The daily morning journal and courier. [volume] (New Haven, Conn.) 1894-1907, 1899-07-20

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the signs of private resentment Now,
this resentment is cherished mildly
against the Americans, who have tri-
umphed In war; but more strenuously
against the English, whose sympathy,
says Spain, was too loudly and violen-
~ expressed But this resentment will
soon be merged in the unwilling tolera-
ton which Spain extends to all for
eigners, and then the war will have left
little trace, save in rest from colonial
warfare and in a handsomely replen-
lshed exchequer
And what of the future? Will SPAIN
now she Is confined forever within her
own borders, win back something of her
old wealth and prosperity? Will she
establish the peace and tranquility
which are best suited to her character?
No disturbance is likely to come from
without, since France, though she has
just demanded, with a threat that the
Spanish debt should be paid in full, is
! TOO busy cleaning her own house to
covet the house of her neighbor. Be-
sides, the Pyrenees have always proved
an efficient rampant, and, even If they
We're not, Europe would not be likely to
witness the encroachment of France.
In truth, Spain will now be left to
work out her own destiny, and there is
no reason why she should not face the
new century with hope and confidence.
The fact that she has passed through
the crisis of defeat with the merest
threat of revolution is proof enough
that her varied provinces are all stand
| ing Loyalty by the throne, and that there
I ic 1itt1a Of I'm, n to 1icco,,tipp
Indeed, all over Europe pretenders are
under cloud, and Legitimism is wise
ly held an exploded doctrine. The Carl
lists in Spain have no better prospect
than the Royalste or Bonapartists in
France, since our practical age has rec
ognized quite clearly that every country
exists for the governed, not for the gov
ernments; and not even Spain, docile
though she be to historical tradition,
will ever again accept the theory of d.
vine right.
Perhaps her most instant danger is
the possible detection Of Catalonia,
whose inhabitants were always rebels
at heart, and who have to-day far bet
ter excuse for rebellion than before
Now. Catalonia, with its active and
most modern capital Barcelona, is the
workshop Of Spain; and while the Min |
listers of Madrid spend the nations |
money, it is Catalonia that has to find |
the bulk of it, Wherefore it is not |
strange that now and again a warn |
ing voice is raised in Barcelona, declar- |
ing that CATALONIA, profitting nothing by |
the nation to which she belongs, will |
demand home rule and separate bud
get. But to these rumors of disaffec-
ton we need pay little attention. Though |
Catalonia has always been inclined to
revolt. yet her pride of race and Ian
guage will still keep her faithful to the
ideal of united Spain.
Therefore all circumstances point to
the resurrection Of that country beyond
the Pyrenees, which has always kept
herself essentially aloof from Europe, !
and which has never frankly acknowl-
edged defeat. Her greatest danger
comes from her own love of ease and of
peculation. Her present Ministers are
not merely loyal, but wise, and if only
they could only shake themselves free
of an infamous habit of corruption,
Spain would be as well justified as Eng
land In putting faith in her government
1t is large 'if," of course, but where
found also and there is no need to de-
spair of the future. General Weyler is
In disgrace, and General Polavieja, the
present Minister of War, is a man of
untarnished character, who Is not likely
to permit the embezzlement which last
year fastened the downfall of his coun-
try.
And granted wise government, Spain
has thousand obvious advantages.
Despite her indolent climate, unfath-
omed wealth is buried not far beneath
her soil Wine and oil and cork and
corn come to her bidding, and the rich
ness of her minerals has never been dis
puted. Nothing Is wanted save the en-
terprise which shall at once discover the
natural products and force them upon
the greater markets of the world But,
this enterprise Is too often
lacking. Too often the manifest re-
of the country are exploited by
the energy of England and of France;
too often the Spaniards themselves do
but minister to the wealth of others
But better it Is that the riches Of Spain
should be brought to the surface by
alien ingenuity than that they should
be left buried in the soil. After all, the
example of foreigners may fire the am
bition even of the lazy Andalusian, and
one day we may find Spanish ceverness
and Spanish capital constructing rail-
ways and opening mines.
At any rate, Spain does not repine; at
The very moment when other nations
have either deplored or applauded her
defeat, she has been celebrating the
of her greatest painter,
and has been defending the study of
Latin against the encroaching radical.
And can history show a more brilliant
example of political detachment than
hat Madrid correspondence of The
London Mail