Eleven thousand rifles are said to have been purchased in Belgium by the
Carlist agents during the month of September.
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There is a vague rumor that the Queen Regent and her new Prime Minister
have arrived at the conclusion that the only possible end to the Cuban
war will be to let the Cubans purchase the island.
There are a good many complications in the way of this action at
present, because the European financiers, about whom we have spoken to
you before, have advanced a great deal of money to Spain, the sugar and
tobacco being taken as security for the return of their money. These
people must first be reckoned with before any agreement to free Cuba can
be made, but it is hinted by people close to the Government that the
Queen and Senor Sagasta are considering a plan whereby they can allow
Cuba to purchase her freedom without making bad friends with the
financiers, or offending the pride of Spain.
It would seem that Senor Sagasta's policy is to put an end to foreign
wars, and gather the strength of the Spanish army around the throne of
Spain, so that it shall be well protected against the Carlist attack
that will undoubtedly be made ere long.
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