Show SPAIN RIPE FOR revolution weyler acts the part of the man on horseback new york feb 15 A special to the times from washington says it Is learned that gen weyler has not only proclaimed martial law but nas posted troops in such a manner as to command every part ot the city the downfall ot the Is said to be certain and that of the government possible the reason given by weyler for his action la the inability of the civil government ot the province of madrid to maintain order nevertheless there Is a suspicion that this proceeding may be a coup ot gen wellers Wey lers that officer has for the last two years been acting exactly like a general who was preparing lor the role ot the man on horseback he has been making speeches and giving out statements the effect ot which was to show that be was the only man who could bring spain through her troubles he Is however the captain general and as such he Is the person to enforce martial law in madrid when it Is declared the disturbances which general weyler Is now trying to quell are not it is said by persons familiar with the situation of or republican origin although both parties are no doubt active in trying to take advantage of the trouble it Is declared that the uprising is in reality an outbreak of the discontented those taking part an it comprise all classes of malcontents and its causes are like those which brought about the french revolution As one diplomat put it spain Is suffering from a of diseases poverty has been increasing the burden of taxation has been growing heavier and the laboring classes are ripe for revolution at the same time the ruling dynasty la unpopular all these complications and a number of others have brought about a widespread feeling of unrest and great are looked for in spain unless the incipient revolution is quelled spain has been tending toward a rebellion tor some time even la the lifetime of king alfonzo XII there were continual disturbances and in the closing year of als reign there were labor riots of such seriousness that it was reported that the rioters had poisoned the wells an many places the queen regent has always been unpopular and during the spanish amer ican war she received the significant nickname of the austrian woman the same epithet which was applied to marle antoinette only a chort time ago an attempt was made to assassinate aher bad as was conolt ton in the lifetime of albonzo XII and peter tho impoverishment resulting from the war with america has made it immeasurably worse and has driven the laboring classes to desperation |