Arizona republican., 1898-04-03

approve them in the main; they speak
 warmly of the president and his ad-
 visers; they dwell upon the grievous
 condition of Cuba; their whole dis position toward the United States is notably friendly. In the eyes of most of the continental journals, on the
 other hand, Spain looms large. They do not merely appreciate it's difficulties and burdens, as the English newspa- pers do; they profess much sympathy with them. In the Viennese journals such a view is natural. The queen regent of Spain was an Austrian arch duchess before her marriage, and close personal ties bind her to the Emperor Francis Joseph She has sought his advice many times in her present perpleXities, and probably sympathy for Spain is warmer in Vii enna than in any capital in Europe. It is the sort of feeling, however, that IS more agreeable than tangible. Vexed as Austria is with internal strife that threatens the stability or her present form of government, with her in- tuence in purely European affairs obviously declining, there is no reason yet to believe that her sympathy will become more than comforting good will, and prudent Spaniards are warn ing their countrymen, who grasp at every straw of moral support, to rely little upon it. The chief German newspapers contain little as to the re- lat1ons Of Spain and the United States:
 but, though they may bear the latter none too much good will, they and re- sponsible German officials seem deter mined to do and to say nothing that the eager Spaniards can construe in their favor. With their eyes on the far east rather than on the Iberian pen1nsular, they have no wish by word or deed to draw England and the United States nearer together.
 Many Americans like to dwell on the friendship of Russia for the United States, but the Novoe vremya, the other day, in St. Petersburg, went seemingly out of It's way to protest against the course of the administra- tion at Washington toward Spain and to imply that the president was in huenced by spectators. Moreover, 1t is a truism that the St. Petersburg newspapers, when they deal with for eign affairs never transgress the wishes of the government. Americans have valued the friendly disposition Of the French toward them, but the comment of the Paris newspapers on the relations of the United States and Spain has been harsher toward the former country than those of any Eu- ropean press. It Is more virulent, per haps, in such comparatively irrespon- sible and ill-regulated journals as L'Eclair, but Is frequent and severe enough in newspapers like the Debats and Le Temps, which presumably rep resent le parti intellectue,-the in- formed and refiecting body of French opinion-and which are admittedly near the government The Debats, for example. discoursed at length a few days ago on the danger and the pro found injustice" of American inter ference in Cuba, and ended with the sharp declaration that American "in- tervention in that island would be simply an act of international piracy. Le Temps is more reserved in Ian
 guage, but no more friendly in temper. 1 In Paris, as elsewhere on the conti- | nent, the newspapers ignore the con
 dition of Cuba itself, and of all trade
 with the island, Or pass lightly over it. In spite, however, of all this jour-
 nalistic sympathy, there is no evidence to show that Spain has the tangibl:
 support of any European power in it:
 present difficulties. Vague good will is
 not even moral support, much less ma
 terial assistance, and refecting Span l iards are aware of these distinctions.