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| chartered to go to San Sebastian, where
| the anti-governmental demonstration was
| proposed to be held yesterday, before the
| clerical leaders abandoned the manifesta-
| ton.
| Local authorities at San Sebastian had
held that the Carlists were planning to
take advantage Of the Catholic manifes-
tation to start movement against the
government. No statement. however, is
made as to which party to the conflict
| chartered the tug and loaded 1t with
arms.
San Sebastian Tranquil.
| SAN SEBASTIAN, August S.-The city
continues tranquil. no further attempt at
| demonstrations having been made since
ia group Of the more hot-headed clerical
adherents yesterday gathered on the
street with shouts of Death to Spain!
Long live the Poper' The troops. how
ever, will remain in the summer capital
for several days.
The authorities express the greatest
| confidence that the fiasco Of the anti
governmental manifestation marks the
end of Carlism and of any attempt at an
insurrection In favor Of the pretender,
fully realize the blind devotion of the
peasant population of the Basque prov
inces, who had been told by the priests
and monks, with which the country
swarms. that it was their religious duty
to support the Pope against the Spanish
government in the pending conflict. Six
teen priests and monks were among the
persons arrested Saturday on charges of
In answer to kilograms from the Spanish
Catholics, pledging their loyalty to the
Vatican in the present conflict, the presi-
dent of the Roman Catholic junta re-
ceived today the following telegram from
Cardinal Merry del Val, the papal sacre-
tary of state:
'In the present sad and bitter hour
his holiness sees with particular satisfac-
ton the sister Biscayan provinces evince
these magnificent sentiments of unshaken
Christian fidelity. He thanks you for
your homage and flial love and sends to
you all his paternal affection and apos-
tolic benediction."
Peasants Easily Disarmed.
Many amusing scenes were witnessed
yesterday. Priests, leading trudging
bands of peasants took to their heels
when they found the city in the posses
sion of the military. The peasants, all
their courage gone, were disarmed and
easily persuaded to return to their homes.
In some cases the soldiers were COM
PEELED to supply with food the poor peo-
pie who had come into the city to rail
at the government
Considerable uneaSineSs was felt early
in the day owing to the conspicuous num-
ber of Basque peasants who thrOnged the
streets, but when noon passed and the
demonstration which had been planned
for that hour failed to take place, the
citizens were quickly reassured. The pop
ulace thronged the promenades and cafes,
as usual; the bands played in the squares
and women and men lOunged about as
| usual. Priests and peasants stood about
| as il expecting signal, but as none
was given they gradually went away.
Apparently they belonged to contingents
| of intending demonstrators who had
flocked in from the rural districts before
the word went out that the plans of the
clericals had been abandoned.
Pope's Letter Not Confirmed.
MADRID. August San official stated
today that the government has no con-
firmation of the report, current in sew
eral European capitals that the Pope
has addressed a personal letter to King
Alfonso. appealing to the king to use
his influence for a settlement Of the con-
fict between the Spanish government
and the Vatican. The official further
asserted that there was no foundation
| for the reports at Rome. implying a
prospect for the improvement Of the
| relations of Spain and the Vatican.
He further denied a current report
| that Spain had presented a protest to
Austria against the conduct Of Don
| Jaime, the Carist pretender, who is an
officer in the Austrian service, during
| the pending conflict.
Spaniards Loyal to Pope.
ROME, August s.-The Pope and Car
dinal Merry del Val. the papal secretary
of state received this morning from
Spain many kilograms expressing loyalty
to the Vatican in the conflict with Spain.
| The kilograms sought to encourage the
Vatican to resist the anti-clerical move
ment in Spain.
| VIENNA. August S.-Don jaime de
| Bourbon, pretender to the throne OF
Spain is living quietly at his country
home at FrOhsdorf, and has not been In
| Spain or at Biarritz, as has been report
ed at different times. 1t is stated, how
| ever, that he has been giving encourage
| ment to his Carlist followers, and that
this has greatly embarrassed the Aus
| trian court.
| PARIS, August S.-The Spanish ambas-
| sador to France, Senior Perez-CaballerO,
Il
| Croix here that King Alfonso Is showing
| signs; of mental weakness is a malicious
| invention of the clerical press.
| Marquis de Ojeda, who has arrived in
| Paris after being recalled by the Spanish
government from his post as ambassador
| to the Vatican, said today that Marquis
| de Gonzales. counselor OF the Spanish
| embassy at the Vatican, who is now in
| charge of the embassy, has orders to at
| tend the Pope's anniversary Tuesday.
Alfonso Again on Shamrock.
| COWES. Isle of Wight. August S.-King
Alfonso again tempted fate by sailing in
the race today aboard Sir Thomas Lip
toms Shamrock. disregarding the accident
of Saturday, when the Shamrock, with
the king on board. lost its topmast in
the stiff breeze. The Shamrock is again
meeting its old rival of former seasons.
the White Heather, In the race for the
| Commodore's cup, having repaired the
damage.
| westward, which did not start in the
| races last week, sailed under the handi1
cap system, entered again today in the
race for the International gold cup which
| ,s sailed under the class measurement
| rule. The Meteor and Germania ALLOW
the Westward 6 minutes and 4S seconds
in the fcrty-eight-nl course.
| These three yachts, together with the