Albuquerque morning journal. [volume] (Albuquerque, N.M.) 1903-1926, 1915-06-15

1t is true, the Spaniards are indeed
awakening. Now in the new summer
one finds clubs for lawn tennis being
established in various places, and
there are pictures in the papers of
the Spanish men and women players,
properly prepared for such exertion.
And now, at the close of the football
season. the king has Just proceeded to
the ground of the athletic club and
presented the cup of the Prince of the
Asturias t. the club that won il.
There have been great golf competi-
ton meetings at Madrid, Bilbao and
other places, and | am credibly in
formed by those who have proper
understanding of the subject that as
much public attention is now being
given in Spain to this worldwide
game as anywhere else, except per-
haps in America, the war having
brought il to a state of suspension
elsewhere. See also the activity that
the statesmen and politicians have
displayed in recent times with their
tours Of the country and the interest
they have shown in the doings and
feelings D. outer Spain. Most of them
are home again now in Madrid Gen
eral Echague, the minister of war,
has been on a short tour, and so has
Sr. Gonzales Besada, the president of
the congress, who has been staying
in the region of Alicante and Aleoy
and while there received a deputation
of the local producers and traders,
who urged upon him their needs in
regard TO the projected railway to Join
the two places.
Italy and Portugal
AS before, events int Italy and Por-
tugal create a certain interest in
Spain. In recent times the public
speakers have devoted much attention
To the relations between Spain and
Portugal, and in all cases have been
Inost friendly and have expatiated at
great length on the strong common
interest that binds the two countries,
| But Spain does not feel happy in the
contemplation of the disorders that
arise in Lisbon and elsewhere, and she
wonders sometimes, if Portugal Is
really in the war on the side of the
allies, why she apparently does so
very little.
AS to Italy. the little war party in
! Spain that is timidly feeling its way
and now feels stimulated by the great
omtions of the Count de Romanones
and Senior Maura, points out the mag
nificent significance Of italy, the other
| peninsula. Joining in the fray. why
does Italy wish to fight? Because she
wants something she can get In a Eu-
| Iopean war ana at no other time. Does
not Spain want anything IL she does,
| can she get il at any other time?
| These are the thoughts and the logic
| of the Spaniards now, and it is not to
be denied that there is some sense in
| them
| AS to what Spain wants. her lofty
| fancies have already been discussed.
i Then she suddenly asks, How is Spain
not so good as Italy? If she is not,
/ why should she not be-" OF course,
| il is obvious that in one respect, at
| all events, Spain is very inferior to
1 Italy, in that she can be of much less
| service to any one in the war, but she
/ is reckoning up now that she could
make her presence felt. BY the way,
! the Mauristas, who are interchangeable
| as provincial political campaigners,
have organized a series of meetings
| in different parts. They have taken
more kindly than was expected TO the
| declaration of their chief in favor of
/ sympathy if nothing else. with the
allies, as against the central empires
and their progress with this new
i plank in their platform will be in
teresting.
An important recent happening is
the establishment of new wireless
telegraphy service between Spain and
Italy, from which the most beneficial
results are anticipated not only to
those two countries, but to others also
especially during the period of the
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