El Imparcial. (San Juan, P.R.) 1918-197?, 1918-11-29
WORLD NEWS
EDITORIAL VIEWS.
81 When anything said or writ
lem BARK. ten has some value, when
ET: any work of art shows itself
LET THEM BARK.

for long time The stronger the opposition on the part
of the place and the conventional the better that
narfielar thing is and the more it's author is worth
That rule that the reader will dO well to keep
always in mind. Remember Rousseau Lincoln, Wagner,
host of real MEN, in the sense that Napoleon greeted
the great poet ooh Monsieur de Goethe yous etes tout
un hOmme p
On the other hand, when the thing has no value, it
should be dismissed without much comment lest it hap
pen like i'm one of Irartes fables where an insignificant
lizard, having heard how much naturalist talked about
another lizard went to tell its companions,
ob 'sWe are worth lot
$sf. Hand makes no difference
s'WhO says we are not"
By the way not many of our continental readers have
heard of Don Tomas de Irarte OF the greatest fabu
lists the world has produced therefore SHALL as soon
have little tme translate some OF his works INTO
English and hope you will enjoy them. The fable we
referred to above is entitled "LaS dos lagartjas
Newspapers in that respect are exactly like every
thing ese Let any insignificant sheet of paper come out
to it's ephemera life in this island of ours and nobody
w notice it. except the other papers that with Hypocrisy
wish it long life and plenty of success then the little
paper dies out and nobody But let paper called
EIMPARCIAL out with the clear intention OF be-
coming really modern newspaper, such as the culture
of the country has been demanding for long time let
daily like that to disturb the digestive organ OF
many suckers beg your pardon papers, and you will see
how they bark.
Now Do YOU wish to know how one of these little
papers can bark? To explain it to you WE'LL we would
like to go back to another of Irartes fables 1--WE are
bound to advertise them to make them more popular
testants in flying match Naturally enough, the crow
WINS but get the turkey calls the crow all kinds
of names to which to answers more or less All
tha do not count this is flying match, not dirty
words contest" So, to the barking Of the little papers,
whose only charge is that Ell IMPARCIAL is a span
ISH paper we simply reply: "This is not nationality
contest but a NEWSPAPER race; let's see who wins
out"
The stupid cry of SPANISH would be passed unnotic
ed here were it for the fact that the Porto Rcan in
charge of this section greatly resents that countrymen OF
his of Spanish ancestors should show nature as mean
their mind is narrow just now things are happening
in this world that give the exact size Of the intelligence
of those chauyinistic sons of-Porto Rico.
Fornstance negotiations have been going for some
time between Panama and the United Staes because OF
a dispute about the limits separating the territory of
that Republic and the Canal Zone. No satisfactory
agreement could be reached and it decided to submit
the matter to arbitration, each country appointing two
Judges and the four judges electng fifth one. The
Panama delegates chose South American, not to the
liking of the United States which suggested the King OF
Spain Of course he found persona gatd by the Pa
namaians he is found by everybody in the world ex
cep perhaps few countrymen of ours, who don't know
the difference between black coffee and green cheese
The King delegated his functions on Mr. Walls Merno
who just happens to be in San Juan at present, his
way from Panama to Spain.
Another piece of news. Max, BurgOmaster of BruS
sels has just cabed King Alfonso the cordial thanks OF
Belgium, for every thing the magnanimous monarch has
done for that unhappy counry since the beginning OF
the War; Indeed, at the Royal Palace in Madrid there
has been in existence since early in the War, great
ganization, whose real should be the Clearing
House of Mercy The King himself has been directing
several hundred clerks Investigating pful complaints
of peoples of all kinds from the contending nations. The
writer has himself letters written by the royal hand
to little girls to widows to miserable beings struck by
the hand of Destiny; and there always from Alfonso
the word of sympathy and promise to do what was hui
manly possibly to relief the suffering to have death SEN
tences committed, to send pecuniary assistance.
Finally, Government, the Government of the Unit
ed States is doing the utmost to cultivate friendly rela
tons with Span it is quite certain that had the War
lasted few months longer, the Allies would have had
another partner in their civlizng mission Read any
American paper and many Spanish papers, and you will
come across information showing how intercourse be-
tween the two countries is drawing them closer Lately
MILLIONS upon millions of American dollars have gone
into Spai and business nowadays is the first step in
cutvating friendship.
And while all these things are going on between the