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Show ARE NERVOUS Six Thousand Rifles Arm Seized En Route to ! San Sebastian Bilbao, Aug S. Six thousand rtfa were seized by the authorities today on a tug which had beeu chartered to go io San Sebastian, where the giat anti-government demonstration waa proposed to toe held yesterday, before the clerical leaders abandoned th manifestation. Local authorities at San Sehautlan bad held that the Caxllsts were planning plan-ning to lake advantage of the Catholic Catho-lic manifestation to start a movement against tuc. government. Monks Are Arrested. San Sebastian. Aug S. The city continues tranquil, no further at-U-mpts at demonstrations hiving hoctx ni.ide. The more hot-headed Clerical I adherents gathered on the streets! I with shouts of "Death to Spain Long I live the pope." j The troops, however, will remain in j the summer capital for several day I The authorities express the greatest confidence that the fiasco of the antW governmental manifestations mark the end of Carllsm, and of any at tempt at an insurrection In favor of the pretender, but they are plainly ; nervous, as they fullv realize the bllnit devotion of the Cath-.lics of th Uasque provinces, who bad beeu told hy the priests and monks, with which, j the country swarms, that, it was their ; religious duty to support the pope j against the Spanish government in the pending conflict. Sixteen priests and monks were among the persons I arrested on charges of attempting to, provoke disorder. Loyal to the Vatican. j Home. Aug. H The pope and Car- dinal Merry del the papal secretary secre-tary of slate, received tills morning '. fiom Spain many t.egrams expressing express-ing loyally to the Vat.cnn in the con-f!kt con-f!kt with Spain. The telegrams sought to encourage the Vatican to resist the anti-clerical movement in ! Spain. , , ( j Unrest in Portugal. j Lisbon. Aug. S Portugal, lik'j Spiiiii, Is almost on the verge of an j open rupture w.ib the Vatican, due, i among either causes, to friction over f the governmental censure jf the Ro. t inaji Catholic archbi.shop of Hraga fop ' suppressing a Portuguese Franciscan newspaper without submitting the or ! der to the Portuguese government for approval. ' ... ! Since the issue of the royal decree July 12, nullifying the action of th ; archbishop, th clerical forces. In-spl,-od, it is charged, by Cardiual M?r j ry dpi Val, the -papal Stcr?tary of state, have been conducting a liUer campaign against the j?o eminent on, this account. I At thi- same time tho Vr.tican lias been raising dlfilcult.es about reflllinr. I the diplomatic vacancy caused l tb death of Senor Martlus D'Autas. tbe j Portuguese ambassador lo tbe Vatican, Vati-can, ' The Portuguese government retaliated retali-ated by deciding to allow tue post to remain vacant for the present, and the minister of justice has drafted a. bill prov.cilng tor a civil register of births, deaths and mnrrlages. A th s threatens a Isige source of income f r ibe clergy, u big meeting of tcclesi-aats tcclesi-aats was held heie to protest. Panvr also threr.ten.i ihu government lioin the side of the Hepublienns on cc count of tbe rel:cal of the KlDg to redeem re-deem the promise made by tbe government gov-ernment of an amnesty tor political offenders, includ.rg the members of, secret societies involved lu the p.stas-sinatlon p.stas-sinatlon of his father and brother. The governmoni has beeu trying to appease the Republicans by appointing appoint-ing prominent mem;ers of tiie party to Important positions in the provinces. prov-inces. The mouarchlal press fears that this policy will enable the Republicans Re-publicans to turn the election machinery ma-chinery nf the government against itself it-self in future elections to the cortes. |