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Spain is Bankrupt.
>rals See Light and Prom
le Great and Instant Re
forms in Cuba if Given
Power.
s Creelmao in Y. Journal.
Adrid, Dec. 26?After having
Ied with the foremost Spanish
esmen of ail parties, I am satisfied
Iunless the United States prompt
olves the Cuban question the
tish monarchy is doomed,
is a long stretch of ?ombre his
from Phillip the Second, who
;hed the Armada to conquer the
lo Saxon race, to the paje, little
I saw bowing in the palace yes
|Spain is bankrupt . it is useless
attempt to disguise facts. Not
jly is she unprepared for war with
ly firet class power, but it will be
i pos sib! e for her to carry on the
impaigns in Cuba and the Philip
inee much longer
The cash sheet of the Bank of |
|pain to-day shows that not more
tan $19,000 000 remain of the $64,
[00,000 raised by the domestic war
)an. This balance will all disappear
ithin a little more than two months.
Th? European banks have refused
furnish money. Capitalists through
)ut the world know that the wealth
producing machinery of Cuba has
'been largely destroyed, and the prin
cipal source of Spain's revenue is
[dried up
Even were peace restored to mor
row, it would be impossible to se
tare capital to re establish the great
luban plantations while the Spanish
ig remains in that island?s constant
id certain incentive to armed revo
on
'be situation appalls all Spaniards
are not blinded^fey-pride or pas
The nation's funded debt is,
rhly, $1,200,000,000, and the an
inter.get on this aggregates
^64,000,000, more than one
the whole income of Spain
lgh in recent years the annual
has been greatly reduced, the
'?abl is now about $91.000,
rCUSTOM HOUS-ES IK PAWN".
to two great colonial wars on
Ids and a domestic rebellion
in the near future, Spain's
I in European markets is gone,
h^d to understand, on any
bf common sense, the haughty
ifiant tone of the present gov
it\ It was necessary to pawn
inish custom house to the ex
$12.000,000 a year to Secure
boasted domestic war loan,
moment Spain has in her
m something like $40,000,
bonds and the 19 re
iliions of the domestic
is all she has with which
wars, waged thou
?rom her coast, with
)f the civilized world
so
'"dollars
mt was
jrted to
rom the
fdebt in
li has
itstand
of ac
in the
ted but
if that
'ar pur
on her
Ish must
thought it
jsb men are
jpect. Ruin
fwhile the lit
j tie king plays in the palare with his
i Austrian mother.
! The prime minister tri?-8 to hide
I the signs of financial disaster and ut
? ters defiance to all. Castelar, the
i magnificent, cri-s : "We can fight
like devils ano) lose like gods." but,
Castelar is no longer the real repub
It can.
Meanwhile Sagasta. the wily lead
er of the Liberal party, is plotting
the overthrow of Canovas I saw
Senor Moret, the late minister of
foreign affairs this r orning lie is
Sagasta's immediate lieutenant and
spokesman, and represents all that is
progressive and tolerant in Spanish
politics outside of the new active
Republican party, which desires the
overthrow of the monarchy
"If the Liberal party is put in
! power," he said, "we will at once
establish the promised reforms in
Cuba, regardless of the war We
will grant not only political rights
far beyond those incorporated in the
recent law, but we will also establish
practically free trade between Cuba
and all other countries, with the ex
ception of reasonable discrimination
in favor of the mother country and
slight customs duties "necessary for
revenue only.
"We are ready to do this, not as a
concession to any one?not asfa sur
render to any one?but as a duty we
owe te ourselves and our countrymen
in Cuba
"We will'fight the insurg?nt army
with our utmost power. I wish to
be very clear about that ; but if our
party gets in power we will establish
a liberal and righteous government,
reforming both political,and economic
questions in Cuba and Porto Rico ?
not the second day we have govern
ment, but the very first day
"I speak for all the leaders of my
party, and I believe I also speak for
my leader, Senor Sagasta. It was I
who signed the bill abolishing human
slavery in Cuba I believe they
grow better according to the extent
of their liberties, and while Cubans
may not at first improve under the
conditions of local self government,
and may even retrograde at the be
gining, Spain must give them a
chance to better themselves, and
they will become progressive and
reliable within a generation under
proper conditions
"The Liberal party is not afraid
that the world will suspect Spain of
having yielded to force With gteat
er libety in Cuba, and with a tariff
that will enable Cubans to trade free
ly and profitably with the United
States, the Cubans will soon learn to
recognize that their best friend is
their mother country."
