SUSPENSION OF THE SPANISH CONSTITUTION.

Auckland Star, Volume XXIX, Issue 167, 18 July 1898, Page 5

SUSPENSION OF THE SPANISH CONSTITUTION.

■ By the Constitution of 1876 Spam is :'- tfeelared a constitutional monarchy, with executive ■-.power vested -in the King, and the ' legislative power in :i % Cortes .>ith, the King. Suspen- ! ■ sibn of the' Constitution involves the ' ] fteinpbrary abolition of Parliament, = and the assumption of supreme control by the Queen Eegent. ■The-dis- ; .'. cussion of peace terms in the Cortes iii-Wld.no doubt lead to the exhibition ■■■••' of strong popular feeling, which would "seriously embarass the Government in ■..•■:■ their negotiations with America, and ■■ -.would afford the; opportunity for ■ :>. .winch; the Carlists iave^een waiting ->>--ever since the outbreak-of-the war. A w::K prominent Carlist, '- •■«}> cPnversatipn with a 'Pall Mall Gazette' correspon- , vent,' said that, everything; now. points :■• to;the people of Spain giving, the pre-sent-dynasty nptie.e to quit, and that : the only question is 'whether Span- .;■-,-, jaTd's wjll elect to adopt a republican ■■_■*<"»'form of gevernment or call back the jt.rightful, lawful King, Don Carlos, to .V;'the throne of hisianeestors- 'We can--1 : iot see any other outcome of the pre- '■%. sent gra,ve complications in Spam, ;■ providing the Governments of Europe • do not .interfere,' he said; 'There is : ■ -only one hope for the present reigning ,' hbuse^the usurpers I will call them— ,< v ana that is a successful, war..with^ the ;' n , IJnited States. You can estimate^the •'%,,. chances of that happening for yourself. If the present Government in 1 • ~ Spain allow Cuba to slip through their \ or if those in power -.permit a loosening of the: bonds 'tiat bind CubaTto Spain, Don Carlo's'? day will at once dawn/ If,-on the mother hand, ' Spain loses to America,, and Cuba ;is I annexed--to the impertinejit, ' 'C f oyer,bearihg and dangerous^ Republic,1 \'■ or is declared independent,' Don Car- ." , loss day has with equal certainty % ,,! arrived, providing, as I say, that- mon-v|(-|l^archical Europe does not intervene, ; or " "(perhaps a more V"if; this); the Spanish-people do not make the 1 • mistake.of declaring for > .republic. ' ' There is no' harm in letting it be .• known that we have every little detailthought outto a nicety. S'Thereis. this ' time to be no such word as "fail" if Don Carlos sets foot on Spanish, soil and unfurls his banner. .The.pepple of ,: the Peninsula are pretty heartily disgTisted with the fatuous way the king-

dom's business has been conducted for many years. They know Don Carlos to be a strong man; the rightful ruler, and one who will clear up the tangle' into which, matters of State have goti< They know that once iirmly in his (rightful' place he will place Spain solidly on her feet again, and that the nation will hold her. head high among the other, nations of the world. We have Intimate knowledge of the trend o%'events; and are confident that , a majority of the clear-ttiinking Spahiarda would' hail with 'delight the prospeet'-of havingl Doii Carlos back .again. 'And they shall have'liim, too, when the time is, ripe;'