The Anaconda standard. [volume] (Anaconda, Mont.) 1889-1970, 1898-04-24

the United States. is Barcelona-gay.
ffourishing and Industrious Barcelona.
For nearly seven centuries Barcelona
has been the Industrial n commercial
center of Eastern Spain. 1t holds near
ly as many inhabitants as Boston and
has grown so rapidly that there In a
handsome new part of the town that
is as large as the older portion. Like all
the largest Spanish cities on the Med
i~terranean. Barcelona has but an arti-
fetal harbor. This is formed by a
breakwater. which cuts on enough OF
the sea to a basin capable of holding
the largest man-of-war
The other principal Mediterranean
cities are Malaga and Valencia The
former is the center of the wine and
raisin trade. Lik Cartagena, II Is
growing. n the handsome new town.s
runs along the sea principally in q
splendid long avenue called the Ala
media. From the time of the Phoene-
clans. Malaga has been a prosperous
seaport; its cathedral was begun in
1928.
Valencia is a thriving manufacturing
town of nearly a quarter of a million
people. 1t Is three miles above the
mouth of the River Livria. 1t has no
harbor that would give shelter To a
feet.
In any of her Mediterranean ports
WIFI tDtlT WdttI I00 OOIS, Spain >
ships would be unprotected and cooped
up like ducks on a pond unable to ma
neuver against a hostile fleet moving
freely outside. No admiral wants to
be caught in such a position.
SPANS largest cities on the Atlantic.
including Cadiz and Ferrol. the two
already described, have harbors AFFORD
ing ample protection for large fleets.
South of Portugal there is Huelva. do
ing a large export trade in minerals: at
the north, Vigo. P~ontevedia, COruna
(near Ferrol). S~antander and Bilboa.
Coruna has often been the object of
hostile Intentions. and was the scene of
invasion when Sir John Moore was
killed there n buried without a flu
neral note.
These cities are all of more or less
i'm. portance. Every one is protected by
12-inch or S-inch guns and heavy rified
mortars. The Spanish system of tor
pedoes is excellent-decidedly superior
to our own-and mines are ready to be
placed at all of the Spain coast towns.
Spain's torpedo service will put The
country in a perfect condition Of de-
Tense before any American ship reach
es the Canary islands This can be de-
pended upon.
At the same time ii is true that every
port of Spain. with the exception of
F'errol ond probably Bilboa, a be
shelled from the sea where submarine
explosives cannot be placed. Cadiz,
Barcelona, Malaga and C~artayeni are
especially easy of attack, and they
could all be utterly destroyed from the
sea in spite of their Notifications.
Spain's coast trade, while incompar-
ably less than that of the United
States. reaches the value of millions OF
dollars a year. Her annual wine ex-
ports are estimated at $65, 00O, 900. About
$500 Spanish ships are registered as en-
tering the ports every years, and mer-
chant vessels i'm the made" break
water harbors on the eastern coast
would be at the mercy of a cruisers
guns. Indeed, there would be no pro
lection from gunboats for the
of Eastern Spain.
TIC land troops on SPANS Northern
or Western coasts, a harbor would have
to be taken, as troops could not land
through the surf. The early tingIsh
sailors soon discovered this fact. On
the Eastern coast. however, a landing
might be made in many places under
cover of the guns of a fleet.
In the Balearic islands, which belong
to Spain. there is one good harbor. Ma
hon, mt for putting up a whole squa-
dron.
In the DOS. by special permission. Ma
hon was used as a naval station by the
United States. Its capture would give
a useful base of operations against
Eastern Spain, and the Canaries would
furnish a base for a descent on the
Western coast.
Mile. Valentine About, daughter of the