The Waxahachie daily light. [volume] (Waxahachie, Tex.) 1894-current, 1911-01-31
KING ALFONSO MAY BE OUsTED
Plans on fo-n To bsrsfi,tuw this
Present Government ot spain.
nesis.s at the E-rscr Case.
ny CHARLES y STEWART
European Manager Of United Press

last definitely msde up that under
It's present so-called Liberal govern
ment their country Is making no
more progress than under the old
conservative regime Spanish fepub-
licans are getting ready to eliminate
Premier Canaleias. who is so fire.
quently referred To as King Alton
so s last chance. Premier Canal
ejas elimination therefore means a
long step in the elimination of Don
Alfonso. In fact. il is hardly pos
sible that Senior Canalejas can be
politically killed without endanger-
ing the monarch
Rodrigo Soriano is the republican
chosen to give the first shot in the
revolution Senior Soriano is owner
of the radical Madrid newspaper
Sspan Neuva" He is a member OF
the Chamber of Deputies from the
| Spanish capital And since Aiejan
| DIRE Lerroux has suffered in credit
by the administration of the re-
publican municipal government of
| his home city of Barcelona, Senior
Soriano is the most influential re-
publican in Spain. If the revolution
should occur very soon he would
| probably be President. In fact, ii
is not unlikely that he will be Pres
ident, in any case.
| Senior Soriano's attack upon Pre-
mier Canalejas will take the form
of a demand for a revision of the
hearing of Francisco Ferrer, who
was put to death in the summer Of
| 1909 after a military court had con-
victed him of participating in the
Barcelona riots of that year. A revis-
| ion of the case will certainly mean
a decision that Ferrer was judicially
murdered This will do Ferrer no
good but ii is bound to start such
an cutlery against King Alfonso's
| government as, in its present uG-
stable condition, it simply cannot
stand.
| Premier Canalejas commands a me-
| iority in the Chamber of Deputies
and can prevent Deputy Soriano's
demand for the Ferrer revision II
he likes, but if he does this he will
have to concede that he wishes to
shield former Premier Maura, under
whose administration Ferrcr was
killed-in short, that he is as much
of a reactionary as the ultra-reac-
tionary Maura himself
Whichever way it goes, the re
publicans will be satisfied If the
Ferrer revision is granted they coun-
on a scandal which will upset tn
throne. If it is refused, King Al
fonso will be convicted of cheatinj
the country by pretending to Civ.
it a Liberal government which ii
really reactionary. And they do no
think the throne can long survive
that, either.
It is true that the republican,
want the Felrer records overhauled
but they would not have insisted on
it if Premier Canalejas had con
WINGED them that he meant business
in his "Church and State" campaign.
But they are satisfied that he does
not, and for his lack of good faith
in the Church and State matter,
they are making a weapon OF the
Ferrer case to kill him,
Il believe the Premier would
really like to do something toward
limiting the Church's power saia
Senior Soriano, in an interview TO
the United Press cat any rate, he
is accomplishing and will accom-
plish nothing. Everything he has
done has been ineffective. 1t is
bound to continue so.
And do you consider the King
also responsible for Ferrers death,
wanted to know
mo" said Senior Soriano. mot
for Ferrer's death That was Maura
and Minister of the Interior Cierva-
But for the failure of the fight
against the Church, theking is re
sponsibe-yes."
| "Wen. what" | said, is to be
gained by a reversal of the death
sentence against Ferrer-since 1t has
already been executed for yeal
and half?"
Nothing will be gained for Fer
rer." answered the republican lead
er but it will be Spanish Dreyfus
case and the present Spanish gov
eminent is not strong enough 10
survive a thing like that
What viii happen?'
at will drive Canalejas out of Of
fice-at once
why won't he Immediately be
succeeded by some one else?
"He will but no one else can last.
There are only two men in Spain
who can lead the two monarchial
parties Maura, the conservatives,
and Canalejas the liberals. Maura is
already impossible, II there is any
question about it this Fcrrer scan
dial will settle it. That leaves only
tCanalejas. When the Ferrer scandal
has finished him, too, there Will be
no one left at all
And what them"
"A governmental overturning--a
republic
"How soon?
Il don't know but not long, The