Castelar Elected Spanish Leader With Dictatorial Powers
Spain’s Cortes elected Senor Castelar as President of the Executive Power by 133 to 67 votes after the resignation of Senor Salmeron. Castelar accepts a dictatorial mandate, seeking pardon restoration, militia arming, reserves mobilization, and broad executive powers to fund war and prorogue the Cortes.
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Senor Salmeron
Cortes
Senor Castelar
Castelar
Spain and France Brace for Insurrections and Political Shifts
Unanimous approval of proposals with 108 voting members. Castelar seeks to rally nationwide force against Carlist insurrection aided by Serrano, Pavia, and Concha as old Union party lines up with the Government. Cartagenas siege described as sham. Verdun troops move home. Thiers appeals for moderation. British and French political realignments, education question local votes, and ongoing Tichborne case fill news.
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Castelar
Marshal Serrano
Pavia
Manuel Concha
Old
Union Party
Cartagena
Vittoria
Almansa
Gibraltar
Madrid
Campos
France
Verdun
M. Thiers
Lucerne
Vosges
National Assembly
Comte de Chambord
Psiay-le-Monial
Marguerite Alacoque
England
Mgr. Capel
Marchioness of
Westminster
Gladstone
Shaftesbury
Mark Lane
The Liberation of France and Its Aftermath
A reflective piece on France paying 200000000 indemnity and regaining sovereignty. It notes Alsace Lorraine losses, Metz and Strasbourg to Germany, 1.6 million French inhabitants, and recalls Paris Berlin shifts, Lourdes trips, and future hopes as the nation contends with triumph and loss.
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Upper Rhine
Saverne
Schlestadt
Weissenburg
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Mulhouse
Sarreguemines
Thionville
hateau-Salins
Saarbourg
Lourdes
la Salette
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