The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1910-01-03

attitude of Spain In the War of the
American Revolution, touches upon
| the treaty Of 1895, the cession OF
Louisiana and the question of the
Floridas. the Florida treaty and jack
sons invasion. the Panama Congress.
the Cuban conditions and revolt. the
Carlist war and the accession of AL
fonso XII. the annual message OF
1895. the succession Of Weyler 70 {,
Campos. thetattitude of the CLEVELAND
administration the destruction of the
Maine, Spain's fatal procrastination,
Spain's practical acceptance of Amer .
lean demands, the joint resolutions OF
Congress and the declaration of war.
Z The reader Is informed In the intro
.duction to the work that 1T embodies
the story of more than hundred
years of what has been really az racial
strife for control of regions IN winch
division of rule could not be brooked
In explanation of the causes which
have made 1t impossible for the North
| American Anglo-Saxon to live near
his Spanish neighbor without friction
Admiral Chadwick says: THE impress
of the Moors in Spain din , rom rom
that of the Romans The Moors We're
| a resident race. the Romans a govern.
| Ing class. However great the erect
of Roman language, laws and methods
upon iberia, there could not be
| blood mixture in any degree common
surable with that due to the presence
| for SO much longer period. of the
| millions who had so much of me race
| feeling common with the 1berian ma
| tive to the SOIL.
1T thus could not be otherwise than
| that this latest conner and longest
l;stayer should leave a great mark, and
! that we have In the Spaniard man
! in whom much Is not Understandable,
until we recktn with him. not as a
European, but as the Moro-1berian
rb t,a ,nnk at mich be-
comes explicable which is otherwise
strange and has defied the effort OF
the .Anslo-Saxon to understand Tue
acts and ways of the conglofnerate
incapaclty for government, Its chronic
state or revolution. its religiosity. its
fntalism, Its sloth In material develop
nent, have made the Spanish nation
TT was inability or slowness of
adaptation to the worlds new condi-
tons which caused the century Just
ended to be darkened with strug.
giles IN SPANS American dependen-
Saxons inherent rights. Spanish effort
In the earlier part OF the nineteenth
century to Keep step with the spirit
OF democracy awakened by the French
Xviii, and the Holy Alliance. 1t
must thus be recognized that great
}evlls Detailing Spain and her island
dependencies throughout the nine
tenth century were not all 5of her
own making. Spain. with her more
liberal forces free to develop,
might In some degree have
advanced politically with the rest
Of Europe. Racial pecullarities. re-
|Iigious bigotry and subservience to
priestly rule, and. above all. the in
vasion by the Holy Alliance with a
reinstallation OF absolutisn, made GER
tain anarchy at home and loss Of en-
The book discusses the effect in
America of Napoleon's invasion Of
Spain. 1t takes UP the question OF
Jackson's invasion of Florida and
| the recognition or South American In
| dependence. 1t traces the development
! OF the Monroe Doctrine and considers
| the fleet OF the Lopez expeditions,
LIT commends the firm and correct
stand of General Grants administra-
lstion, mentions rnderstandlngly the
"Allianca Incident" and the case Of q,
1.-THE Competitor" cites Weyler's
proclamations. Nckinley's first annual
message and the report on the Maine
| before Congress.
The style OF the book is clear, con-
lcse and vigorous. 1t Is logical and
Eaccurate--a work worthy of the sub
ject and the period with which 1t adj
m1rnhly deals.