Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1898-04-23

try This & only 80 linear miles ~ road
| for every loo square miles OF territory.
New England alone has as many miles Of
railroad has Spain ard her territory
Is not nearly as sreat The same area as
Spain picked out of The upper eastern
United States has nearly 30.0oo miles OF
f"ad. But the people OF Spain still adhere
10 Their gayiy caparisoned mules. which.
perhaps. make up I'm worEout romano
what they lack i'm speed
The domination OF the Catholic Church
IN spain Is almost absolute. Nearly The
Whole population adhere TO that or. a In
deed. no other form of worship is allowed
TO be practicel publicly. The last census
showed ~. no rrissts living in the SHY
TWO cioccses of the country There are
i.hSi monks living in lGi monasterics and
ii.''52 nuns living in i.o2I converts There
are ~ cathcGrals. ~ religious colleges and
ls.56i churches. Besides thas. thars ar.
over ll.en h"uses devoted 10 religious
purposes y restricted liberty Of worship
Is allowed the PrCtcstants Tut II has 10
pe kept very private. and NJ public an
nouncement Of the fact is permitted The
state.
Gordon of Forts.
Spain is well defended from invasion ~
a GORDON Of forts and fortified towns drawn
completely ground her frontier on ~.
i'orth there is Fuenterrallia. the fnrliu,.d
porf OF Passages ana the military ports of
sah,ona. Saniander Ferrol Coruna and
NtEo. IN the Ba sque provinces are Bt:,a.,
ara Elt"ria- To the lett o. the Ebra ,r.
Fet"piona, Tafalla. Jaca, Nenasqua Mon
z"n, Puycerda. SEQ de Crzci Ralaau.r and
i-er1da- Nearer the Mediterranean ara cor
dora Hosiarich. CaInpredon. Ripoll C.
,oha. olot. Cirtelfollit. t'isueras ON the
mediterranean are Palamos Rarc..Inna
larraSona. Malaga Almeria Cartb.,.r,
ana Alicante. Logrono. Tudela. Zararaza,
Mequinei IA and Turtosa are In m, E,,,,o
Durgos and MorelIA lie to the sa,,th q !,
"a. sr,.f-- Il
nLquerque and Bandaioz lie along Tho
fo'uguese frontier Tarifa and Aluscira,s
are IN the Strait of Gibraltar and Cadiz
Is az ats entrance. Not all of these c,uiI
Withstand the projectiles OF n,darn ,r'.st
guns. but quite the best methods prevail.
III an army OF invasion would have sora.
oiie'S IN breaking through the barrier
Over n Million Soldiers.
SPAN maintains a permanent army. She
also mas what is known as an active re
serve ana sedenuery reserve eaoh of
Mhich could be relied upon for support i'm
'iihe OF war Any Spaniard above the age
of nineteen is liable to be called ,,nor 4,
serve In the permanent army for ,h
years. From this part of the army Tho
soioier passes 10 the active reserve for
tnree years service, and thence To-
the sedentary reserve for six ye.rs
service. BY paying 500 peastas any
one may escape service Th.. col
| oniai army requires every able-bodied sun
Ject 10 serve eight years in the various re-
serves Thus most OF the kings suli.cts
are militiamen. and il is estimated thst in
tlme OF need Spain could easily mobilize an
eflclent army Of 0S3 .si5 men The stand
| ing army numbers about Toen men. al
though recent levies make this nurhsr
nearer 1ooo0 SPANS navy Is likewiss
capable
Most OF her vessels have a normal sneaa
Oh twerry knots. and several. notably IN.
tlscaya and the Maria Teresa. exceed this
rate. Spain also has a numerous feet NJ
torpedo boats and torpedo boat destroyers
ffer nghting navy Is manned bv 1 or, ,,f,i
GERS. "Wn marines and 1900 sailors
besides about LOCO mechanicians of various
kinds. i"'
Her Brilliant History.
ms Is. In fact. the army and this the
navy which will protect the beautiful Span-
ish cities which have known less change
since the days of the Moors than almost
any other in Europe Spain is not after
all. modernized nation I'm the sense that
other nations are modernized Her peopIa
are governed by the spirit Of ouixo,isr
tnat caused Isabella to pledge he7 Jewels
so that Columbus might start westward.
mat caused Ferdinand and his consort TO
move their throne chairs up to the Varv
walls of the Moorish strongholds thai fba
example might incite the chivalrous
bravery OF their followers: that caused m.
| houses or trena and De Leon To pledge
their estates that the Moors might be- driy
en- from the Alba mbra. The memory of
that period. the most romantic and brilliant
IN Spanish history. when half the world
was theirs. never dies In their breasts and
it. more than anything else would sustain
them In war OF nations. This pride cf
race. however. is not what they would fight
Tor. Out Of the ruins Of their past great
ness have risen beautiful monuments
Madrid, the capital city. with its Palaces
and Its 10000 worshipers of the ancient
throne: Barcelona. with its quarter of a
million. mostly eager for war. and blind to
ifl r.ar,, Af.1a
eo. who daily have the remains of Moors
to teach them what manner Of fighters
We're their ancestors. Cartagena Cadiz
Valencia. Seville and Grenada where mem
DRY stops and the grotesques and ara
besques of the great Moorish temple lift
one out of the nineteenth century and car
~ one back to the time when war In
Spain meant honor. valor and glory.