El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1911-07-24

desired to 'implant education and
progress. He spoke of q crowned
republic" like that of Great Britain
Fitted For Self Government.
Because of their imperishable SEN
timent for local independence and
peculiarly a people fitted to cherish the
theory and the benefits Of local
government. They have not been al
lowed to enjoy it since the period in
which each town was an independent
government under the Iberians' and
Celtiberians. Romans, Vandals, Goths.
Moors and finally Spaniards over
rode the sentiment, but several centu-
ries of autocratic and bureaucratic
central government has neither oblit-
Grated the desire for the equivalent
of what the Americans call States
Rights nor served TO make the Span
iards acquiescent.
The conditions existing have bred
political parties reflecting the feeling
Of separatists who know what they
do not want rather than what they
ought to have. The Catalan Separat-
lists, for example. hate the consolida-
ton so they would like to enforce
the use of their own language for
commercial transactions and to raise
their own flag over an Independent
republic. To make one little republic
of Catalonia and others OF other
divisions of Spain. would, OF course,
be impra cticable.
One party OF protest Is called Reg
iona1ist. 1t demands provincial par
liaments similar to state legislatures
in America, the various divisions to
be under federal republic, the
powers of the federal government
strictly limited so as TO preserve local
self government. Another party called
Radical wants republic with parlia-
ment supreme in national affairs.
modelled somewhat after the constitu-
tional monarchy of Great Britain, but
along lines somewhat socialistic. The
Governmentalists support the Radical
Monarchists, although rating as Re
publicans. hoping for democratic re-
forms under Monarchy as the only
reforms that can be reasonably ex-
pected for the present. Catalan Nat
ionalists are for Catalonia as Irish
Nationalist are for home rule in Ire
land. and against the centralized
government of Spain as It exists. The
Coalitionists include Republican Mod
crates who are Separatists, demanding
the autonomy of the regions that
were Kingdoms before the consolida-
dalton; Federalists who want local
autonomy in the matter Of municipal
and country council administration; So
cialists who follow Karl Marx: revo-
lutionary Trade Unionists and An
archists who advocate strikes and up
risings in the interests of the over
throw of the monarchy.
Barcelona Center Of Anarchy.
Barcelona is the center Of anarchy
as it IS understood in Spain A great
many bombs have been exploded in
Barcelona IN recent years. The An
archists assert that they have been
thrown chiefly by their enemies TO
create the impression that anarchy
means bomb throwing. The fact that
some bombs have been singularly
harmless. being set off where there is
small probability Of damage, is point
ed to. in proof. But strikes and re-
volts are relied upon. If bombs are
not and fully $4,000 working men In
the most prosperous manufacturing
city in Spain are Anarchists They
advocate and maintain common school
education. They publish magazines
and newspapers which devote them
selves chiefly to teaching the precepts
of anarchy Civilization. they assert.
as organized. Is an enemy of personal
liberty. causing poverty and creating
class distinctions. They would abolish