Historical Newspapers of South Carolina

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SPAIN MA? PROVE A SECOND RUSSIA * A. r <N i. n_ _ ? n.:?i. country deems 10 oe uu dhhk ui Plunging Into State of Tunnoil. . HARDEST HIT OF NEUTRALS r iKing Has Lost His Popularity and Is k Hissed When He Appears in < Public?Three Parties Are Pro-Ally. ~~ New ' York.?Unfortunate Spain?a tew citizens fabulously enriched and the mass of the population bitterly impoverished by the war, her banks so surfeited with gold that the yellow metal is at a discount and her people mostly going without sufficient to eat ?seems to keep international observers here on the brink of plunging into a state of disorderly turmoil like that recently witnessed in Russia. The sanguinary events of the world & war distract attention from king ai* fonso XIII's country. But history is being made there, which in normal times would fill the front pages of the newspapers and be the principal topic of discussion here from the tea table to the cabinet room. Spain is probably the hardest hit by the war of all the nations except those actually in the conflict. In the 'early part of the war the agitation k between pro-ally and proGerman t. groups was looked upon as a possible 9. source of trouble, but this internat tional question is now overshadowed I by a multitude of internal maladies j| any one of which would ordinarily be B considered of major importance. ' Alfonso Is Hissed. Alfonso, the athletic young king, has lost his former popularity. He is hissed in the theater and stays away from polo games because of anticipated disagreeable hostile demonstrations. This is because he is blamed for the series of impotent governments which battle weakly and ineffectually against the nation's multiplying difficulties. But Alfonso is no kaiser. He is as much at the mercy of the conflicting political- currents -- *-1- 1- J _ TT J * tc as 1115 SUUJtJClS. jau?c?U, IK. 13 -prerogative of a king's subjects to iblame him for everything that hap:pens. Mail dispatches received here describe the labor disorders In Spanish cities, which have resulted in several ^ hundred deaths, as likely to increase rather than diminish. Perhaps this Is the most serious of the dangers threatening Alfonso today. The radical workmen, to be compared with tfce Bolshevik! of Petro^ n T?CA nf OQKA_ glitU, QIC Jiuisuiu^, ci v.uuiot wi otiw . tage and destruction in an effort to intimidate the authorities. But the outbreaks in different cities appear to have little eonnection and the move' ment is not well organized. Whatever ftower The workingmen's revolution has arises from the fact that it costs two and a half times as much to live in Spain as it did before the war, while wages, contrary to the experience in most other countries, have remained stationary or actLually decreased. ^ Many lines of profitable manufacVirtT-z-s -f<-v / ?Ti\eo IioMiicfl t)ioi r ;? luwiig iia?c uau u> . i avuu^ i?v w markets in the Teutonic countries P and in Russia have been cut off I by war lin^s and because England, } France and Italy are stringently limiting importations. In a few Itnes the "r entente allies have demanded all Spain could produce and have made mer| ' chants and manufacturers wealthy beyond their wildest dreams. But these exceptions have not relieved ihe gen' eral situation. Army Its Own Master. The army so far lias proved dep able when set to the ta*k of putting down .the revolutionary workingmen. But Spain's army is almost self-governing, as r sywas for many weeks last spring, before Kerensky was able to use the spectre of defeat by Germany to restore discipline. Every army corps and smaller unit has, it appears, a council oi cerense. This is especially representative the nonc< 'umissioned officers and co?: :issiont ;< officers of lower grade, who ; ->1 themselves ill-treated by the bmv;y.craey at Madrid. It will be re^ mothered that in the "array crisis of ;! few weeks ago the officers were aW % to foree the release of their leadrs who had been thrown into fortress t prisons. The array trouble is not setr tied. The officers demand technical i changes in organization, more pay, and I less favoritism in promotions. A third clearly defined source of f trouble is the separatist movement in Catalonia. The Catalans speak a different language from the people of Madrid. It might "op described .is midway between French and Spanish, as Catalonia lies between France and the SviMin Thp Crttjihin is insult 1<TC<1 V-i. K.t .v... _ ed if cal!