The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1918-09-07
Writers After Inspecting Stur endous Army Plants in France
Urge Nation to Act-C official Says ''Ether Keep
Step with Am erica or Perish"
By the New York Herads taft Correspondent in Spain
Canada by . New York; Herald omnan
ARTIl LIE ONE.

Af1It II
MADRID. Spain.-This country Is gr7 ID
uaiiy awakening to the important I &c
that the United States and allies are 4 es
tined to emerge from the war vctors ! INC
that Germany Is doomed to defeat. The
part America Is taking In world afs air.
ana. more especially. the greater part she
inevitably must play in International pol
tiles and economics in the future are
slowly. very slowly. but none the les.
surely. seeping into the comprehens!s q OF
the people of Spain. a..
Nowhere else In the world has s, ibtls
German propa ganda sought more zeal GUS
~ to belttle Americas participate ! in
tho great struggle. Teutonic guile has
not neglected to play upon the chor b Of
tho past nor to fan into flame the
smoulderins ashes Of Spanish hatred 8 en-
gcndered by memories Of Manila Ba; and
Santiago. The old hugaboo OF lS1 ! has
heen tricked out and kept on parade. Yet.
notwithstanding all these active I lnflu-
ences the truth Is being borne hot ne tc
many Of the thinking men OF the bation
that Spain's future is likely to epend
largely upon the sympathetic frie, iiship
a. their one time enemy the CnitedI States
q America.
The reactionary and pro-German Span
lard can hardly be expected to e1 :ertair.
such ideas. Into the comprehens ion of
the average hidebound. narrow minded
Spaniard II Is most difficult to drv e home
any ADEQUATE conception Of what Ameri-
cnn cooperation means to the q use Of
the Entente Allies. II perchanc( some
thing Of our own propaganda reaches
them. some idea OF the vast inns OF
money voted and expended. the millions
% viri'e American troops sucs essfully
modified and trained. the unprs edented
shipping tonnage launched and un Ter con-
s'-uction; Of Americas limitless ssources
Of factory. farm and mine. the reg ctionary
Epania I'd Is prone, IL indeed his n ind does
not fail utterly to grasp the naS 1itude OF
such figures. to accept them d 8 simply
smother proof of what German propa-
eanda has pictured as IT. nationa ! Yankee
traits OF exaggeration. bluff and buster.
Glimpse q New Dawn,
Hero in Madrid and in other parts Of
the kingdom find that thousan rs of the
rank and file OF the populace semain IN
IRE same state OF mental ignol Hnce and
Indifference concerning America that be-
tagged them In 1893, They have not
changed As the leaders Of the I'D regime
81 twenty years ago led the mai 1on blind
Gold to the sacrifice. 30 the presa ut govern
!ng classes. suppo ted nv insidb ,us enemy
-."opa Eanda standing bel tween the
people and the light Of truth. Yet there
are not lacking signs that Spain has begun
20 glimpse n new dawn. a dauT which at
least a few OF the more advm need intel
lects recognize a heralding thu coming OF
Q better era.
Many diverse influences are at work to
bring about this change. A s,ong them
actual American achievemer I proba bly,
stands pre-eminent. The succt fsful trans
rortat'on Of our armies across the Atlantic
in the face Of German subma ines and Of
German sneers that II could r ut be done
the unparalleled preparation r made by
American energy In France II " the recep-
ton and maintenance OF thoa forces the
splendid character Of the arm ~ and navy
rrr.onnei: the dauntessness OF our men
In battle. and the unity OF he nation OF
more than one hundred M hlions which
stands behind them-all tho e are estab
lished facts which hostile n opaganda no
longer can belittle contrt vert
Another potent factor IVORY ang for Span
ish enlightenment has been. the series Of
articles OF Azorin. publ shed in the
A. 3. c.. which not only is a pro-Ger-
man organ. but Is also tv most widely
read periodical in Spain. Writing from
France this correspondent J las done much
10 open the eyes CT the pup blind Spaniard
20 the real facts. In on of his most
recent articles he stated OF emily that Ger
many has lost the war" II has come out
rs n s:-org. convinced nd determined
friend Of the Anertcan1 arguing that
SPANS future Is depent lent upon the
attitude Of the United s. tates. Writing
from San Sebastian undo r date OF July
IG Azorin reiterated his former prophe-
cies. ard insisted that Spain must bel
reused from her trance I ,cfore It be too
late.
America. Might. effort.
II was the first newsps per man to visit
the American prepare ton camps in
France" he wrote - have seen the
mighty effort which II great republic
Is putting forth. From my visit I have
gathered tho conviction sincere. unalter-
sble. that the United ST ties will come out
victorious from the strs lgsle which draws
toward its close. The n 'ltics Of the whole
world ! have writta in these same
columns. will move its centre toward
.;orth America. and 81 will be North
America which In the future will direct
humanity In things spi htual'
These affirmntons pf mine. pertInaci-
ously repeated. ! wiz, speak again and
again. many times want Spanish opin-
ion to realize the era, fity OF this present
moment. My voice is small. but the cir
culation OF the peril dical for which I
write is large In tn, 4 face OF the future.
which ia preparing. VI at lot falls to SPAIN
What will be Spa!n's, attitude?
II carry in my soul the memory Of 1898.
A disciple and admire r Of d. Francisco Pf
y Mnrgnll / keep aliv e the words he spoke
th~n IL the error to be repeated. the
blindness. the stupid suicide OF that spring
Of 1898"
During my visit Z very North American
officer with whom I spoke showed lively
interest. a fervent lESing for Spain Let
Us not shut our ayes to the reality Of
things-thc great r. public will come vic
toricus out OF thii. war. Persons who
know the power. II q activity, the wealth
Of North America Aeny nevertheless that
her sons possess m Ilitary spirit. On the
supposed absence al that spirit they rely
20 deny not nl, that America will
triumph sranjly In this war. but that she
will triumph az all What enormous
error! Step by ST .. incident by incident
letter by letter the tpast arises and history
rerc,ts itself The same thing was said
of the American eeople in 1898. and to
combat thu: ary,a tent D, Francisco ri v
MarSall wrote ON OF his finest and most
vehement articles.
The past reps ats Itself. We pay no