The Birmingham age-herald., 1910-11-06
WHOLE WORLD IS
 WATCHING SPAIN

| Madrid. November 5.-When tn, throne of Portugal came tumbling tt 1 the ground and little King Manuel wal | forced to flee his country, the whol, world turned its eyes on the sister
 monarchy, Spain, with the expectation of witnessing the overthrow of an
 other boy king and the establishment O another republican form of government i But to the surprise of all, Alfonso's
 throne held firm. The government
 troops easily overawed the demonstra.
 tors and the monarchy of Spain was
 again saved-for time, at least Who was responsible for this firm
 stand by the government, was the ques
 tion asked by many oniookers.
 The people of Spain and those inti
 mate with the affairs of the country
 however. needed no explanation. The,
 knew that Alfonso owed his throne tt his iron-handed premier, Senor Jos' | Canalejas. Had King Manuel beer | guided by so resourceful statesman
 1t Is probable that he would still be or I his throne On account of his advanced | liberal views and his ultra-radical leg
 islative programme, the Spanish pre-
 mier Is perhaps the most talked of mar
 in Europe.
 He Is of the strong-man type O. statesman, who marches along the DO
 iitical road he has chosen quite heed
 lies of criticism and entirely undis
 mayed by the fierce attacks of strong and we'll disciplined opposition in tn, cortes. On the extreme right he ha, the anti-dynastic Carlist party. On hi. | left he has the combined group of so cialists and republicans, which, only thu other day, boasted that they wer, strong enough to pull the King iron the throne.
 Between the two extremes, each O. which is fighting for It's own particular ends, Senor Canalejas, with a compac majority. has set out on his mission of reform. His ambition is to cleai away the remains of the crumblinl conservative edifice-the Spain whict create Spain which is vigorous
 abreast of modern Ideas. and who's motto is Liberty and Progress" In a recent interview he was ask e, | if he thought the overthrow of tn, Portugal monarchy will result in sim liar uprising in Spain.
 "No," he declared, T do not thinl
 that the republican success in Portuga | will have any repercussioN in Spain
 We tolerate republicans. They have
 perfect right to freedom of speech an, liberty of action so long as these ar
 legal and constitutional.
 "You ask mo if the republicans hay,
 succeeded in undermining the loyalty O
 the army, as they did in Portugal M,
 answer Is emphatically no. The day the,
 attempt 1t they will pay the penalty pre-
 scribed by the existing law of the land. tA-Of course Spain will remain on friend H,,x f~ 11&
 mean that we shall permit Portuguese
 agftators to cross our frontiers in orde to carry on an anti-monarchistic cam paign here.
 | .'IJnofficialiy Spain has entered into re Iations with the new Portuguese govern ment. We could not help it: it was neces sary in the political and commercial fin terests of the two countries But befor officially recognizing the new republic w will wait for an expression of the Por | tuguese people, freely expressed in { Unconstitutional way. Moreover. in grantin our recognition we shall be guided b. the examples of Great Britain an' I France.
 1 If Portugal preserves correct atti tude toward the monarchial governmen ! of Spain we, on our part, will be gla to reciprocate and to extend our friend l ship to the new regime
 I Discussing his reform programme. 6eno
 CanaIejas declared that the present gov ernrnent would do it's best to carry I through the cortes.
 | The government he declared, had pu l nts shoulder to the wheel of reform an
 would not be deterred in its task eithe I by the thunders of the church on the on I hand or by the fury of the revolutionar l socialists on the other hand
 By the celebrated ''pssdock law" as iss facetiously called, it is intended to con trol the growth of relisiouf>'associatio
 The discussion of this measure will D opened by the Senate in few days Labor organizations are also to be tn subject of legislation. not with any fnten ton Of curbing their growth or useful
 ness, but rather with the object of pre-