How different all this is from the
pitiless words which Canovas ad
dressed to the American publia
through The Journal last week The
present government remains in power
because it panders to the passions of
the crowd.
Only a few days ago, when it was
announced that the filibuster steamer
Laurada would enter the port of
Valencia, and the mob threatened to
attack the ship if she came, Canovas
ordered the local authorities to use
their utmost power to protect her
The governor of the province tele
graphed to Madrid that he feared he
would be unable to restrain the angry
crowd if the Lurada touched Val
encia. The Spanish government at
once appealed to the United States,
and the American consul at Valencia
was instructed by Secretary Olney to
advise the captate of the Laurada not
to enter the port.
Such things as these convince
Canovas that a stern and unflinching
attitude will best serve his purpose
The mass of the Spanish nation
seem to have no idea of the whole
sale and wanton massacre in Cuba,
nor of the overwhelming moral and
humane sentiment which has aroused
the American people to the fighting
point. The result is that the solemn
and deliberate utterances of congrees
Ee sneered at, and the shop windows
e filled with unspeakably indecent
ricaturee of United States sen
Cleveland and Olney are Spanish
heroes, and so Spain drifts on to her
inevitable fate
SPAIN ENRAGED,
BUT IMPOTENT.
Only Her Weakness Pre
vents Her Prom Declaring
War Against Us.
JamP3 Creelmnn iu N. Y. Journal.
Madrid, Dec. 27 ?Since my inter
view with Prime Minister Canovas I
have become convinced that nothing
but the weakness of Spain prevents
her from anwering the action of the
United States Senate Committee by
a direct threat of war.
The whole kingdom is in an up
roar. It is the rage of a proud but
hopeless people. The newspapers]
are passionately calling on Senor
Canovas to appeal to Europe and defy
the Americans.
Last night Senor Salma on, leader
of tlie Republican party and once !
President of the Republic, left
Madrid to fire the Catalonian heart
against the Government. I saw him
while he was taking leave of his
friends He told me that this was a
critical moment in Spanish history.
Sagasta's lieutenants are arousing the
public mind to the necessity of im
mediately granting local self govern
ment to Cuba in order to avoid war
with the United States.
Every hour the excitement in
creases All seem to feel that the
existence of the present Spanish dy
nasty is involved in supreme peril.
Canovas is firm as a rock. As he
said to me, he is determined not- to
yield an inch to the sentiment of the
civilized world until the Cubans are
beaten to the earth.
But while the death of Maceo has
served to deceive the common mind,
the Prime Minister knows that the
Cubans are stronger than ever aud
that Weyler's campaign is a failure
There is no braver nor more pa
triotic Spaniard than Canovas, but
the tide is rising at home and abroad
He tried to negotiate a war loan in
France and failed He succeeded in
raising a domestic war loan of about
?64,000,000 in gold, but within
three months the money will be ex
hausted, and then where can the Gov
ernment look for funds ?
The revolution in the Philippines
is spreading ; the war in Cuba be
comes more expensive every month ;
a strong garrison must be kept in
Spain, for the Carlists are armed to
the teeth and strongly organized,
and no man can say when the Span
ish Pretender may change his atti
tude and give the signal from Italy
for a revolution.
Meanwhile the hatred for Ameri
cans increases and the position of the
American Minister in Madrid grows
more painful The guard of soldiers
at his door protects him from actual
violence, but it cannot save him
from social ostracism.
The cry for an appeal to armed
Europe rises clear arid distinct above
all other sounds in this mighty con
flict Cuba must be crushed and the
United states' humiliated So far
Canovas has resisted the pressure to
invite war. but it is hard to say at
what moment his strong heart may
fail him. ?le knows that Spain is
unequal to an armed struggle with
the United States, and he fears to ap
proach the European powers for as
sistance lest he might offend the
American people and hurry his coun
try into instant war.
The situation is grave beyond the
power of words to express. Only a
few months ago Spain prepared an
appeal to Europe against the United
States, but was checked by the sud
den and bold action of the American
Minister. Although Mr. Taylor and
the State Department have declined
to make the facts public, the whole
story has leaked out in diplomatic
circles, and,to-day I am in possession
of nearly all the facts.
