Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1910-08-14
REPUBLIC FOR SPAIN JOIN POLICE MUTINY
lerrouX Sure Revolution Will More Men at Columbus Refuse
Dehrone Alfonso. to Do Duty on Cars.
PARTY UPHOL DS CANAL EJAS MAYOR WANTS VOL UNTEERS
Sure Make Needs 1000 Citizens Duty Dur
With Vatican, ing Car Strike.
WEYLER ABLE TO KEEP ORDER NOT A SINGLE RESPONSE
and Requested, Is
in
Lerroux Sure Revolution Will
Dethr0ne Alfonso.
PARTY UPHOLDS CANALEJAS
Sure Premier Cannot Make Peace
With Vatican, However.
wEYLER ABLE TO KEEP ORDER
Kings Change of Opinions Due to
Talk With Kaiser and Other
Rulers.

PARIS, August BIN an interview with
the Madrid correspondent of the Temps,
Alexandra LerrouX, chief of the repub-
licans at Barcelona, says that while the
republicans support Premier Canalejas it
will be impossible for him to accomplish
more than modus vivendi with the Vati-
can. as the senate will block the way to
constitutional reform.
Senior Lerroux is of opinion that Capt.
Gen Weyler, who was sent to San Sebas-
tian in anticipation of trouble there, will
succeed in preventing disorders, pending
the return of the conservatives. but his
victory will be only temporary. Spain, he
declares. is heading straight for a revolu-
tion and a republic.
He attributes the change in the atti-
tude of the king, who. he says, was for
merly under the influence of the queen
mother and former Premier Maura,
to conversations which the king had with
European monarchs in England at the
time of the funeral of King Edward. The
substance of these conversations the king
repeated after his return to Spain. say
ing that he was especially impressed with
the advice given to him by the German
emperor.
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ROME, August 13.-The Osservatore
Romano publishes a statement, presum-
ably dictated Dy the papal secretary of
state, which aims to answer a recent
statement made by Garcia Prietro. the
Spanish foreign minister. with reference
to a resumption of negotiations between
Spain and the Vatican.
The Osservatore Romano declares that
the only novelty in the foreign minister's
statement is that the condition insisted
upon by the holy see for continuance
of the negotiations is unjustified. This
condition was that the Spanish govern
ment should take no steps on the ques-
ton, which was the subject Of the ne
gotiations, and that the bill relating to
the religious congregations should be
withdrawn while the negotiations were
pending.
It Is enough, says the paper, to set
forth that condition to have everybody
recognize its equity.
IL the Spanish government was anxious
to show conciliatory spirit, the paper
continues, 1t should accept as just the
request of the holy see. Otherwise. it
would be fruitleSS for the holy see to
resume negotiations If the Spanish gov
ernment refused to pledge itself not to
adopt arbitrary measures on the very
points under discussion.
No Meeting of Congregation.
The Corriere d'Italia also publishes a
statement. inspired by the papal secretary
OF state, pointing out the absur1ity of
certain assertions coming from Madrid,
such as the statement attributed to Mar
quis de Gonzales, who is now in charge
of the Spanish embassy at the Vatican,
that the congregation of extraordinary
and ecciesiastic affairs met, but did not
discuss the reply to Spain.
AS matter of fact the congregation
has held no meeting. Nor is it known
when there will be a meeting of this
body, but it will probably not be before
November, unless specially called to-
gether.
II Is believed in Vatican circles that NJ
BRAND. the premier of France, having
simply declared that the report published
In the EpOca regarding his conversation
with King Alfonso was inexact, means
that IL is substantially true. The Epoca
quoted Premier BRAND as strongly ad-
vising King Alfonso against breaking
with Rome. and with saying: 1--WE slid
down hill farther than We intended"
Vatican officials declare that this ad-
vice could not have come from a mere
authoritative or more competent source.
One OF them exclaimed: BRAND knew
OF what he was talking
The report that Emperor Francis Jo-
seph of Austria might act as mediator in
the controversy is considered to be with
out foundation. Even the Vatican admits
that Spain cannot accept foreign tnterven-
tion In her internal affairs
The Giornale d'Itaiia says that a mon
signor attached TO the department of the
papal secretary has left for Spain to
meet q representative of the Spanish gov
ernment to discuss an arrangement
whereby negotiations may be resumed