Show AFTER ALL the sentences of death pronounced pro-nounced against the officers who engineered en-gineered and took part in the recent revolt in the Spanish army against the government are not to be carried into eTectbut are to be commuted in accord ance with the recommendation of a committee to the Queen Perhaps it is thought that as the revolt was a very small affair the punishment should be light or probably to attempt revolution is regarded a national characteristic and therefore ought not to be looked upon as either serious or curable Per I haps next week the men who sat in i judgement on Villafranca and his fe low I conspirators may be engaged in a plot to overthrow the Monarchy In most countries the crime of the revolutionist would above any other be considered as meriting and demanding tbe execution ex-ecution of those who took part in it but as the Spanish are unlike any otner people they have their own way of I dealing with matters of this character It is i of no moment to the rest of the civilized world if Spain forgive her soldiers sol-diers and army officers who failed to bring about a revolution only because they were numerically weak |