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Show WEYLER FIREBRAW9 IN SPAIN J The entire kingdom of Spain is In a state of uproar and disturbance. The constitutional guarantees hnvo been suspended, the legislature has been prorogued, the operations of tho civil and criminal courts have been arrested for the moment and martial law lias been decreed throughout tho length mid breadth of the land. All these things contribute to an impossible situation. situ-ation. Of courso there Is u moving spirit behind all these military unions. Pro-uunclamentos Pro-uunclamentos would not have been revived, re-vived, nfter nil these years, ns a factor In Spanish politics without some initiative, ini-tiative, encouragement and guidance. These hnvo been furnished by Captain General Weyler, marquis of Tcnerlffe, whose name is still held in nlnlster memory In the New World by reason of the cruelties that signalized his reign as captain general of Cuba in tho days when It still formed part of the colonial empire of Spain. Weyler Is of (icrrnan origin, lias relatives In Germany, nnd has nlways been very proud BBBJi- of his Prussian forebears. All his sympathies have been with Germany In tho BBB) present war, nnd ho has been since Its commencement In close association BBBJ with the German ambassudor, Prince Maximilian Ilohenloho, and with ex- BBBJ .Trewler Maura. |