THE SUNDAY OREGOXIAN. PORTLAND. JANUARY 12, 1913.
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' Premier Who Was Assassinated Believed to Have Been Strong " s
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BY A. E. BOND.
MADRID. Jan. 1. (Special Corre
spondence.) "After Canalejas,
tlie Spanish republic!" declared a
well-known Spanish official to the
writer some months ago.
"Canalejas. strong: man of the Span
ish government, alone stands between
the country and a revolution that will
sweep King Alfonso from his throne."
Such has been the general opinion
among high army officers in this coun
try for the past two years.
And now Canalejas. who was said to
carry the monarchy on his strong back,
Is dead, shot by a sympathizer of the
republic, the coming of which he de
layed. Now throughout Spain on
very side Is being asked the question:
Will a new strong man arise to stem
the rapidly rising1 tide of republicanism
with ruthless hand or will the army
discontents seize this opportunity of
sending ' harmless King Alfonso, bag
and baggage, after his fellow-king,
Manuel, to grace pink teas and church
bazaars In some out-of-the-way Eng
lish village?
Just how close was the connection
between the assassin of Canalejas and
the republican leaders in Spain may
never be known; but It is significant
that the people in the street were
never in doubt. Almost immediately
after the shooting of the Premier they
made their way, in a dangerous state
of excitement, to the. house of Pablo
Igleslas, leader of the Spanish Social
ists and most militant of the men of
the .extreme left of the Cortes. Had
they been able to reach the deputy, a
second tragedy would have been added
lo the assassination of Canalejas. But
a large force of police were rushed to
the scone, the leaders of the people
arrested and the rest dispersed.
It is significant that Iglesias, who
Terse Tales From
THE! KAISER'S SON.
A diplomat at a a dinner in Wash
ington, says the star, discussed the
Crown Prince 'of Germany.
"He gives his poor father a lot of
, trouble," the diplomat said, with a
frown. "The Reichstag incident, where
he showed open disapproval of the
Kaiser's peace policy, is only one of
many similar incidents that the public
hears nothing about.
"A friend of mine, one Winter night,
was skating with the Crown Prince at
St. Moritz, in the Swiss Engadine. The
sky glanced and glittered splendidly
with Its host of stars, and my friend,
pointing to a star of marvelous bril
liance, said: ..
" '1 wonder what star that is?'
" 'Doubtless,' said the Crown Prince,
with a sneering laugh, 'it is some new
decoration .ny father has seen fit to
honor the Ruler of the heavens.' "
THE TIMELY BEGGAR.
B. C. Andrews, the charity expert of
Denver, was describing professional
beggars, says the New Tork Tribune.
"They keep timely." he said. "Thus
the. Titanic disaster has caused a lot
of them to pretend this season that
they are sailors.
"A professional beggar tackled me in
the country the other day as I was
mending a puncture In my motor car.
" 'Boss.' he said, 'kin ye gimme a
little help? I'm a sailor, and, as the
Titanic proved, I carry my life in my
hands.'
" Oht said I, 'and that accounts for
your not washing your hands, I sup
pose. Afraid to do it for fear you'll
drown yourself, eh?""
THE STENOGRAPHER'S IMG5
On a trial in a certain court in this
state, says Law Notes, when the wit'
ness on the stand was being subjected
to a merciless, cross-examination, in
answering one question the witness
nodded. Whereupon the court stenog'
rapher. who was crowding the limit to
get it all and could not see the witness,
at once demanded:
"Answer that question," to which the
witness replied:
"I did answer it; I nodded my head.
Tha stenographer, without m0
is probably the most outspoken of the
men who are plotting against Alfonso,
should have declared recently. In a
speech in the Cortes, that "direct ac
tion" was necessary and excusable in
certain cases. It is freely said in of
ficial circles here that this speech of
Iglesias directly led to the murder of
the late Prime Minister.
