The organ of Maura is _La Epoca_. It is sold in Madrid at 10 cmes., but is never seen on the bookstalls at any distance from the capital, and can only be obtained in provincial towns by paying three months’ subscription to the Madrid office in advance. Its circulation is exclusively confined to the Clericalist aristocracy and plutocracy, by whom it is subsidised. THE CARLIST, JAIMIST, OR TRADITIONALIST PARTY This party, which numbers many of the richest men in Spain among its adherents, besides all the Religious Orders, with their enormous wealth and influence, is directed from the Castle of Frohsdorf by =Don Jaime, Duke of Madrid=, through persons whom he appoints in every province of Spain. The name brought most frequently before the public in connection with the party, after the Pretender’s own, is that of =Llorens=, whose work in the Melilla campaign is referred to in Chapter VII. The Pretender has a complete organisation all over Spain, with _Caciques_ in a large number of provincial towns and villages, and is supported by numerous religious associations, clubs, colleges, &c., of a confessedly militant character, but confined to the upper classes. The leading organs of the Carlists are the _Correo Español_ and the _Correo Catalan_, with offices in Madrid, Paris, and Barcelona; but practically all the reactionary Press supports the claims of the Pretender more or less openly. The Carlist papers have no sale among the working classes, and can only be obtained outside of Madrid (like _La Epoca_) by paying three months’ subscriptions in advance. * * * * * Among military politicians much in the public eye may be mentioned Generals =Luque=, =Weyler=, and =Lopez Dominguez=, all on the Liberal side, and all strong men, in whom the people feel confidence. =Aguilera=, twice Alcalde of Madrid under Moret, who has been referred to in Chapter XIII., is highly popular with the poor of Madrid, owing to his consistent kindness to the children, whom he takes under his special protection. Count =Romanones=, who engineered the crisis of February, 1910, is credited by the working classes with having large interests in the mines of Beni-bu-Ifrur, and with having schemed to bring about the war in Morocco, in order to put money into his own pockets. This impression, whether well or ill founded, is sufficient to make him cordially hated by them. He is credited with aspiring to the leadership of the Liberal party, but it is hardly probable that his following would prove strong enough to give him that position. =La Cierva=, Minister of the Interior in Maura’s Cabinet, obtained an unenviable reputation in 1909, through his share in administering Maura’s policy of repression. Since his leader went out of office La Cierva’s name has hardly been mentioned among the working classes. THE CONSERVATIVE-MONARCHIST PARTY