| Show LOY KING 6 OF grand Geramo 6 tn to coming ol 01 alga r olt fis M monarca Mon P n a arcS r 05 I 1 sped tIvI utter letter I 1 at no time within the memory of the present generation has bas the face of europe pren presented ted so interesting a picture to the student of international politics as at thia this juncture old alliances are in the act ot of being dissolved new ones are abeln belof sought and found domestic policies aid being subjected to the moat most radical changes and in all this contusion confusion there remains only one things clear and transparent namely the eagerness of each of the bf of the old world to establish itself 4 kinc alfano nt 0 year of ace age as the parti war friend ot of the united states of Lo giuse lobise oi use nt at the expense of 0 the others it lt looks very much as it close relations with the united states and intimate friendship with this great republic arre to be from LOW on the key note of tho the foreign polls policy y ot of tho european powers and as it if the center of 0 gravity la in international attain affairs ater atter having been situated in turn in london vienna paris berlin and st PA petersburg burg during diring the nineteenth century Is to be located from henceforth at washington even spain desires americas friendship and with an absence of rancor worthy of a brave and chivalrous nation extends a hand which has received a hearty grasp in response she baa has asked that this country should be especially represented at the festivities in tit connection with the coming of ago age of the young I 1 king ing next may alay tais that do not include any ceremony of or coronation and it Is in response to this n that dr J L M curry formerly i later to spain and a persona gratis liua lina to her reigning house will proceed to madrid a few weeks hence by the president to act as envoy extraordinary on this occasion so important to spain for the sixteenth birthday of don alfonso promises to inaugurate a new era in his much tried langdom Ling hing dom the future course of which will be watched with the utmost interest on may 17 next the queen mothers regency will come to an end she will surrender the helm of the ship of state into the inexperienced hands bands of her 16 year old boy and lest the royal lad should in any way ay be handicapped by her presence or by popular belief that he remains in the least degree subject to her influence ehe she Is actually moling mos ing out of the royal palace to the suburban royal residence of the prado leaving him to live alone along and away fron from her with his married sister and the n alfonso as it Is I 1 today to day hilo husband band prince charloe charles ol 01 bourbon there have been time times when it would have been better for spain especially before the outbreak of the war with this country it the queen regent who Is liberal in politics hao ha gone beyond her limitations as a constitutional sovereign and bad had ruled for r time independently of the cortes but for the good of at the people and thus it happens that while she has hav succeeded eded la in preserving erving the tl throne one for her boy until hia his majority a task that was looked upon in the light of a forlorn hope at the time of his birth yet sho atha h failed to elve give satisfaction to any of at the th 4 rt great political parties in the kingdom she has satisfied nobody and so great Is her unpopularity that realizing it and fearing lesart it should handicap bee her boy she Is malting making the to her particularly sacrifice of taking up her residence under a different roof root lest there should be any suspicion in the minds of the people that she ie is influencing his policy thereby rendering it distasteful to them alter atter next may a radical change will tace place at madrid the young king will have by hia sido side as his bla principal mentor luen tor constant companion and ony only kineman living with him his brother inlaw in law prince of bourbon who ras one of the aids aldi of gen weyer weyler when the latter was governor general of cuba and who has remained on ott terns terms of tho the closest intimacy ever since with the commander comman dec who used to be knon in this country prior to the war as the butcher it Is owing to prince Ch arleatha tha ung ling has taken such a pronounced liking for weyler and it may safely bo be assumed that prince charles and weyler will on the conclusion of the regency become all powerful in spain with regard to prince charles it Is 1 known that he Is a too toe to liberalism and that bis his ideas are conservative not to say reactionary As tor for weyler he does not conceal his disgust and contempt fc ft which ho he regards as the curse of spain and is As responsible for the loss of her colonies coI indeed he has publicly proclaimed that it nay may become necessary to establish a dictatorship and has made mada it known that be he will not hesitate to establish himself in that capacity it if it necessary that some change of a drastic character aro are necessary in spain it cannot be denied much baa has to be done and without any further delay in order to put an end to tho the widespread and deep rooted dissatisfaction throughout the kingdom which in 1 driving people into tho the ranks of the republican party but whether gen weyler Is the man inan to do this remains to be seen with regard to thy the ceremony by means of which king alfonso will take dr crarry curry into hia bli hands the executive powei in may next it will resemble in many respects tho the coming of age of the young queen of holland thus thera there will be no coronation there has been none in spain for hundreds of years but the spanish crown a circle of gold richly decorated with jewels and precious stones adorned with eight leaves and closed with four ar arches chefs will be borne before the young king on a cushion in tho the procession and will be placed on a cushion beside him when he takes his its seat on the throne with the royal sceptre in his hand and takes the oath as king to observe the constitution whereupon the president of the senate proclaims him king the th young king I 1 may add bis hns grown very tall so tall indeed that he has to stoop in order to kiss bis his mother who is far fram being a short woman and he is likewise developing a very kirk ed fringe of dark down on his upper lip there is much satisfaction in official ci rles here over the appointment of 0 dr J U at curry as special envoy extraordinary and minister mint ster plenipotentiary tent iary lary to represent the president at tho coming of age on may 17 of at king alfonso of spain dr curry Is 1 it nativo of virginia and wae was formerly minister to spain during hie his atay any in madrid ho he proved exceedingly exe popular both socially od ud among di diplomats ploma ft lie speak speaks spanish and other modern language languages |
