Show THE DAWN OF PEACE Spanish Ministry Only Awaiting a Favorable Opportunity COUNTRY TIRED OF WAR PUBLIC OPINION FAVORS AN HONORABLE PEACE Minister of Marine Declares the Cabinet Cabi-net Will Do Its Best to Bring It AboutNothing to Be Gained By a Prolongation of Hostilities Revolution Threatened London May 27The Madrid correspondent corre-spondent of the Times says The dominant dom-inant public opinion here is a desire to find some way to an honorable peace as Spain has nothing to gain by an indefinite indefi-nite prolongation of hostilities All idea that France will intervene however is now abandoned and hopes are fixed upon the possibility that the Duke Almondlvar de Rio the new minister min-ister of foreign affairs will find some fitting occasion on which to take the initiative The Madrid correspondent of the Daily Mail says The political outlook out-look is brighter and the ministerialists believe that a cabinet crisis can be averted Captain Aunon minister of marine declared In the cortes today Thursday that when an opportunity presented itself the cabinet would not fail to do its best to bring about an honorable peace IMPENDING REVOLUTION London May 26There are continued I contin-ued sinister predictions of an impending impend-ing revolution in Spain contained in a special dispatch from Madrid today Emperor Francis Joseph of Austria is said to have strongly advised the queen regent to prepare to fly and her mother who Is now in Madrid Is reported re-ported to have given her the same advice ad-vice but it is added the queen regent Is determined to remain Continuing the dispatch adds The defeat of the Spanish fleet which the best informed people regard as only a question of a few days is bound to precipitate an outbreak GLOOMY FOREBODINGS Madrid May 2GIn regard to the indications In-dications of a ministerial crisis the Liberal remarks The sovereignty perhaps the independence of the nation is hanging in the balance Enemies attack at-tack it everywhere abroad and there Is famine at home A solution of the problem cannot be foreseen Industry commerce and agriculture are dead The flower of Spanish youth is giving its life blood to carry on the war and weakened mothers are nursing a new I generation amidst this accumulation of evils Patriotism demands our silent activity while the private partisans squabble over pettyquestions depriving depriv-ing the nation of a strong united government gov-ernment capable of facing the present struggles The country may wait while the government arranges its differences with party politics but Dewey Sampson Samp-son McKinley and Salisbury are not likely I to wait AMERICAN ACTS DENOUNCED In the chamber of deputies Senor Casseli director of the Imparcial denounced de-nounced the alleged acts of the American Amer-ican warships as being contrary to international in-ternational law He also asked that a pension be granted to the family of the captain of the Reina Christina who perished at Cavite The minister of marine Captain Aunon accepted the proposition In the senate Count Almenas intro I duced the question of prlvateerIng urging the government to adopt pri vateering in view of the American proceedings The master for foreign I affairs Duke Alamodovar de Rio said the matter was inopportune and could not be debated Count Almenas insisted in-sisted but the president of the senate refused to allow the discussion to continue con-tinue Spanish Bond Quotations London May 2GSpanish 4s closed at 34 ½ a net gain of 916 Paris May 26Spanish 4s closed at 34 1316 a nev gain of 1516 Madrid May 26Spanish 4s closed today at 6025 Gold was quoted at 76 |