Seiior Mauna, the late Conservative Prime Minister of Spain, spoke
at a demonstration in Madrid on Monday, when he declared that all who opposed anarchy should join the Conservatives, and that he for his part refused all further relations with the Liberals. This is a singular break with Spanish political practice, as it has been the invariable custom for the party in power to govern with the consent of the Opposition, which was only waiting for its turn in office. Conservatives in Spain speak as though the task of Seiior Moret, the new Liberal Prime Minister, will be impossible. Very difficult it may be, but it would certainly be a point gained if the old Spanish practice of rotativism ceased. It not only means corruption —the sharing of "the spoils "—but it drives every one outside the two chief parties into a kind of outlawry. The ranks of Anarchism are swelled, and progress is out of the question. Meanwhile Sefior Moret has closed the Cortes, and has given no sign of immediately reversing the war policy in Morocco or of suspending the Courts-Martial at Barcelona. It is clear, however, that the army in Morocco is stationary for reasons other than political, and the general opinion is that at home the Constitutional guarantees will be restored
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