Show SAGASTA SAITH the spanish cortes was the scene of an animated and at times angry discussion yesterday this of itself would not be a matter of much concern but when as aa at present the nation is racked racked without and within and threatened with disruption if not n uch such events evens have chiv e a significance which makes them very important the wrangle was produced by the proposal to vote censure upon admiral bermejo for the crushing defeat of the spanish forces at cavite those favoring adoption holding that the axi admiral miral who is also minister of marine had courted defeat because of the bad state of preparation in which the fleet was permitted to be found of course a censure of the minister would be a reflection upon the crown and naturally all friends of the government came to its I 1 to defense the principal advocate of the vote was senor salmeron whose oratory seems to be largely of the denunciatory type such an exclamation for instance as the worn out regime under which we live seems to show a freedom from restraint that does not fully comport with a cut monarchy another sentence was even more pointed when it has been ascertained how much blood has been shed and how much money expended it will be necessary to establish the responsibility attaching to the crown as well as to the least citizen the debate went on through the session and was punctuated with snappy snarling sentences here and there appearing some tolerably fervid and even eloquent language one member the editor of the el heraldo declared cuban independence preferable to embarking on a foreign war without proper preparation but if he was applauded for it the dispatch falls to mention the circumstance some fists were shaken and other angry demonstrations occurred the prime minister senor sagasta Saga ata took a hand of course this gentleman has been regarded as one of the foremost statesmen of europe and undoubtedly he Is possessed of considerable sid erable learning experience and statecraft but he should by this time know that it is no part of the duties of his position to assert arrant falsehoods to lay down correct premises and from them draw strained ned and distorted conclusions A few lines of the latter part of his speech are here reproduced that the reader may have an idea of its general trend senor sagasta declared that the republican system did not deserve the praises senor salmeron bestowed upon it the united states is a republic he said yet it employs toward spain a policy of a kind so base that the world has never seen before it do does not dare to make war face to face it seeks by indirect methods to do spain an injury I 1 am certain the united states would be pleased to see an uprising provoked in spain by the republicans public ans this outburst was loudly cheered by the government supporters it was made at the right time and place and in the presence of the right kind of people to secure such applause the distinguished gentleman does well to couch his hie rhetorical postulation lon in glittering generalities to attempt to analyze to specify to point out and by such means to reach the conclusions which he so arbitrarily presents wo would uld be but to plunge himself into a mass maas I 1 of contradictions ending in contusion confusion the united states has exhibited no baseness whatever towards spain while tolerating baseness treachery crimes of all kinds and inhumanity or on the part of spain under our very eyes until they could be borne no longer the statement that this country dare not make war face to face in view of the fact that it travels great distances to get opportunities to have such auch meetings and is more than willing to have them at any time as abundantly shown would be calumnious if it were not ridiculous and to save his deax dear soul he could not cite one instance in which indar indirection ec ton I 1 h has aa b been een practiced by the united states the inception of this trouble nothing at all to compare with for instance such a proceeding as indecently hustling a foreign minister out of the country in order to prevent hin him from complying with his instructions Instruct lona in the matter of delivering an ultimatum oh no senor your cleverness would show itself more clever it if you sought to unite your people and ana elicit their support by giving them plain facts TA least apt of all to Is it creditable in you to withhold from an enemy the just credit due tor for legitimate acts and valorous deeds such credit for example as we accord to your fl fi aters at cavite for their genuine fighting qualities |