The Salt Lake herald-Republican. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1909-1918, 1910-11-12
SPANS PREMIER
SUSTAINS THRONE
Kept Portuguese Revolution
From Unseating
Alfonso.
HE'S A REFORMER, TOO
Jose Canaleias Is Thoroughly Pro-
gressiVe in His Public
Policies.
HE'S A REFORMER, Toe

Madrid. Nov. 1I-When the throne
of Portugal came tunipling to the
orouD6. and little King Manuel was
forced to nee his country, The Wnols
r-r-ld turaed its eyes on the sister
roonarchv. Spain. with the expectation
OF witnessing the overthrow or an
other ROY king and the establishment
~ another republican form Of govern
rIent
Bu; 10 the surprise of all. Alfonso's
throne held firm. The government
trooDs easily OVeTaWed the demonsifa-
tors. end the monarchy OF Spain was
again saved-for a time at least
Who was responsible FOR this nrh
stand b. the government? was the
question asked by many onlookers
The people Of spain. and those mt
mate with the affairs of the country.
however. needed no explanation. Tney
knew that Alfonso owed his throne 10
his ir0n-handed premier, Senior Jose
CanaleJas. Had King Manuel been
ended by so resourceful statesman
II is probable that he would still be on
his throne. On account OF his ad-
-anced liberal views and ais ultra
radical legislative program the Span
ish premier is perhaps the most talked
OF man I'm Europe.
He is of the strong man type OF
statesmen. who marches along the pO-
liticaI road he has chosen quite heed
less of criticism and entirely undls-
MAYED By the fierce attacks of
strong and we'll disciplined opposition
in the cOrtes. On the extreme right
he has the anti-dynastic Carlist party
ON his left he has the combined group
of Socialists and Republicans, which,
only the other day, boosted that they
were strong enough 10 pun the king
from the throne.
Hes a RefOrmer.
Between the two extremes. each or
which is lighting for its own partlcu-
lar ends. Senior Canalejas, with COM
pact majority. has set out on his mis-
slonlof reform. His ambition Is TO clear
away the remains of the crumbling
Conservative edifce-the Spain which
has been asleep for geo years-and
20 create a Spain which is vigorous,
abreast of modern ideas. and whose
motto is Liberty and Progress"
In a recent interview he was asked
if he thought the overthrow of the
Portuguese monarchy would result IN
a similar uprising in Spain.
No" he declared. Il do not think
that the Republican success in POrtu-
gal will have any repercussiOn in
Spain We tolerate Republicans. They
nave a perfect right TO freedom of
speech and liberty of action SO long
as these are legal and constitutional
You ask me if the Republicans
/ have succeeded in undermining the
1 loyalty of the army as they did in
Portugal Ny answer is emphatically,
no. The day they attempt it they Will
pay the penalty prescribed by the ex-
[ isting law Of the land
"Of course Spain viii remain on
1 friendly terms with Portugal, but this
+ does not mean that we shall permit
/ Portuguese agit2tors to cross our
frontiers ia order 10 carry on an anti
monarchist campaign here.
"Unofhclally. Spain has entered into
relations with the new Portuguese
/ government. We could not help it, il
vas necessary in the political and
I commercial interests Of the two coun-
tries. But before officially recognizing
the new republic We viii wait for an
/ expression Of the Will of the POrtu-
! guese people. freely expressed in a
constitutional way. Moreover. in grant
ing our recognition we shall be guided
by the examples OF Great Britain and
T France.
Relations Friendly.
IF Portugal preserves a correct al.
titude toward the monarchical gov