The Manchester journal. [volume] (Manchester, Vt.) 1861-current, 1901-10-17
Issisxt f4s.isx Prestige.

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lsna . is,ss ssn 81 Estsy bet NE tsei
aasi smsll Hnnhes n people hss 70 scns
as 20 txeressirlly resisted ,ts rsss res
- q lhs British narire ha vastly levsi
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levs
IL uihisllsf iaptssrsblsi Alas. 30. fot
,reE The heights Of ibe Sierra Cs'bostf',
ssa o. atea ilogslers 10 Tie nerib, ote
coaiA iroG iss bsists deGiEsie oibfa
,.t ana ,.is Il lfeEa The rear. Al.hcssh
lhs t.prlss OF 90 siisctiss tofce soaid be
pcs.it,ls, bAie,ies sell disposed coaid
deslfoy ,bs q Il sad i0rtiaasiloe 10 fss
hosr,. IL 10 Of itis ,ssi beth It's Spanish
ses Eosli.s srs nsv eotyiness.
Esslsta. see5rdiss 10 The report OF al
nusl g.rson. has decided 10 psis ees
ssrtiese. ia order TO psfpsiusis the Legend
Of The ''iuprespsbilliy" Of Gibraltar. Bat
Der depsrsie Sort. ~ill be sterile; hsi
Ace, viii ue.er be sheltered except 10 the
por, Of Aisesir.,. where Giosoo bosits
si.hs. TO di.em bark Thirty or forty ttous
aud Enslish folders. lie hes expressed
this ds,ite 10 the house Of commons. snd
hn soveFauth, has 20, the courtesy 70 Pre-
| tat on sp,iu's accent sssipst the ntss
ute. Spain, hostsef. ssske TO the sIpsn
siopisi movements Of Enslsud, 10 hsppiiy
on her suard. Batteries have been nhdy
for m.uy.yssrs to be rapidly insssIlsd 81
asfBBHlRWs HlURihlr, "''''pf1e n b5i
suticisnl," ssys The Diario. We nusi
take more steps tovsri the reconstructiob
Of our military aud naval power. 10 this
manner alone ve eau wsrd ca the blow
wbich threatens u.s. OresniE, onr army
and our navy, purchase vessels and cannon
and renounee the thought OF peace for We
shall see var.
These are the wise words OF . isfseeing
patriot There can be no donbt tbst Eng
land secretly has designs 90 Spain. She
knows only too we'll that Gibraltar would
be OF no real utility 10 time oil var. nnless
she adds to Der possessions Algesiras and
ell the territory dominating the bsy. Then
she would hsve . sure place for % impos
ins feet. which. by crossing the straits,
could prevent the passage OF any hostile
ships. and Of the same time smother hset
could be mistress OF the Mediterranean,
| Notwithstanding her bluster and her
crafty diplomacy, Notwithstanding the
Spanish journals which 1t Is said are sub
sidizsd Dy Enslsnd, Notwithstanding the
deplorsble support OF . certain press
which foresees an Auglc.Spsnish alliance,
England shall not increase her hold 90
Gibraltar. Aud perhaps she will be CON
| PEELED before great time 10 render this
good acquired by evil" to those to whom
by rish, 1t belongs. For Spain is not the
dying nation that she has been depicted
since The war with America. This fatal
war, by the loss u her colonies and In
woundipg deeply her pride. swoke her
sleeping energy. Sue works now to re
take her place among honorable nations
which she has lost negligence and the con
fusion OF her past governments. Her first
act will be to recover the integrity OF her
national territory by driving the English
from Gibraltar The British lossns
which has proved itself iucspsbIe OF van
! nnishing q Ditle Aitinsp- .pation nan no