The herald., 1898-05-17
SAGASTA IS DIRECTED
TO HUNT UP SOME CABINET
MEMBERS
RETIRING MEMBERS ARE SHY
Senior Moret Insists That the Change
Only Means More Vigorous
War Policy
Associated Press Special Wire

Associated Press Special Wire
MADRID, May 16. . a. m.-Senor Moret
the minister for the colonies, today con-
firmed the statement that any changes
made in the composition of the cabinet
would be wholly In the direction of more
active war policy. He said:
Recent events have greatly increased the
war spirit of the nation. The greatest re-
lance is placed upon Admiral Cervera's
squadron and upon the skill of the Spanish
admiral. Cervera is not hampered by
instructions, and the details Of his plans
are not even known to the ministers"
8 p. MA communication has been sent
to the chambers announcing a cabinet crisis
and asking the chambers to suspend their
sessions pending a solution. Senior sagas-
ia believes the new ministry will be formed
by next Wednesday.
Orders have been issued by Senior Sagas-
ia countermanding the reception which
was to have been held tomorrow, upon the
occasion of the kings birthday, and he has
instructed the captains general in all dis
tricts not to hold their usual receptions.
Up. m.-Senor Sagasta this afternoon WIS.,
tied the palace and formally handed to the
queen regent the designations of the min
listers.
2:30 p. m.-The queen regent has charged
Senior Sagasta to form a new cabinet. The
premier will this evening confer with the
presidents Of the chambers and with Senior
Gamazou.
p. Mon receiving the announcement
that the cabinet had resigned both houses
adjourned
1880 p. m.-MarcSuis Vega D. Armijo, pres
ldent of the chamber. has advised Senior
Sagasta to end the crisis as quickly as pos
sible. Senior Monterio Rios, president OF
the senate has offered his support but does
not desire to enter the new cabinet. Senior
Canal. who is Ill, also declines to enter
the cabinet, but he promises to support
any ministry organized by Senior Sagasta.
The general impression is that the cab
met crisis will be protracted.
Senior Romero y Robledo thinks that
Marshal Martinez Campos ought to be the
chief Of the new ministry.
News From Manila
LONDON, May 1.-THE Madrid corre-
sbondent of the Standard says:
/ Very conflicting news has reached Mad
rid from official and private sources con-
corning the state of affairs in the Philip
pines Capt. Gen. August seems confident
that he will be able to resist the American
war vessels for some time. His reports as
to the disposition of the garrison and i'll
habitants are excellent. The principal diff
culties are the rise in prices, the scarcity Of
provisions and the unsettled state Of the
interior Of the country.
Gen. August hopes to overcome these,
directly relief comes from Spain, If he is
also allowed to promise to grant the natives
a part Of the reforms demanded, which
were before submitted to Marshal Riviera
during his governorship. Spain is dis
posed to go far in conceding administrative
and municipal reforms, but she cannot cas-
lily comply with the native aspirations as
regards the vast property and influence OF
the religious orders in the Philippines and
other archipelagoes.a -,-~''
These orders are too powerful in Spain
for any government to curtail their colonial
actions or to tax them heavily, unless the
eminent of the regency, should Spain re-
tain possession of the archipelagoes at the
end Of the war. The church and the Cath
olics are very anxious as to the fate Of the
Philippines, on account of these orders
which, they consider, have been the best
auxiliaries of Spanish rule since the dis
covery of the islands by Magellan. The
Spaniards resent the idea of Protestant
powers, like the United States, Germany OF
England harboring designs against their
archipelagoes.