| Show CARLISK IN SPAIN if the pope as ae reported again alchas has offered his sery aery tees ices as mediator in the war between the united states an and d spain the queen regent would do well to accept the offer without much delay for there are indications that troubles at t horre home will follow the war troubles of such a nature as to endanger the throne itself to is not nat dead it ederas on the contrary it is only waiting tor for an opportune moment to assert itsel with more vigor then than ever from madrid comes the story that don carios has just received an extraordinary proof lof at devotion from the arent Vr ent sari of ashburnham the eng ishiba bleman who represents the cause of the pretender in london and who is one of JAIs his principal lieutenants one reason why don carlos has made no giove as yetto yet to wrest the throne of spain from the queen regent and the boy king Is because the funds for the enterprise were wanting pr don cartes carlos entertaining the some same reluctance that has characterized so a Y y other bourbon pretender dera to contribute anything from their lown fortunes to t he promotion of their cause the count of parts paris it may be permitted the dowager duchess of uses to advance toward the royalist cause when general boulanger was in power and has never received a peseta in return lord ashburnham possessed one of the most celebrated collection of books and precious manuscripts in the world he has just placed these treasures which have been in his family tor for generations upon the market and has realized a sum of more than which he has devoted to the cause of his friend don carlos lord ashburnham is now at brussels with don carlos making so it is asserted all arrangements for a rising in the northern provinces of the kingdom to take place the moment that don alfonsos Alfo naos tenure of the throne is weakened by any further disaster to the spanish arms either in the west indies or in the far orient this story if based on facts shows that the spanish government would do well to conclude peace even with the sacrifice of all her colonies for that misfortune would after all be small as compared to a civil war at home with the ultimate overthrow of the reigning dynasty |
