The Anaconda standard. [volume] (Anaconda, Mont.) 1889-1970, 1898-04-27
THE END or SPAIN.
signor Crispi snys spaniards lave Com
mittea Monstrous sins.

mittea Mopstrous sins.
New York. April ga dispatch to
the World from Rome says: Sigror
Crispi, being asked what would be the
result of the ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS war.
answered emphatically:
1T is the end of Spain. ! regret, as
do all Italians, that our Latin sister
has allowed herself 10 be drawn into
such an impasse, from which, i can as
sure you. she cannot escape without
great injury
The interviewer suggested to the
former premier that he was very severe
on valiant Spain.
Valiant. chivalrous-yes.' he replied,
but those are virtues of the middle
ages as understood by the grandees OF
Spain. In our nineteenth century initi-
alive Is necessary practlcal spirit,
which, in the Spaniards. Is absolutely
wanting. They have committed mon
strous sins, for which she Is paying
now.
II do not say the Americans have
any right to interfere in the affairs or
Cuba, but the Spaniards certainly have
shown themselves cruel. ~barbarous
n incapable of governing the pearl OF
the Antilles. In n way or another
they will lose that beautiful colony.
The prime cause of SPANS condition Is
the general state of ~ignorance-in the
upper as well as in the lower classes.
II is the priesthood, absolutely sover.
eign everywhere, which has led that
fine country into ruin. The Catholic re-
ligion Is indeed a beautiful religion.
Christianity has done much good. But
through an over-retrogade spirit the
clergy has done irreparable damage TO
the Latin race"
Italy's greatest statesman was asked
what he thought the results of the war
would be.
Very grave results he answered.
in the first place, what will become
of Cuba after the war? She Will be a
small republic. of which there are al
ready too many over there, constantly
in revolution or bankruptcy. But that
Is the least important side of the case.
1t is to be feared that the Americans.
intoxicated by an easy victory, VIII
throw h~aphasard all their energy
against the European colonies left in
their neighborhood. Canada assuredly
will be one of their first victims unless
an Anglo-American alliance is estap-
lished between London and Washing
ton-and that would offer to my mind
many dangers for the peace or the
world.
In short, If the United states defeat
Spain, as is probable, they VIII be
Obliged in order to maintain their posi-
ton. to have recourse to costly arma-
ments. and Europe, which is looking
forward to the time of actual disarma-
ment. will more than ever be plunged
into an endless expense. Armies fol
land and navies must now be increased
Where 1t will stop ! do not know. In
any case IL seems to me that the wal
has in store some unpleasant surprises.
Signor Crispi was asked II M
thought Europe ought to have inter
yened.
Alas" he responded, Europe resem
bles Spain from a certain point OF view
Anarchy is dominant everywhere. IT
speak frankly there is no Europe. Tn
European concert is only a siniste
; Joke. Nothing can be expected iron
the concert of h powers
II was observed to Signor Crispi tina
we are then marching direct to ruiz
and ~decadence.
NO" he said. "toward the unknown
Who knows what tomorrow has Il
store for us? We must have confidenc
in the %uture."