The Wheeling intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1903-1961, 1917-05-12
1HrEn11aENcER
SPURRING SPAIN To WAR
All Considerations Safety and Sentiment Combine to Force Active
Resistance to Germany Course Of Tyranny and Outrage
! BY WILFRED II. SCHOFF
Secretary of the Commercial Museums Author Of )
! Colonial and Republican"

With our concern in the interna-
tiOnal situation sharprnrd by our par
ticipaliOn in the war. the question
whether Spain will b" driven into &c
Tive support Oi the Entente Allies I"'-
comes Of large Importance 10 US. Tn
doubtrdly the burden bolTlr by frall;"
could b. speedily and appr'clahiY
lighlcn"d. with no risk Of troops III
transportation. by such IN army As
Spain could furnish overland: ana n"
continuous prcs&ur" on the WrStefI
fru,lt. now so necessary. could De-
maintained pending proper .prepara'
lion o. jir rriEfurCemcniS from III"
United States. Blu; Spain can, and
should, determine h"G action solely
with view 20 her own welfare.
From tn" STANDPOINT Of history
Spai-l might b" expected 10 synpa,
thi&r with the Central Powers. DJn%:'
tie alliances ANA relationships hay" on
ahlcr the rulers Of Spain and Austria
10 act fer centuries is partners IN IN"
maladrnit game of European dIptG-
macy. There was, indeed. i tlmo whoa
that combination bade fair 10 dum!-
nate thr world just as tho tiuh"ndu!'
Terms, in alliance with The liapSburG@,
seek now the attainment OF universal
ovcrlorGsh hip. Americans remember
that il WAS the Holy Alliance. ol spar.
iSh-AuSlrian origisl, which found rs
rhrckmain in ri" NunTn" Doctrine.
Times, however. have changed. Span
today is amcnahl" 10 tn" industrial
and commercial influences that rul"
mankind.
Not only does Gcrmany'S submarine"
warfare mC,lacc Spain In. her com
mrrce and lrr industries. bat The tir:.
man plan OF world dominion rAual'.
gers the Tree rNislcure OF the Spanish
Slrakin3 republics in America which.
although their independence Of Spain
was won, ny force OF arms. as was ours
from ENGLAND. have always cherished
AN affection Tor The mother country.
The bond has proved mutual and on
during. Culture III Spanish America
antrdateS or own by NOR" than Il
century. When Harvard and Yale
were s;ruGglinG day schools. great uni
vcrSiIirS tiourishnd in the viCercGal
capitals. Lima and Bogota. Education
of the people was peculiarly the func-
ton Of The Spanish crown under the
papal award Of America To Spain. a.
The New World grew in wealth and i'm
portanre. Spanish law and literature
were given in South America fnunda.
lions. firmer than were thOs" "$tah-
liShcd in Spain Many Of III" tlnrr
works Of The Spanish Renaissance may
still he found in Spanish America; not
IN Spain. Tines" ties Of law. culture,
literature and the arts remained intac;
after the political bond was broken;
the Royal Academy in Madrid is still
the intellectual arhiter for many of the
South American countries. Tho grow
ing sentiment in South America for
alignment with tho United StHl"S and
lis allies cannon fail to react pcrcepti.
hly upon tho mother country and drive
home tho lesson that dynastic Inter
ests are no longer Identical with ma
tOnal welfare.
SPANS material prosperity. Wrll
nigh ruined by Germanv's submarine
activities. is factor infinitely more in
ftuential, while the pride Of Spain has
been Professionally abaSrd by the sink