The Washington herald., 1922-10-12

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postal employees. who resent this
governments Intention to spend
millions OF pesetas to carry q hand
full Of letters.
As for IN, commercial congress
Sanchez Guerra, premier Of the mo-
ment. spoke of the scheme as the
forerunner OF periodic Spanish
American congresses to be he'd sue
cessively in various countries. The
plan would include permanent
bureau (which could intervene as
mediator. free from pzrtiaIity. and
commission, also permanent,
charged with convOking and direct
ing the congresses and controllinz
the bureau"
In other words. Spain would at
tempt what we have been doing for
years in the Pan-American Union
Sanchez Guerra further stat ID tina.
the organization Of national force
in America. and thence in the Phil
ippines. should rise from its true
natural source: the Spsniards the
located, whose potential valse the
whole country recognizes"
Celebrate Columbus Day.
Spanish officials. OF both the po-
litical and comm ercfaI sections. Will
be present throughout tre congress
which will last from arch 81 a
April 16. Treaty making with
South America will be discussed.
The idea OF Spanish-S South
American approachment is old
Thirty years ago the Spanish Count
OF Nilana fitted out a private ShiT
with Spanish products and cruised
along the South American coasts
object propaganda. For decade,
Spanish merchants in America and
South American students in Spair
have kept alive the traditions OF
kindred. To the cultured South
American. Spain is forever IN,
HOMELAND. whose slowness he con.
dones for the sake OF her gloriou,
past. Then. too, the Spanish mer.
chant from overseas returns TO hi,
native village and celebrates th'
Fiesta de 10 RaIa (the holiday oi
the raceD. which falls on October
le. Columbus Day. Particularly IN
Madrid this is a big event. viii
speeches forecasting Spanish,
American union.
There are some touches Of bur,
lesQue in connection with the ambi
tious schemes of the pan-Spaniar ris
They can't build their pan-Spanisl
university in Spain without offend
ing Nalladolid. Madrid or SeyiHs
which claim the honor on ground,
OF history. pre-eminence and beauty
espsctively. And Barcelona. {,
which the government granted I
subsidy for a pan-Spanish electrIca
congress. devoted the sum TO layinI
out for itself one OF the finest park
in Europe. with nothing electrica
but the park lights.
Exposition I'm 1925.
Still the government is pianninI
! its exposition IN 1925 on gran,
scale. Many striking buildings ar,
air eady constructed at Sevilla, an,
the government is subsidizing no
only the exposition but the prelimi
nary commercial congress.
Thus is Spain. now a third-clas
/ power. planning to work her wa,
back to the first rank. Her cours
may lie athwart the pan-American
! 'SAh "hlA w set dS our lOe
so think many Spaniards. How
then are we regarded? We ars no
Americans in Spain. We are Nortl
Americans. You are always $.
right on this point. the American
bsins the Arsentinans. Chilean,
etc. The latter. too. are not Latil
but spanish
Certain newspapers in Madri,
maintain a South American cabl
service at great expense. and the,
dote on alleged atrocities by tn
Marines in Ssnto Domingo and ol
Harding's announcemet regardini
Philippine Independence. There {
wealthy man in Madrid who pay
the newspapers from his owr
pocket to run Santo Domingo pic
lures, and anything else that show
how the greedy "Yanquis" are mis-
treating and EobbIing up the Iittl
republics. Then. on the other hand
there is a naturalized American O
Spanish blood who has started
counter campaign-likewise wit
( his own funds. The two wage
merry little war in the Madrl
press.
| Turns Back on Europe.
why has Spain. with clev.
King, a sound peasantry and a
army OF over 100000. turned he
back on the rest OF Europe? @Th
Pyrenees no longer eNisti' erie,
Louis XIV when he thought he ha
annexed Spain by a royal marriage
But today they seem thu most ef
fective barrier TO an interchange n
ideas in Europe. Reparations. con
| stantinople, Ireland are treate,
lightly by Spanish newspapers in
few words: even Morocco 10 slight
ed. while the bull fights take
page. In fact. interest in the pan
! Spanish scheme is restricted TO "a
authors. a meager minority. No
body else in Madrid can tel yor
much about IL. The thing is too IA
from home.