Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1909-08-08
THE SPANISH REVOLUTION.


monks and sack churches.
Nor was it true that the queen ana
queen mother had fed from the coun-
try. but on the contrary remained at
San Sebastian. where the queen has
been actively occupied in raising a ma
tional subscription for the war victims
and receives daily the committee en-
gagged in collecting funds.
July 80 the Marquis del NUM-. in
response to a request from the queen.
left Biarritz for San Sebastian In order
to confer with her on the situation.
When 1t was reported that the an
archists were masters OF Barcelona.
that the garrison at
Financial Madrid was about to re-
rA volt and that the agi-
An'e1ests' tation was gaining
ground, fears were expressed that the
young and sympathetic King Alfonso
NH was destined to the same fate as
Queen Isabella II. But among this
highly colored mass OF dispatches there
are those that furnished the public with
just such news as 1t desired. and there
were others which were not intended
for the general public. but for the
bourse. 1t Is thought for fact that
the greater part of these dispatches
sent from the frontier of Spain to Paris
and London had for object the running
down Of the Spanish per cents.
Whether the dispatches were sent by
spectators or by revolutionary agents
seeking to ruin the credit Of the mon
archy, the desired effect was attained:
the Spanish stocks were greatly de.
preciated both at Paris and London.
1t appears by the latest dispatches
that the government of Alfonso never
ceased to be master Of the situation.
Tho civil (tho SnQ niSh Uon62r-
merie). sustained by. detachments OF
cavalry and artillery, were quickly and
effectively employed.
A correspondent from Madrid, in men,
explains the economical causes which
inspired it. First, it is a question OF
concessions of mines in which certain
personalities at Madrid are interested.
These mines are situated outside OF
Spanish territory; they were granted,
any authority In the Riff, but by the
rogui. Now, the latter's authority IL
often no more respected than that of
the sultan. The tribes do as they please
mistrust at the presence 81 strangers.
-
Besides these economical causes certain
political causes should be added. There
Spanish think that Spain has play
ed too humble q part in
kf1oo' the expedition to Casa
that Spain may now have occasion to in
shows the Moors and also Europe what
she is capable Of doing.
The idea that Morocco belongs of right
n q Nn1ot
of the Bourbons, pretender to the throne
Of Spain, who died the other day, writes
In his testament:
Gibraltar for Spain, union with Portu-
with our ancient colonies, that Is to say.
territorial integrity, honor and power
these are the legacies have, by just
means, wished to leave to my country.
L wish likewise to write here my grail
tude to the small, but select, group OF
French legitimists who, after the death Of
Henry v, gathered around my father and
later around me. faithful to their flag and
to the salic law.
Il thank at the same time all the
worthy children of chivalrous France who
in great numbers have always protected
me by their regard for me and my family,
against the injustice to which the grand
SON of Henry w and Of Louis XIV was
subjected in their country. I do not ig-
more that the hostile acts of the revolu-
tionary French government, inspired often
by the secret enemies Of our race, do not
represent the public sentiment OF the ma
ton.
MY last salutation on earth will be for
the red and yellow flag. and II God in
his unlimited mercy has pity. as L hope.
for my soul, he will permit me to assist
in heaven at the triumph OF the Ideal OF
all my life under the folds Of that glori-
GUS ensign"
y
At the moment when the King Of Spain
was receiving a Moroccan embassy at
Madrid an unfortunate
History Of conflict with the Rihians