The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1901-01-06
SPANS PRESENT DANGER,
NOT FROM CARLISh. As THE GOIEEN.
MENT MAS PRE1ENDLD
Much More General and Deep Rooted tntaro.
nIsm to the Dynast, Queen Regent Never
Popular and Young kinE %rou,es w In.
thusIasm The Resistance To TAXATION

NIu =" tahttlbu.
LoNpoN. Dee =? 4 writer IA the Ls,.
6hroairIe declares that Car!ism i no longer,
danger 10 the present dy nasty Of SrgI, o..
stories Of Catli-t risings and Carl,i II'r.o
which 80 regularly appear IN tu"
newspapers are de- ribcd A. rercI, phr. 81,
Minister, at Madrid would have No.. bel owe.
forwarded through the agency or gore -
correspondents who accept whatever nea,
the Ministers give them or Gull material from
Spanish newspapers. which are rgorNn.v
censored, aud edi ed with the .lrr-yrosri.
apprehension that to reveal the trI'h '- .,
invite suppression
This wear. say the writer. there has hcer %,
attempted Csrli.t rising such an idea. "a
declarrs. has never been entertained ser-
ou~ly in spain. and he describes Tho 'r.s
outbreak" ~ Barcelona in tho 'ouoVis
fashion:
Il had the privilege Of meeting lAs' r'.,
in barcelona one of the 'ivil Guard Who
had resisted this attack and quelIed IN,
dangerous uprising Of the people lie "a.
one If eight .aviourS of his c%uuntr". An W.
disciplined crowd of some thirty peasant. 49,
preached tho guard house Nv informant
claimed for hin self the distinction ~ ha,iHg
shot tho chief Of this band, upon Which '7a
followers ran away. fInginG down their arm.
III IflI 'NlI' w ~ ~ VI"
"a tIred by one or other ~ tho eight CivI
Guards. aud. although they had been htlhci
10 don the Carlist emblem. vigorously denloi
that they were follo4ars ~ Don CARLOS. ~
were inspired by any idea ~ revolution Trs
battle Is tho sum total Of active hosttlitc.
The son warriors concentrated in ne noun
tains NJ BNrRa are a mef" MYTH. an oNcIaI
excursion into the realm Of fancy IL
revolution has had m . ist-nc. outside tie
Government oHfces of Madrid
The Government ia charged with fa.hion-
ing this airy castle NJ a revolutionary move
ment. in order that il may have a pret"rcA
for the suspension Of ~. Corstltut!onal
guarantees throughout the country. making
il possible 10 exercise an effective censorship
over IN. press. and enabling IN. Mllitarr
Governor ~ each province to deal with polite
cal charges, and an 70 conceal their sisniN-
canoe. His travels in the Spanish provinces
have convinced this writer that Csriisn
has no dangers for the present monarch.
although he recognizes that Carlist sym-
pathies and traditions ars still revered by
the older peasants of the Basque counties.
and 70 this extent may be 20 nsiderAd As ono
Of the factors Of unrest.
Yet" hs proceeds, the danger - re
ESTABLISH ed monarchy is a real and instant
one. the wave Of revolution comes flooding
in through many a silent creek and trle'
within two years II IL not improbable that 'hs
present regime will have 70 frht for existence
and will find itself III supported nv the corru7,
exprdients nv which II has hitherto been
laboriously sustained The event. ~ ~.
past few months may we'll seem the fingers
that are writing upon the wall NJ the Kings
palace that the days Of the monarch a-s
numbered. that its rule has been WEIGHED and
found wanting"
Some months ago the very serious cord'tlo7
Of affair. In Catalonia was fully pointed oHt
In THr SrS. and the writer In fhe Dolly Ch-'--
,cIe fnd. In this the evidence Of oncor'ns
revolution.
We have heard much he say.. "o' 'h''
last Carlist emeute. We have heard little o''hs
far more ominous disturbances that have
lately troubled Spain-of the prolonged
resistance to taxation In Barcelona
ing fourteen months ago. for the time over
come. but twice involving a suspension -
the Constitutional guarantees Of Catalonia
and mo declaration ~ a state ~ way In Ma
capital Of the province, Of the street vnr'ar.
a. Valencia. NJ the riots in Madrid itself
1T I. not widely known how the %na'ionsl
hymn ~ the French Republic was greeted
with cheers by the dark-haired tavrv-
skinned. ~re'icent Catalan artisans A. Ra--
celona, and how the national anthem ~ Span
was received bv them with Kisses: how th"v
bovco,, the Castrisn language. and pa
bon,se "a a nrorincial flag how the tour ~
tho vouno Kim In ,ha .un mer. from which
much ws. e1pec,ed proved a dangerous
easco and had IN n. shrrntIy Terminated
bou be was oree,ed with sior, hostility Or
u-.u,nres.ed exnrassions ~ dislovaltv in
many ~ On. ci,ias he vjsited These a..
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