Don Carlos has taken advantage of President Grant's reported menace
to the Spanish Government to pose as the patriot Span- iard. If America declares war, he will, he says, consent to a truce, as long as the war lasts, and will, with his loyal volunteers, defend his provinces and the Cantabrian coast; will arm priva- teem, and will even seek the enemy in their own ports. The meaning underlying this odd piece of bombast, which has on the surface no meaning, as the Americans would not invade Spain, is that Don Carlos would consent to a truce which left him King of Navarre, to be followed, no doubt, by a treaty making that agreement permanent. The offer, which has been long rumoured, and which was laid before the ex-Queen Isabella, has been rejected, and the war is to go on more vigorously than ever. The rumour' of a widely-diffused conspiracy for the dethronement of King Alfonso spreads, but does not acquire consistency. No General is pointed out as likely to take the lead.
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