Meanwhile news of the split reached Spain. Here Philip V had no question where right and justice lay. He angrily criticized Governor Moral, the bishop of Cuba, and the Franciscan commissary general of New Spain for supporting the Creoles and deriding the Spaniards. He demanded that the Creoles in Florida stop buffeting Spanish missionaries from village to village, that the peninsulars be given instruction in the Indian languages, and that the governor stop showing partiality in distributing money and supplies to the Creole friars. [Note 112: Cedula San Ildefonso 7/20/1737] Ultimately, this dispatch, the appointment of Romero, and Moral’s dramatic ouster in the spring of 1737 worked together to relieve tension among the friars and mend the rift. By the time Governor Montiano took office, the atmosphere was more favorable to reform and reconciliation. (Tepaske GSF)