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Show REPUBLICANS CHEER STlDjFJOIiCH Consternation Among" Conservatives Con-servatives Over Political Attitude At-titude of Spanish Ruler. MADRID. Feb. 8. King- Alfonso, after his recent meeting with the Republican leaders, visited tho house of the lord marshal, where ho distributed cigarettes among- the employees. He took a seal, and when smilingly naked, "What Is your political attitude?" The employees unanimously declared that they aro Monarchists. "Y-es. of course you arc," said the king, but arc you liberals or Conservatives?" Conserva-tives?" All tho employees replied that they were Conservatives. "Then J am, apparently, the only liberal lib-eral In the place," said the king, who lit it notlicr cigarette ami went out, still smiling. smil-ing. The action of King Alfonso In Inviting the Republican leaders to tho palaco to talk politics with them has cnused a great stir throughout the country. RcpuhllcanH arc cheering or the king. Scnor Nclqulades Alvarez," speaking at a meeting of Republican reformers, asked his audience to support his majesty, and that sentiment lias been reiterated throughout the land slnco tho king r-colvod r-colvod tho Republican leaders on January Jan-uary 14, when his majesty expressed himself in favor of old age pensions, religious re-ligious tolcranc? :md liberal education measures. A wave of Republican enthusiasm enthu-siasm for Lho monarchy has spread over Urn country. TL la Impossible to say what will ho the ultimate effect of the paradoxical situation. The king has long bcii known to hold generous, udvHnoed views on the question of government, but his friendly en 'oiiutci's with tho Republicans have rprend consternation moitg the Con-FtM Con-FtM vatives. |