The surprising thing is thai Con
gress and the American public have
been kept in ignorance of an event
so tremendous that but for an acci
dental discovery by Minister Taylor,
followed by his instant protest, the
United States might have been forced
13, face a hostile coalition of European
-nations, compared to which the
Holy Alliance, which Monroe defied,
was insignificant.
I give the following facts to the
American public upon authority
which is beyond dispute :
Last July the Spanish Court moved
to its Summer quarters at San Sebas
tian, accompanied by the whole diplo
matic corps A few weeks before thd
the Spanish Minister of Foreign Af
fairs, the Duek of Tetuan, hehd^ con
ferences with the six European Am
bassadors.
He informed them that it was the
purpose of the Queen Regent to send
an identical note to the six first class
powers, asking them to address a
note of advice and warning to the
United States on the subject of
American interference in Cuban af
fairs Mr. Taylor knew nothing
about the matter, and the Spanish
Minister kept his secret well.
His purpose was to carry out his
plan by stealth, so that President
Cleveland would have no opportunity
to protest or use his influence against
the proposed threat of united Europe
The joint note of the powers was to
be a surprise
I know as a fact that the chief
spirit among those who counselled
the Duke of Tetuan to procure action
by the European powers was the
Austrian Ambassador, who, as the
diplomatic representative of the
Queen Regent's uncle, Francis
Joseph, has been especially active in
promoting a belligerent and defiant at
titdde on the part of Spain toward
the United States.
Finally, in San Sebastian, Spain's
rote to Europe was put into form and
read to each of the six Ambassadors
It proposed that a joint note should
be addressed to President Cleveland, I
advieing him not to permit any in
terference with the domestic affairs
of Spain, and warning the American
Government of the consequences
which must inevitably follow any
gross breach of international law.
Under the cover of advice the
European nations were to make a
plain threat and practically dictate
the course of the United States. If
I have made any error in this state
ment of the note which the Duke of
Tetuan read to the Ambassadors in
July, it ifi a very slight inaccuracy,
The facts are as I write them.
President Cleveland's proclamation
advising the American people not to
violate the neutrality laws was a
shock to the diplomatic conspirators.
Two of the Ambassadors declared
that the President's action had des
troyed the point of the proposed
European protest, and had taken
away any excuse which might have
existed for joint action. The Duke
of Tetuan and the Austrian Ambas
sador insisted, however, that Spain's
appeal to her sister nations should be
sent, in spite of the President's
friendly proclamation
One of the two reluctant Ambas
sadors was won over by ?Lj argument
that the Spanish Crown was in dan
ger and must be upheld against the
michievous meddling of the Uni
ted States.
At last the Spanish Government
drafted the identical note in its final
form and was about to send it to the
6ret class powers by special courier?,
when a gentleman unconnected with
the diplomatic service who had learned
the facts accidentally revealed them to
the American Minister. Mr Taylor
wa3 astounded when he heard the de~
tails of the plot against his country.
.A more timid man might have wait
ed to consult Secretary Olney before
anting, but Mr. Taylor saw that no
time was to be lost. At any hour the
Spanish protest might be sent out.
While he was hesitating as to the
wisest course to pursue, one of the six
Ambassadors called upon him. Mr.
Taylor bluntly informed the diplomat
that he bad learned all the facts con
cerning the proposed joint action of
Europe, and was about to cable the
whole matter to Washington. Mr
Taylor intimated strongly his belief
that the next business be would have
with the Spanish Government would be
to demand bis passport.
The Ambassador was aghast, and
begged the American Minister in the
interest of Spain not to make any re
port of tne matter to Washington until
he could have a conference with the
Duke of Tetuan. Mr. Taylor firmly
declined to suppress the nfatter. The
diplomat earnestly asked Mr. Taylor to
withhold his cablegram to Secretary
Oiney for an hour, assuring him that
before the expiration of the time be
would be summoned to the palace.
Mr. Taylor consented to this delay,
and presently he received an invitation
to call upon the Duke of Tetuan. The
Spanish Minister of Foreign AiTairs
frankly confessed tb.3 whole matter.
Mr. Taylor deolared that what Spain
proposed would be even more offensive
to the United States that the alliance
which provoked the declaration of the
Monroe doctrine, and would inevitably
lead to war.
He said that the American nation
would never tolerate such a direct in
suit from Spain ; that the issuance of
such an appeal to Europe by Spain, im
mediately after the President's procla
mation, would be a deliberate and open
imputation against the national boDor
and the good faith of Mr. Cleveland.
