Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1926-02-10

north or south. Before MANY year.
some aviator will hop clear acrosz
the Pacific at its widest part Tn.
feat Of Franco challenges such an
attempt
The ships of spain disappeared
from the seas recalls the OaI<Ia nj
Tribune. and the possessions OF
Spain left her one by one. As
ration she has had difficult TIM.
made more SO by the World War.
out today she is pulling herself to-,
Sether and in her progress there are
many reasons for an American in
terest. Perhaps this magnificent un-
dertakine Is an indication Of new
vigor in an old country" There is
evidence. according 10 the Pittsburgh
Gazette Times. that the spirit thai
made the Spaniards such daring al.
venturers in the past has not entire
ly departed from the nation while
the Lansing State Journal thinks I'll
Is good sign when SPANS YOUNG
men once more take their place amon-
the gallant. forward looking adven-
turers of the earth.
Only A little less daring than The
venture Of Columbus" in the opinion
of The Detroit News. lis this new OK
plot. The great disCoverer had no
knowledge of what awaited him and
his frail banks. He did not know two
continents lay ahead. Franco knew
the hazards Of his flight. yet il is
venture which cannot fail TO quicken
inc lmaginatlons of those the f7vcr
left behind and of their brothers in
the Americas. The Las Vegas Daily
Optic remarks: Memories of the dc
parture of Columbus from Palos t.
discover the New World. as destin,
would have it, were stirred again
when farewell was said to Comb
Franco and his companions" So also
the Asheville Times notes that the
enterprise was associated with the old
route of Columbus and sponsored hy
the same country that sent the na,i-
gators out in search OF India
Reminiscent Of the glamouroUs
deeds of Cortez. Pizarro and Balboa. =
says the Wichita Beacon. -Four and
five hundred years aGo the Spaniards
were the outstanding explorers and
voracers. The Anglo Saxons invented
and perfected the technique OF avia
ton. and it was an AnClo-SaXon who
first flew across the Atlantic. But the
exploit of the Spaniard Franco Is
gratifying for the sake of rounding
out and reburnishing the history nf
the early gallant attempts to cross the
great deeps." The New York Times
also says of the airmen that their
ancestors OF the fifteenth century in
caraVels did not have more irlagina
ton nor encounter greater perils'
that ''the achievement of Capt. Franc"
places him high on the roll of ad
venturous airmen. and as his plans in
Clude visit Ia Argentina. and later.
perhaps. continuation of his flight
TO the United States. he may yet earn
more glory"
Columbus set sail 500 years ago
recalls the San Bernardino Sun to
seek new lands and new riches for
Spain. Now new explorers set forth
from Spanish soil. using the modern
method of transportation, but they 60
to seek another kind of riches: they
seek Il renewal of the ties that once
bound Spain and her colonies" The
Asbury Park Press promises that
when Comdr. Franco and his com
panions reach the United States on
their return trip to Spain they will he
cordially welcomed and deservedly an
plauded.''
The San Antonio Express believes
that, thanks to Comdr. Fra nco's bril-.
liant flight, Perna mbuco doubtless will
become a much-frequented air port"
and the Express advises the United
States TO seek TO establish aerial
routes 10 South America. or Its trade
will suner." r-------------