On the other hand, so far at least as
most of his open declarations go,
Iglesias is hoping for a bloodless revo
lution. He professes to believe that
so swift and overwhelming will be the
revolt of the discontented Spanish
army that, as In the case of Portugal,
scarcely a shot will be fired.
"We, who are working for a Spanish
republic, are striving to show the
world that we are the equal In civiliz
ation of the people of, say, the United
States," said Senor Iglesias to the
writer. In speaking of the coming revo
lution. "Therefore, we shall try by
every means In our power to make the
change from monarchy to representa
tive goyernment an almost bloodless
one. We believe there is a great
change working among the public and
when the time arrives we shall depena
upon this public opinion to banish the
monarchy under which the people
groan and suffer.
"It is, of course, impossible to say
when the revolution will come," the
Socialist leader continued. "It may
come In six months. It may come in a
couple of years. It all depends upon
the actions of King Alfonso and his
adviserB. For instance, there would be
an immediate outbreak if any attempt
were made to bring back to power
Senor Maure, Senor Canalejas' prede
cessor in office, under whom poor Fer-'
rer was sent to his death. Then the
dangerous discontent In the army
would come to a head If an attempt
1- MINUTD? WFffl miUNNT
Humorous Pens
ment's hesitation, came right back
with, "Well. I heard it rattle, but could
not tell whether it was up and down
or from side to side."
YOU WERE!
It is alleged that Owen Johnson,
who Is so fond of describing the impish
tricks of his schoolmates at Lawrence
ville and Yale, was not any too good
a youngster himself.
Anyway, the other day the alumni of
the Moree School, which Johnson once
attended, held a dinner, and Johnson
spoke. Said he: "I suppose that I was
the worst boy that ever went through
Morse." He expected to hear the cus
tomary "Aw I was twice as bad," from
everyone. But to a man, old pupils and
former masters, they shouted, "You
were!" Chicago Record-Herald.
THE CROOKED WAV.
District Attorney Whitman of New
Tork was talking about the sad case
of a Western banker who had stolen
a great sum from the depositors.
"The man." said Mr. Whitman, "lived
beyond his means motor cars, a house
with 11 baths, son at college, daughter
coming out, wife hungry for diamonds.
The inevitable result followed."
Mr. Whitman smiled and added:
"The unfortunate fellow got strait
ened, so he became crooked." Wash
ington Star.
STRANDED.
In the days when the Clyde was navi
gable to Glasgow for only very small
vessels a steamer stuck in the mud
near Renfrew and the skipper was not
sparing in strong language. While
waiting for the rising tide he saw a
little girl approaching the river with a
bucket to fetch some water. Thia was
too much for the poor captain, and,
leaning over the side, he thus addressed
her: "If you tak" ae drap o' water oot
here till I get afloat I'll warm yer ear
for't-" Scottish-American.
READING MATTER
The ' young man was Convalescing
from typhoid fever, and was very hun
gry. The doctor promised him that he
should have sometuing to eat 03 the
were made to resume the war in
North Africa or enter upon any fresh
campaign of conquest.
"We who are working for the re
public are seriously handicapped by
lack of agreement. If we could com
bine all the shades of political opinion
to be found among the parties of the
exreme left whose interests are al
most identical we would be near to
the day of victory- But, unfortunately,
our ranks are torn by dissensions und
differences and we are easy prey for
the more united parties.
"But King Alfonso and his advisers
realize the growing strength of the
republican sentiment and are making
desperate efforts to keep the Army
loyal. The revolution in Portugal
taught them that the Army was the
pivotal factor in the situation and,
since ex-King Emanuel left Lisbon
a hurry, a steady stream of favors
have been heaped upon the men in uni
form. Every opportunity of military
show is taken by the King and he is
always making complimentary speeches
to his officers and men. t
Kins Is Courageous.
"Alfonso is not loved by the mass
of the Spanish people. Millions of
them, of course, live in the greatest
poverty; yet the King lives in great
state, is constantly traveling about in
foreign countries, and most of the time
he does spend In Spain is given over
following day. The patient knew he
would not be allowed to eat all he
would like to, but hoped for a plate
of good, steaming food.