The Duke of Tetuan collapsed. He
gave Mr Taylor hie word of honor that
the enterprise against the United States
should be at once abandoned.
That is the whole of the matter.
have written the facts as simply as ?
know how to write them.
It is now within the power of Con
gress to ascertain the details of this ex
traordinary conspiracy to coerce the
policy of the American Government
and the manner in which the peril was
averted.
But there is one thing I can say with
absolute certainty : That is that nei
ther Great Britain nor France will ever
consent to such an alliance should it be
again proposed, and that Austria is the
oolyiiuronean power which has given
any proof of a desire to aid in diotating
the couree of the United States in its
relations to the Cuban Republic.
A Fight Against the Bishop.
Montreal, Deo. 29 ?Mayor
Beaugrand, editor of La Patrie, an
nounces over bis signature to-day that
he has taken up the challenge thrown
down by the hierarchy of Quebec and
that he will run for the St Louis divi
den of Monfreal for the legislature, as
an anti-clerical candidate. Mr Beau
grand ran for this saat in 1890 and was
defeated by only a few votrp. In his
letter, rchich ocebpiesover iv?? columns.
Mr. Boaupirand calls upon all the Liber
al Catholics to rovolt against the dom
ination of bishops. He describes the
excommunication of the Quebec L'Elec
teur as the beginning of a war to the
death, and be offers his paper and all
its financial and intellectual resources
to aid the war.
Commodore Clears.
For Cuba With Arms, Am
munition and Medicine.
Jacksonville. Fla , Dec. 31.?The
steamer Commodore, commanded by
Capt Edward Murphy, formerly of
the bteamship Laurada, was granted
clearance papers to day by the col
lector of customs and left port with a
cargo of arms and ammunition for
Cienfuegos Cuba. The arms were
loaded openly at the railroad wharf
and no attempt was made to prevent
any one from seeing what was going
on The cargo was shipped by H.
P. Fjritot of this city and was con
signed to S. Cishero8, president of
the Cuban republic. Spanish Vice
Consul Potouts relused to vise the
clearance papers on the ground that
the arms could not be shipped to a
Cuban port without permission of the
governor general. He filed a for
mal protest with the collector against
the vessel being allowed to depart.
The protest was filed by the collector
and the vessel was allowed to depart
as clearance had been granted. The
Commodore carried a crew of 28 men
20,000 cartridges. 175 rifles, 1,000
pounds of giant power and other
munitions c.f war besides a quantity
of medicine and stores.
The Dauntless has not yet returned
to load with the cargo of munitions
of war, although permission has been
granted her to clear for Nuevitas,
Cuba, with arms and ammunition.
Nothing has been heard of her since
she left here Tuesday afternoon to go
wrecking, as her owner says.
The sudden departure of the
cruispr Raleigh from Key West at 1
o'clock this morning has caused con
siderable uneasiness in Cuban circles,
for it is believed that she has been
ordered to stop the Dauntless and
Commodore and search them to as
certain if they are violating the law
by carrying a body of men as well as
a cargo of arms If the men are
found on either steamer the vessel
will be seized and and brought back
to this port.
The Three Friends returned to
port to-day and is in charge of the
collector of customs Her crew
came ashore immediately and disap
peared None of them would talk,
but it was ascertained that the story
of the encounter between the boat
and a Spanish cruiser is true, and
that the Three Friends did return the
fire of the coaster. NO damage was
done to either the Spaniard or the
tug
To Preserve Ham and Bacon.
Mr. Charles Poston, of Savage, S.
C , confirms what has been said by a
ladv of Sumter as to the virtues of
borax for the protection of meat from
the attacks of flies, etc Having no
ticed, he says, Mr. Barrett's state
ment of his troubles on that score he
submits the following approved re
cipe for the information of all con
cerned :
"When the meat is ready to hang
up, after it has been salted, wash off
in hot water and set on edge to dry.
When it is about dry apply a small
quantity of pulverized borax by rub
bing it on with the-hand or sprinkling
it from a common pepper box or
through a sieve, distributing it even
ly over the fleshy surface and the
stem of the ham and shoulder.
Smoke as long as desired, but a very
lille smoking will suffice. 1 have
tried this plan for two years, and ray
father has empleyed it much longer.
No hairy bug, skipper, worm or fly
will touch meat that has the borax
on it."
