Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1915-04-18

The conservatives. because or errors
disseminated among them, are general
ly on the side of
puh1ic Sentiment Germany. but their
chief. NJ. Mature.
Is UlVl0eQ. has declared him
self in favor of the allies. The army
is a complex problem. The generals,
as a rule. favor the allies, but the
Young subaltern officers favor the GER
mans Many of the young officers nave
studied strategy in German books ann
submit to the prestige which PRUSSIA
attaches to the uniform.
The press in Spain plays an lmpor
tant role in the creation oil puplc oP'n-
ion, Spain is not divided, as assumed.
into Germanophile and Francophile
Very few journals have declare"
against the allies. but there are some
which are reserved
The Pals is an ardent advocate Oh re-
nublican France under the able 'iire'i-
ton of Senior Roberto CastroNido. inc
Liberal announces that IL is ensa go
in organizing a monster nanaun. ,i,
Grated L'Espana Nueva Is preparing
a sort of pilgrimage to the native city
of cen. Joffre, who is of Basque origin.
The Radical has ORGANIZED a pm Ell, s''% i,
invites inscriptions of protestations Nv
favor of Belgium and France .ne
Manana combats with fervor lot 'ns
allies: the Diario Universal whlcn ~
ontrolled by the Count de lsomanohes.
fayors the allies The Heraldo De
Madrid, one of the most important Jour
nails of the peninsula, Is sympa1hetir ="
France; the Correspondencia ue
narne whose director belongs also 10
the staff of the Temps and of the l'aii"
Mail. fayors France and makes propt-
pan,la among its numerous
I,Imparcial, very patriotic. was s:s,
merly at the time of the Morocco am
r,,1ties much opposed to France. nut
very friendly since the accord between
the two countries ,, 10,
Two daily journals are trahkS nos
tile to the allies, the Correo Espanoi'
earliest organ, and the A. Il. Z. whieh
10 absolutely controlled by Germany;
But columns of the latter are nii -
with such fantastic statements wa. -
influence is not serious. Inc A. T. y
feeds its readers upon such stun as the
following: . ,a,. -,
fuel; Zeppelin bombs nave SaEsS
vast damage France laments the IA
sufficiency of the Russian army, etc.
etc.
The parties in Spain. republican. lib
eral and reformist. defend the cause OF
the allies and many
Women Are even demand that SPAN
should intervene in the
al tlodAS' war lest she be held &C
countable by the victor. The Spanish
women are enthusiastic partisans OF
France, and Nine. Consuelo Alvares
combats with her wise and intrepid
pen the enemies of the allies Her
articles. signed "Violeta,' are referred
to as emanating from the modest and
perfumed pseudonym.
NJ Bots. during his visit to Spain, has
!, ti,.A
of mind of the Spaniard. and he viii
do the same to the American He
proposes to fix in the minds OF neu-
trails the intentions of the allies
toward them. The Spaniard has been
made to believe In some cases tina;
the retreat from the Marine was a proof
of the physical and moral weakness OF
France, but when France was victori-
and the autonomy of neu-
trails. NJ Bots would place in juxtapo-
sition the aims and aspirations of the
contending armies.
One of these proclaimed that it de
sired the hegemony of a nation over
all peoples; the establishment of It's
intellectual. economical. lingual and
race supremacy. The recompense was
the privilege of becoming an obedient
servant of it's empire.
The other proclaimed its desire for
the cooperation of all peoples in their
reciprocal independence and in the lib
efty OF It's citlZenS. that cooperation
eXacted no subordination. but. on thu
contrary, equality; that cooperation
repudiated all tyranny. was based upon
good will and law. and not upon obli-
cation and force 1t was the demo-
cratic idea, or. as Lamartine had writ
ten, t. is the principle of "demophile'
applied in the nation and to the ma
lions.
Such. in part. was the message of the
allies to the neutrals.
CHI CHAILLE-LONG.