The next day when the nurse brought
in a spoonful of tapioca pudding she
said:
"Here is your dinner. The doctor
says that everything else you do must
be in the same proportion."
Shortly after the nurse had a call
from the sickroom of the young man.
"Nurse," e said. "I want something
to read. Won't you please bring me a
postage stamp?" Harper's Bazar.
SMART GIRL.
He (after marriage) I don't see why
you are not as considerate of my. com
fort as you used to be of your father's.
She Why, my dear, I am.
He How do you make that out?
When I come into the house I have to
hunt around for my slippers and every
thing else I happen to want; but when
I used to court you, and your father
would come in from business, you would
rush around gathering up his things,
wheel his easy chair up to the fire,
warm his slippers and get him both a
head rest and a foot rest, so that all he
had to do was to drop right down and
be comfortable.
She Oh, that was only bo he'd ge to
sleep the sooner! St. Paul Dispatch.
TOO MX'CH OF A GOOD THING.
"I was very happy," said the con
fessor, "when, after years of wooing,
she finally said 'yes.' "
"But why did you break the engage
ment so soon after" asked his friend.
"Man, It was she that dissolved it."
"Really?" said the friend. "How did
that happen?"
"It was due to my accustomed absent
mindedness. When, a few days later, I
called at her home, I again asked her
to marry me." Youth's Companion.
FIXING UNCLE JOHN.
The small daughter of the house was
busily eettlng the table for expected
company when her mother called to
ber:
"Put down three forks at each place,
dear."
Having made some observations on
her own account when the expected
guests dined with her mother before,
she inquired thoughtfully:
"Shall I give Uncle John three
kaivesrXeroRto ii-vU and Empire,
. "-f: ;,-r--; - . . rfAV - ill
LJ?V, V,;f:r iT7, i : i f Zf7 i " ill
to shooting, motoring, or boar sticking.
The common people are indifferent to
the Queen: they neither like her nor
dislike her, but they do view with con
cern the birth of so many royal chil
dren who immediately become heavy
burdens upon the already sadly over
burdened Spanish exchequer."
The rather foolhardy actions of King
Alfonso in needlessly exposing himself
in the streets of Madrid, as when he
followed on foot the body of Canalejas
to the grave, are part of his plan to
impress the army and the people with
his personal bravery. Two years ago,
when the country was seething with
discontent, both the King and Queen
rode in open carriages through tire
streets of Madrid without military es
corts. But besides these acts, Alfonso takes
pi chances of being exposed by a sud
den military or civil coup. The mili
tary precautions taken against a rev
olutionary outbreak are extraordinarily
complete. In at,d about Madrid are
stationed the pick of the Spanish army
tens of thousands of men upon whom
the King and his advisers believe they
can depend absolutely. More than 12,
000 loyal troops are quartered in the
various Toarracks about the city, while
in towns within easy reach by rail and
road of Madrid are 5000 men. Safety
is made doubly sure against surprise
by the quartering of the "Escolta Real,"
or royal escort, in barracks almost at
Quips and Flings
' A. Bore Yes, I learned to play en
tirely by ear.-
Miss Bright And have you never had
an earache? Judge.
Blobbs Skinnum is trying to pro
mote a new mining company. Did you
fall for it?
Slobbs No; I tumbled. Philadelphia
Record.
Brusque customer (in music shop)
Libretto "Mikado."
New Assistant I no speak Italiano.
Sketch.
"Was your daughter's musical -education
a profitable venture?"
"You bet! I bought the houses on
either side of us at half their value.''
Judge.
"Do you think only of me?" mur
mured the bride. "Tell me that you
think only of me."
"It's this way," explained the groom
gently. "Now and then I have to
think of the furnace, my dear." Louis
ville Courier-Journal.
"In regard to the custody of the
child," said the judge in handing down
his decision in the divorce case "I'll
let the young lady decide for herself."
"Oh," replied the worldly-wise young
thing, "if mama is really going to
get all that alimony I guess Til go with
her." Brooklyn Life.
