Show ASPECTS OF CANOVAS 4 or OF A CUBAN GENTLEMAN WHO KNEW HIM ali of office shelters that waited at iris hi door lived in the th atmosphere of old spain I 1 first met canovas del castillo lit in in aigul t ISDO an interesting discovery had beert been made a L few years boffie of oc sonic scale I 1 private letters addressed dres ed by the great spanish dramatist of tho ilia seventeenth century lopo lope do de vega to hla his patron pallon the ot at sossa sessa in which une unexpected light haq thrown upon lipon tile tho life and dorels morels of the spaniards ot of fh sha as dine mail and na as the lehtom proved that lope do vega in spite of 0 lila bh genius ills his profession us a catholic priest and his title of member ot of tile tho inquisition was as prurient and debased deera as the majority of his cont contemporaries era por aries the spanish academy following tile tho old spanish habit of censorship against historical and political revelations decided that thai the valuable histon I 1 eel col documents houd never bo be published dished senor canovas in ilia his rich private ll biary had a complete copy of 0 all these hi papers besides original manuscripts ser apts ot of cervantes and calderon milich v alch added important evidence to lo lopos letters littere to sessa to obtain from tile the prime I 1 minister ier then la in power a permission to look lok over these historical I 1 callei on laim him armed alth it a letter of introduction from the fa a inous spanish savant don marcellno marceline Menen deB pelayo in ili 1885 an uncle of mine baa been a member of senor canovaca Cano vasa cabinet ito aa sub secretary of tho colonias Coloni Colon leB cs another undo hold held at madrid for fora a lonker longer time the important onico office of counselor ot of state slate under Cn Cl inoW administration altfather my Aly father to the con and pro ideas of hla his no near relatives relative and a cuban revolutionists I 1 all hla hill iki klonins tor for the freedom at Ms his country was the first to propose to canovia Can ovna in fit idao the tha inde Pon dence ut f bulso by huir front spain with all them trieko influence tit in my favor tile the proud lion don antonio granted tire mo jul an interview in the mout most fil endly term I 1 will never forget tin the first ire im pres preshion pion made on me ilia by that gloomy old palace of alala al ala street front from aich tile tho of the council of ministers ruled spain ond and iti 1114 colonies colon len irom from I rom tile it looks like nn an ancient barrack of red brlek and the th two sturdy sentinels colln la of the cliff guard armed alth and posted in full all uniform at flat alir wide aside capen door contributed to iti ILI military appearance when I 1 ascended the long stal reAse ind and reached ili alio llio mala floor tho the util formed porters welcomed mo me v lui un IX petted marks of oc ie on of them OrIC at a door showed ine ne into 0 I 1 cry ry large room brov crowded tied N ith persons per iiona of the moyt most their bulton holen full ot of decorations I 1 iva waa at astonished nichea ni ched that ry by come mistake mv humble stir me had interrupted an l tl of the dip somatic body but before I 1 could make any explanation or apology the samo same porter ft rho lio augmented my wonder er by collateral IY showed mo me to another room I 1 found ivoun d elf in tile the presence of 0 tho the count of cast casa All miranda randa Cano vass influential secretary 1 I am glad lie he pointe ng to the next room that you wio w io not confounded with that rabble who are arc they I 1 lasko 3 more pa na tontA thed thus than ever they aro are oinie bookers he nn in anil and to 10 what do I 1 oti no ilia th tact fact that I 1 wan wall nol to t r T lilt them it ita itis it Is through your the count looked fit at nil me from head to in foot and interrupted tny my Kent enre with a hearty laugh sly my dear min he h replied throwing me inc into deeper contusion confusion hotl ar uro 0 draped in tit the regular uniform at of f a deputy at the comes I 1 did riot not know it was wa lit in even eveylne tria dress is alth ith a maek M ak in alil dilleh n la in distinctive in madrid of the members 0 of Pail lament my ily ignorance of 0 span 8 jsn tall coutt habits saved rile mo thero therefore core great annoyance before my first meeting with tile the prime minister when a tow few moments moment later I 1 sent from the counts office to senor canovas illy caid and relay cas letter I 1 was wa shown to I 1 tho lite prime ministers office through tile same ramo rabble and ill at it a lanco glance I 1 recognized tuo facein aces very re ra millar lit in havana Hav ilicia poth both men were after offices again in cuba and both ROI got them ono on of 0 in lse loss than IL a year from hla his plunder ings tho the other became fa famous appointed chief of a department or of taxes by senor canovas his bl duty was to receive all taxpayers calling on olt him dui in ing certain hours houra he placed il 1 a I box at one side of ills door irith this notice before entering the office ot of the chief of ahli dep department put 33 lit in here I 1 had thu the opportunity that hat day of seeing senor cinova canovas lit in hla his more onil abl aspects as a scholar cholar fi arel and it a historian 1 am glad he sold bald to me to have polito 0 