New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1899-03-06
TILE cARLLNr CONSPIRACY
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..-rhere is no doubt" says a Spanish paPe''
That n Carlist conspiracy exists. VI 'o"'
NOT There has been CarliSt cohSp''a'! ~
active. potential or passive existence lor S'''
ix wars without n break. So has there pe''h "
S,rar, conspiracy against the British dynasty
ro, moro than two hundred years. Both ma! 70
On CONSUMING and making manifeStoeS 10 'no
ord Of time There is little Indication 'ha'
oi,hor If them. Carlst any more than S'uar''
will 10 more than thar. Don Carlos. we are
told * moving about. from Vienna to turin
and elsewhere. and Don Jaime has been "'
Valencia and Barcelona. What il they h''" 'o'
cctbor were 10 visit Wcssnichtwo!
Tho time when an eXiled Prince could ran!
= nation to his support by the mere magic OF
nomc i mast. Spain is not going to rise lor
hon Carlos simply because he is Don carlos
And a. vet he is able to offer her no stronger
reason for q rising. 1t is true his adheren's III
rho Cortcs obey his word He wrote to them
the other day forbidding them to take their
soo,e ..in tho Parliament whch'-aS he puts II
lis about 10 sanction disgrace unprecedented
IN the annals" of Spain. Accordingly the 'arliS'
n,embers have abscnted themselves rom
the sittngs But the sittings have oeeh menu
iuet tho same. the Carlist vacancies beng
simply ignored. II is not known that the i4e
tenders famboyant and mpassioned-We hl'er'
saw observation-disclosures has had the shgh'es'
effect. other than 10 keep out OF Parliament
few misguided gentlemen whose presence !"
Parliament might slightly veN. but could ho'
substantially modify the progress OF HINTS /"
the words of Don Carlos himself. though III
sense far different from his, the nation J.
weary of empty and barren words. Ana i'll
these DAYS no words are more empty and bar
ren than those of Il Tretcndcr.
The eist Of the matter is just this: Don Carlos
is opposed by Il majority of the Spanish peo-
rlc. is supported by no respectable Power "u'-
side of Sn9in and is regarded with positive us
favor hv NJ least two such Powers. including
the one most interested ana most potent III
Spanish affairs The chances would be against
him if he were to start n war ana II he ana inc
AIfou>ists were 10 be left Ia fight il out be
tween them But they would not thus h' l'l''
The European Powers IN general would E'i al
this dtto hi history permit the Wagng oil Il Nar
of devastation in the Peninsula n war ihat III
the very nature Of the case would have To drag
ON verify until one or both Of the comhalanlN
should hr exhausted. More than that il Is not
conceivable That Austria would quietly permit
an Austrian .lrchdurhcsS and her son 10 he
driven from the thro1c they legally occupy.
.thnvn all. it Is not for a moment conceivable
that France would permit friendly dynasty
on her southern border to he oycrtlrown and
rcplaccd hy one distinctly hostile 10 her
IN such circumstances the CarlistS may con
suirc. and keep on conSpirng. They may sue
coed i'm drawing money from the pockets ol
dupes and zealots for the profit of scheming Ut
vcnturcrS. They may even go - far as to cause
an occasional breach Of tlc peace. But any
Thing further is beyond the range of reasonable
, expectation.