Georgia lawyer (to colored prisoner)
Well, Ras, do you want me to defend
you? Have you any money?
'Rastus No; but Ise got a mule and
a few chickens and a hog or two.
Lawyer Those will do very nicely.
Now, let's see, what do they accuse you
of stealing?
Rastus Oh, a mule and a few chick
ens and a hog or two. Life.
During a discussion of the fitness of
things in general some one asked: "If
a young man takes his best girl to the
grand opera, spends on a supper
after the performance, and then takes
her home In a taxicab. should he kiss
her good-night?"
An old bachelor who was present
E.rowled. "I don't think she ought to
the door of the royal palace. And if
all this is no enough Alfonso can de
pend, in the last stand, upon the mag
nificent "Alabarderos. ' or household
bodyguard, every member of which is
more than bIx feet in height and who
would die to the last man for their
King.
It is impossible to get away from
the fact that there is a dangerous spirit
of discontent in the Spanish army. And
it is a discontent that does not hesi
tate to "demonstrate." Several times
when visiting outlying Vjarracks In the
hopes of stimulating the loyalty of his
troops, Alfonso has been greeted with
ringing cries of "Long live the re
public," and "Death to the King." And,
following the "tragic week" in Barce
lona, when reservists were being called
to the colors and dispatched to Africa,
so threatening became the attitude oi
the troops and the people, that, much
against his wishes, Alfonso was
bundled into a private closed motorcar
and did not alight until he was within
safe distance of the French frontier.
The Republicans have established a
strong hold upon the officers and men
of the infantry and the artillery. Un
fortunately, for th,e moment, however,
these same men, up to two years ago,
had an equally strong dislike of the
Socialist party. This was due to the
strong anti-military attitude of that
political organization during the war
in North Africa. Since that time, how-
expect it. Seems to me he has donj
enough for her. Lippincott s.
The thrifty German proprietor of a
circulating library charged for wear
and tear. One volume came back to his
scrtlny. "See here,", he .exclaimed,
"there is a hole on page 19 of my
beautiful book. And, see here," he
went on, turning over the leaf, "there's
another on page 40." San Francisco
Argonaut.
"My dear," said Mr. N. to Mrs. N,
"what name did I "understand you to
call the new hired girl?"
"Japan," replied Mrs. N briefly.
"And, pray, why such an odd name,
my dear?"
"Because she is so hard on china."
Chatty waiter (glancing out of win
dow) The rain'll be 'ere In a minute
Lor two now, sir.
Customer Well, I didn't order It;
I'm waiting for a chop. Boston Trans-
Potash Cohen can nefer make a goot
goluf blayer.
Perlmutter f or vy notr
Potash He nefer hollors fore al
ways he yells dree ninety-eight, Wis
consin Sphynx.
"George has told me all the secrets of
his past,"
'Mercy! . What did you inins. 01
them?" '
"I was awfully disappointed.
,
"He is not going to play baseball
any -more.
Well, there are always two great
fields open to the eminent baseball
star."
"And they are?"
Literature and vaudeville." Pitts
burg Dispatch.
"How did you get out of fighting a
duel with that foreign count?"
"When he sent his friends to demand
satisfaction, 1 explained to them that
since the pre-convention campaign
opened in this country it was no longer
considered an insult to call a man a
liar." Buffalo Express.
Do you think it Is dreadful about
all this graft business being discov
ered?" "Of course, I do. Why couldn t they
keep such a good thing quiet?" Balti
more American,
"HiMllaii
ever, recognizing their mistake, the
Socialists have lost no opportunity of
conciliating the army, and today they
are rapidly gaining strength.
Keeping the Army Loyal.
Much of the army's lack of loyalty
is due to the National system of re
cruiting. Under the military laws of
Spain, one man In every five is supposed
to serve with the colors. There has
grown up a system by which the rich
man pays for a substitute and never
sees the inside of the barracks; but the
poor youth, whose services are much
more important to his family, has no
means of escaping service once he is
chosen.