sitter after these dM agreeable calls calla front from office seekers to speak peak on some nomo subjects dealto me you cart can imagine Irn aBino lor homr I 1 arn arit bothered by the tact fact that 20 per cent of tho the spaniards Span larda pay alic a and the e remaining 80 0 per cent live on the budget those who know knon him nil not wonder at these words canovas del castillo vas mai a 1 I representative spaniard arid and no SParti ald in ill conversation fitial to recognize tile the blunders 0 of f hla his people a poet or of barcelona barcelo no depleted depicted this of i lih his countrymen in fit the following lines line it if you apar ix ar a man speaking against germany be sure nure that he Is AL frenchman Pien climan it if hi speaks against franco france lie c Is I 1 q probably parn bably an aln it Rl gli lehman nut but it if it lie L speaks dont doubt it ho he is in a Rpaul spaniard tard that first antem interview few lasted more tha than n tso hours the blia ruler forgo t where he vay v as and IN ahal hat he was to lie be corne conie merely the learned historian pa iab cing up und and dontile down ahn loom ho he treated tre atol me to an ail discourse upon the ihn kivat men of spain in tile the seventeenth century reli tury explaining all their good olid anti bad sides ades lie ile told me mith the dolight di of a how lie lia had find obtained obtain d lor or his hl private collection coll cedon some nomi ancient documents from froin lite th old library of t tile the bukea 1 u item of nna which tame came near falling falline into the of agents of the museum listening to him lite old spain of don quixote appe appealed atod reconstructed my eyes but the pleasant lecture aas suddenly by a high of the ahe deacy done 1 I beg your pardon senor president esal dento tin ill new comer conter said if 1 I 1 enters inters I 1 bupt rupt you but hot acio a la its a very long inns rl riser cipher from the lite governor of hi elilia and I 1 cannot ne cipher it 1 l it Is written crittl neither after tile key hey of tile tho Milli stry of oc war avar nor that ot of the is linister 0 ot f state slate my only chopo la Is that it be bc jn ID key of bour excellency kept in your desk I 1 dont know an thing about it 1 an ail mitered senor cinoman Ci CL novan novas angrily lie ho I looked oke l at it his hl watch and exclaimed great leavens half pant ai S lie ile put his hat on begged me inc to excuse him for leol leading ing me lit in the hie caro care of the iho count of cosa Al miranda and rushed out through tho the room in which many office seekers were still walting ife only returned to pay to the employee look here it you find that key and the a says ays anything of 0 importance rend me inc word to tin tho hotel of tho the marchlones chora I 1 dball br be daning A and ad lie is went ent out next evening I 1 teat lead in lr la cone conc do de it a from plene the deih tint N melilla Mel llla had bee been h fie altakov alta ked kod hy by tit lilt kl natives and chit it tile governor in ILI AIL most mort position hal had arg brently rit I 1 ly 3 it liked ild rits from maln I 1 then ihen und apt rpt 1 hv well isell conovas inova ilia antl how truly tru ly a spaniard ho he waa mas lit in ills reverential reverent ent all awe for or tile past glories ot of ills hl nation and his carelessness for her ber m I 1 it w weal al so lao h aft hu liah ruled and so no they nil all rule in 1 spain for Vanos fa nova ram as for every Spar spaniard alard tradition was everything progress nothing As the first conquerors of america ruled tho the colon coln ulos losi 0 so o they mut be ruled forever for mover an am an ail clent ident visa or amia a lda idea under idlers like lint him while tita rest of 0 europe has aft peo progressed gressed Is ir n foially moi ally still hlll in tho the times of 0 phillp philip it II in file two volumes neith lie bonso conso crated to lite life of one of 0 his hl relli tive it ii vilar 1 I 1 iter 0 of mediocrity don bermlin rp rb calderon Caldr ron better by hla his nom d dc e p eluine 1 t v n e ot E el I 1 S Soll ol 01 lt tarlo a r i 0 C cano an 0 na jart stoc vua e everywhere er y h e f fanda 1 n d s 0 opportunity p p 0 r t u n t y t to 0 praise ancient times rind ancient ideas in celebrated celebrate lecture against social jai lain n wid anarchism anar chlam at tho the athenaeum Athe of Alad ild hn ili main nent i were those of religion and tradition the whole hate discourse being rathe r it a sermon then than a study of 0 one of 0 ill the a greatest social evils ot of the nineteenth century to maintain all ajl the treat rent errors errora ot of tile rat past ho be ma mas always rendy ready to light with mith alro and sword weyer was wa his favorite cartain because he resembles more thail any other man the lie governor or of the island don on diego de dc velazquez Cal canovia lovas is responsible history for the ot of bundred or of thousands of husnu hurn mit beings put to death in fit pursuance pu nuance of oc Ws hill polley in cuba in the philippines find in spain in spite 0 of ills ilia stat great mental posters and of 0 the rood he conferred anon his country by ending tile P aih ra 0 of T li revolutions ile h 1 va am an only ay a fen fanatic a tto tike like the iho mun man who mho ended lilt lit life 11 f 0 at the bethill of 0 santa arm danea ne W toik sun |