more, except that she is in a high
position. She ayowed that she was 4
good Christian, and that when God Wis
tied this disaster upon her. he must have
a reason, which she is too small and hum
bic to question.
When the Queen Regent was speaking
thus tears We're in her eyes, and anyone
who could have seen her at the moment
would have felt for her in her trying posi-
ton. The diplomat says further that he
does not believe any poor peasant woman
would have changed places with the
Queen if she could have seen the grief
pictured upon her face at the moment and
recognized the burden upon her shoulders.
But with all, he adds. she bears up under
her burdens, and all honor is due her for
the way she has defended her position,
first, as belonging to the Austrian house
of Hapsburg, and, second, as the Queen
Regent of a decaying nation, trying to
preserve the throne for her son.