The late Premier, while fully realiz
ing the rapid increase in republican
sentiment in this country, never dared
take any active measures to muzzle
the leaders or interfere with their
work. Instead, although a man who
believed in the efficacy of the "big
stick," he confined his efforts to keep
ing the army loyal. Not long before
MEN
Among the Poets
HOW SHE SHOPPED.
She wandered down the center aisle,
Whence all but her had fled;
The lamp that lighted up her smile
Was not the kind, she said. -
She halted at another booth;
There costly glass held sway,
She scorned the goblets, for, in truth,
They would not match her tray!
At every counter on the route, ,
From basement to the top.
She found the things that wouldn't
suit.
But failed to find a mop.
She lingered at the silk display
From 1 o'clock till 4.
Then smilingly she tripped away
To seek another floor.
From 4 till 5 she hung about '
The petticoats on sale;
Then she recalled that, past a doubt,
She ought to buy a veil.
"But they are quite too dear," she said;
"I'll wait till after Lent!"
'Twas then she bought a spool of
thread.
- And had it charged and sent.
Chicago News.
VANDAL SUSPICION. "
When Socrates was on this earth
Men called him rather , wise.
He talked for all that he was worth
vlt pays to advertise. .
When Caesar went to war he took
Of busy clerks a string.
And wrote himself up in a book
Publicity's the thing.
And so we cannot be quite sure, '
Amid the boast and bluff.
That some of that old literature,
Was not press agent stuff. - -
Boston Globe.
QUEER PEOPLE.
The house contractor is a man '
Who works on a peculiar plan-
Suppose a building he would razej
He pulls It down, so odd his ways!
The baker's an unselfish guy
he was shot he remarked to oneof the
republican plotters:
"You republicans have a right to
think and say what you wish, and I
for one would never think of disturb
ing you in that right. But you must
remember that there are laws in this
country, and you must keep within
them. For instance, any man who
tampers with the loyalty of the Span
ish army will pay the utmost penalty.
I will answer to the King with my
life for the loyalty of the Spanish
troops." 1
So complete are the plans of the Re
publicans that they have already drawn
up a provisional government for use
when they have seen the backs of Al
fonso and his court. It is an almost
open secret that the intention is to ap
point Senor Perez Galdos. foremost
Spanish author, president; Senor Sore
ano, leader of the Radical party, chan
cellor of the exchequer: Senor Azca
rate. Republican leader, minister of for
eign affairs, with high posts to others
prominent In the present movement.
of the Daily Press
Such altruism dims our eye
His bread he lets us have when be
Quite clearly kneads it more than we.
The waiter's name don't seem to fit.
We fall to see the sense of it;
He hurries to and fro with plates
The diner 'tis who really waits.
And there's the man who goes arourr
With paste and brush and bills th
town;
Though paying work his way may fall
His business drives him to the wall.
Boston Transcript.
THE REASON.
The hats appeared a year ago
With nothing but a feather.
That looked as though it had beea
, through
A month of rainy weather;
A narrow quill, or scanty bow.
Or wing erect and lonely.
Or solitary tall aigrette.
Of fluffy pompon only.
But now on every female head
Behold the Autumn bonnet
Of many shapes, but each without
A scrap of trimming on It.
For since the price of beef has soared,
To heights Olympus dimming,
We may afford to buy the hats.
But not, alas! the trimming.
. Baltimore American.
LIFE IN THE MOTOR'S TRAIL.
A buzz, a whir, a cioud of dust
A wild, blood-curdling yell;
A ghastly object flashing by.
Then silence and a smell.
. Milwaukee Journal.
POPULARITY.
There was' a girl In our town
No wonder she was va:n:
A 'dozen suitors helped her on
Each time she caught a train.
Birmingham Age-Herald.
SAFE AND SANE.
Our aviators fill the skies
With terrors most unpleasant.
Time is the only thing that flies
Without great risk, at present.
' r-Philadelphia Public Ledger.