A South Carolina correspondent of
the Southern Cultivator varies the
plan by using the borax in solution
He directs that the meat be kept in
salt six weeks ; then taken out and
allowed to drip for five minutes, and
adds : "Make a strong solution of
borax water, dip the meat in for one
minute, hang np and smoke if de
sired Farmers hereabouts use this
method, and are never troubled with
skippers." Whether the solution
should be hot or cold, and just how
"strong" it shoud be, is not stated
The important point, however, is
that this witness confirms the testi
mony of our fair Sumter correspond
ent and of Mr. Poston that borax af
fords an effective and unfailing pro
tection to the meat from the attacks
of winged and legless marauders
We need not, therefore, print any
further recipes on the subject ?
News and Courier
! Costly Food For Hungry
Flames
I Big Fire m the Heart of Lau
reile' Business Section
This Morning.
Special to the State
Laurens, S C, 1 a m.. Jau. 1.
1 Just as tbe old year was being run
out and the new year rung io, th
alarm of fire was given and one of th
handsomest blocks in Laurens now lie
in ashes The fire started in the rea
of the store of L. E. Burns & Co.
general merchandise, fancy goods ao
furniture The store next door wa
vacant-, with the second floor occapie
by offices. On the corner is Davis
Roper's famous clothing store. Thi
has caugt t several times, but has bee
saved so far and may escape with -Otfl
the damage done by *?ater and movin
the goods On the other side of Burns
store is the new BeoDella hotel, th
handsomest hostelry in tbe up country
It will be a hard fight to save it.
L E. Burns & Co. carried about a
gS.OO?. stock and ?5,000 inscrance
David & Roper, ?25.000 stock an
about $12,000 insurance. Tbe Trayn
bam block, in which the stores are situ
ated, cost ?13.000 ; iosured for $7,50
BenDella hotel, covered by insurance.
Later?The hotel will be saved ao
with but little damage. Cause of fir
unknown.
As to School Histories.
There has been a good deal said an
written in the newspapers recently abo
school histories. Some of the histori
give very partial and one-sided accou
of tbe civil war, and strange to fj
many of our schools will use and v>
history to our children which is1
history and which treats tbe Con
eracy very unfairly and from a pr
diced standpoint This u wrong,"
the wonder is any teacher will te
the children of this day that t
fathers were traitors and so on.
war is over and no one wants it k
up. All tbe Sootbern Confederacy
tbe sons and daughters of those
fought in the Southern army wa
that the truth be told and they be
justice They do not ask more,
have a right ro demand as much.
Superintendent Mayf?c!c* says i
tbe city schools would follow the S,.
: adoption there would be bui little t
ble on the- history questioo, "for
teachers of the county schoolsh
bound tn follow the State h(|^? a
I tioo, and thus it is they have m us
unobjectable set of histories "
MayGeld thinks the city schools sh
be forced to take the State adoption
not be changing every year with
advent of every new teacher,
think Mr. Mayfield is ri?ht.
are many considerations why tbe s
text books should be used in the
schools that are used in the c
schools Certainly the trustee
pa: ems should be sufficiently int
to see that unobjectionable histori
used io the city school?.
While on this subject of book
State adpotion and while we have
Mayfield up, we would like to as*
if be does not thiok the State in
tions should be forced to use tbe
adoption instead of a book that w
even put on the State list a? permi
ble?
We have in mind a State iostituti
the bead of which is a member of
State board, and gave tbe book in
ti jo a most hi>rty eodorsmeat, an
whole board gave it exclusive ador
and yet in this same institution tb
used another text book on the
subject that U not on the Slate
This we think is a little queer o
on the part of the State and the
ber of the board and an injustice t
publishers who secured the State a
tien. If tho books adopted by
State board are not used in the
iog State institution, how con
Mayfield hope to force the city s
to adopt them, and what good d
State adoption do?
We agree with Mr Mayfield,
ever, in the position be takes, o
think be should put the State a
in all of the State schools, as
the city schools.?Xewberry Ne
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'Be Just and Fear not?Let all the Ends thou Aims't at, be thy Country's, thy God's and Truth's."
THE TRUE SODTHKON, Est^lshed jEme,\I3G6
olidated Aug. 2,1881.
SUMTER. S. C, WEDNESDAY, JANUARY 5, 1897.
New Series?Vol. XVI. Xo. ?23