| Show tc Vortuenl Fnforrlng NeatrnlHy 1R Ponta Del Gado Azore Islands May 11 C A Portuguese gunboat has arrived here to entorce the neutrality decree of Iortugal I 11 ANXIOUS HOURS IN MADRID 4 Troops Held In Readiness to Suppress a Popular I I Pop-ular Revolution i 1 0 I III In I Price of IrotUloni and the Clue L law of laetorlei > Patent clause OW P TroDbloCublnoli liege arnberxl 1 New York May 5A special to the World from Madrid says The troops 11 are held In the barracks ready to march at any Instant agsjnat the mob or the revolutionists Cavalry and Infantry patrol the 11 I streets from night fall to sunrise All the public buildings are crowded Inside with foot and mounted police In the rest of the ret kingdom the precautions cautions though less visible are equally strict because the court and the government apprehend graver movements still If a fresh reverse occurs oc-curs In Cuba or to the fleet Highhanded measures ore considered necessary to keep the adversaries of 1I I the monarch and the mamma down I until the moment comes when the rulers of Spain can declare that honor Is satisfied and that the time has come to appeal to European governments to 1h 1 step In and secure terms of peace 1 honorable to Spain lace lhe last twentyfour hours have I been anxious ones for the ministers mlnsters and the authorities at Madrid Premier 14 mier Sagasta went twice to see the 1 queen und offered to resign if she b I 1ed 11 lonrvatlv ur military cab Imt could better defend the dynasty I I and the monarchy than the govern f anent whose members stick to their tests now only front a sense ot loyalty tu the crown and self respect aa they i do not wish to be accused of abandon Ing the reins of state In the midst of t war I warThe chief fear is I a popular revolu 911 tion lng which everybody con see Is brew P The civil authorities In Madrid got so alarmed at the attitude of the republicans I re-publicans and Carllsts that they frankly told Senor Sagasta they could not answer for order much longer flf The Barcelona0 authorities report avery r a-very serious condition of affairs there the republicans working upon the 1 masses who are discontented because of the rise In price of ail provisions and the dosing of many factories Inconsequence In-consequence of the loss of the cuban I and Philippine markets The queen asked Senor Sagasta to li i remain in office He consented to do 1 so on Condition that she ould give I permission to proclaim 11 state le I siege In Madrid I Now martial law rulee Any one 1 I circulating news about the war can be 11 11 sent to a military prison Court martlals are held One Carllit one anarchist one military one Inde It 111 pendent and one republican paper have been selze and prosecuted by order 1 of the military Judges I I I national feeling runs too high I against Senors Sagasta and Moret i Jt vv ho really are In the most danger the J queen probably will ask Marshal Campos to form n ort of government for the defense of the monarchy I The oil marshal has told her that he lo u ready to do so directly she sends a him So the days of the Satasta llnet are u e dar |
