er, and in round terms bidden him obey them or take the
consequences.

You remember that home rule was promised to Crete, and that (after the
peace negotiations were signed) the Sultan announced that he would see
about the reforms later.

The Powers have now sent word to him that home rule must be granted to
the island at once, the Turkish troops instantly withdrawn, and a
Christian governor appointed.

Word has been sent to Turkey that if she oppose the Powers they will
blockade Constantinople.

With all these different complications to harass him, Abdul Hamid cannot
be a very happy man.

* * * * *

It is generally understood by those who make a study of such matters,
that the arrival of Weyler in Spain will be followed by serious trouble
for the Government.

It is well known that he is opposed to Sagasta's rule, and so the
Carlists, who would like to see Don Carlos on the throne, the
Republicans, who would like to abolish the throne altogether, and
several other lesser parties are approaching Weyler in the hope of
attaching him to their cause.

He has arrived in Barcelona, where he will remain for a few days, and
will then go on to Majorca, his birthplace.

Barcelona is known to be the headquarters of the Carlist revolution, and
though Weyler has implied that he belongs to neither Carlist nor
Republican party, his sojourn in Barcelona will give him ample time to
see how the land lies, and find out what profit there may be for him if
he joins the Carlists.

It is reported that he desires to form a party of his own, which shall
oppose home rule in Cuba, and uphold the kind of warfare that he waged
as the only means of saving the colony for Spain.

This is a clever idea of his, for he is likely to find many adherents
among the merchants, who are dissatisfied with Sagasta's plan for home
rule, and for giving the Cuban legislature the right to fix the tariff
on all goods sent into Cuba.

The merchants want the tariff arranged by Spain as it always has been,
and they want it so fixed that Cubans will be obliged to buy their
goods in Spain.

One of Cuba's greatest causes of complaint was the high tariff which
Spain imposed on all goods entering Cuba except those of Spanish
manufacture. This tariff made it impossible for Cubans to buy their
goods in any of the European markets, and compelled them to take the
class and quality of goods which Spain chose to send them, and to pay