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Show TO FORM SPANISH CABINET. Bllvel., tba Conservative Leader to Cnder-uke Cnder-uke the Tak. Madrid, March 5. The queen regent, as the result of her consultations with the statesmen, generals and political leaders, informed Senor Sagasta that j ho desired to retain the present cham- ber, and then bhe invited him to reconstruct recon-struct the cabinet. Senor Sagasta replied re-plied that It would be impossible for him to remain premier without a dissolution. dis-solution. Thereupon the queen regent referred the same request to Senor Montero Rios, who declined for the same reason. Finally, Senor Silvela, the Conservative leader, accepted the task, and it is expected he will submit a Conservative ministry to her majosty for her approval. Admiral Montejo, who was in command com-mand of the Spanish squadron destroyed de-stroyed by Admiral Dewey in the battle of Manila bay, and the commander of the Cavite arsenal have been incarcerated incarcer-ated in the military prison pending trial for their conduct at Manila. The government has also ordered the prosecution prose-cution of General Linares, who was in supreme command of the Spanish forces at Santiago at the time of the capitulation capitu-lation to General Shafter. |