<nl a Spaniard?"Catalan" is what ho likes as a designation of nationality. The province of Catalonia is the wealthiest, most prosperous and most progressive in the country. Its capital, Barceionn. is the center and hotbed ol most revolutionary movements ^ in Spain. Most of iis people would r leather be part of France than of Spain. They hv-lieve :i hiuel:..';:"id, inciirably antique prowrnmcnt at Madrid is preventing their taking a place with the- most advanced peoples on the globe. ; other* Spanish provinces would also 1'ke to break away from the Madrid government, perhaps partly In imitation of Catalonia, but more on account of what differences in race, language, manners and habits of thought. These three causes of trouble mentioned are easy for a foreigner to understand. But when the untutored American comes to plunge into the in tricacies of Spanish political porno*, constantly dividing., changing *their platforms and making now alliances, the head swirls. Three Parties Pro-Ally. At the present moment the socialists, republicans and reformist*, making up the so-called "Block of the Left." are combined. Until the recent internal troubles became paramount tViio "hl/iAb" woe r>r?nr?<in(rnjin** its pf forts on throwing Spain Into the war as an entente ally. Spain's grievances against the Germans are almost exactly like the United States?continued outrages on undefended merchant ships by the U-boats. Not to go into all the maze of details, one may say in general that the conservatives, the clericals, the high army officers and the leaders of the old aristocractic families favor Germany. But there are notable exceptions to the general rule that the aristocrats favor Germany,, one being the Duke of Alba, whose family has been famous in history for centuries. 1,v>? WrifT himoalf la haliarod tn 1 <30fl J-11C IHUiOtli. iO vv, toward the entente. His consort. Ena, Is British through and through. In , fact, she has incurred some unpopular- ' ity by failure to conceal her preference for England to Spain. But what the king may do matters little. High officers in the government at Madrid is confined to a group of about a thousand men, bureaucrats no less stupid if not so brutal as those of the czar. Cabinet follows cabinet i?? on An/llacc -r?-<2>ot*vmnor rnund C'h Ill till CUUiCCO, II 11-J, .V/UVAV.. one is destined to failure from the start, because of the brainless hidalgos in positions of importance, if for no other reason. Thus, unhappy Spain stumbles on. She is. buffeted by blasts from all directions. The Spaniard is a natural revolutionary. There seems little likelihood of a solution of the coun try's troubles?little chance that any sort of a firm, strong central government will take control and lead the people in the ways of a modern prosperous democracy. ( Carlists Also a Danger. Unusual as it would seem in these days, Spain may even witness conflicts over the crown. The Carlists are very strong. Most of the proGerman conservatives are Carlists. They favor the claims to the throne of Don Jaime of Bourbon, Duke of Madrid, only son of the late Don Car1 u ~ 1{*t?cs of TTVnhcrlnrf in IU5. IIU JJU >v 11IV.O C*?. A. ivuwuv.., Austria, and is entirely identified with the German party in that country. One thing is quite certain. Alfonso would fight for his throne. He would not yield weakly to force?whether offered by the Carlists or by any other of the many pofentially hostile parties or combinations. He would not < climb down in trembling, silent impo- ' tence, like Nicholas Romanoff. He is a soldier and -a real one. But Alfonso might bow to reason, where force would not avail. In a light moment he offered once to run 1 as candidate for Spain's fir^t president should the people desire a republic. Yot Spnin's troubles are too deep * m an-! to invoivea to ne casr 'ml <v:th n change of constitution. What ' n-onlrt help her most is thp ending of the great war. If the war goes on Spain's woes appear certain to increase. t ViOLin USED TO CATCH FISH 3i;t !t Is Mot the Lure of Music Thai Lands Therr??Wew Fish Vsrn. iMacon. Mo.?"Tlvy have a ncw vx-nnkle for catching fish at Elimv. and ir is wonderful the In civ (hey have." Alva Willor.uhhy, circuit clcrl:, re *wapp?nc: expentMirrs at UKv \ " : >u?e. "Abcwr fifteen of us pitched camp or a lake north of town uivl f>.rtn set lines across ziirzasr. like (\ ; * ;;magi cheats, you know. VTiier. rII was ready the fiduler sat on r 1 ; pir.y^d 'The Arkansaw Traveler' and other classics. And you ought to have seen the fish come in! By noon we had more than the party ^ nM ant Thpv ip]i me thev always take a fiddler along when they go fishing up there." ^ ; 4*I see," County Clerkk Sears said. "The nmsic cnarms them, and they go Mindly toward it and are caught on * the lines." "Xot exactly," Willoughhy replied, j "You see, we put the musician at the j other end of the lake and in paddling to get away from the noise the fish 1 run into the hooks." RAZOR SLIPS, CUTS HIS KNEE ; Unusual Accident is Easily Explained When the Factc in the Case Are Known. ; * i New York.?The clerk at one of the big hotels here wondered what the trouble was when a tall Scot from .Australia.- who was stopping- at the hoM. told him that he wanted some court plaster, because his razor had slipped and ripped his skin. The Scot's face was freo of blemish. "Oli," explained the Scot, "I was shav- . ! l'^AA " Hill ;mu <*Ul III* Mire. , "1 never know ir could be pulled ; tliiit hisch,'' sai<? the clt-rk. - ^ "You're wro?:?," replied the visitor. ] :'I was invited to n Caledonian party, ' and. deslrinjc to wear my dress kilts, \ I was shavin? my knew. as I always j do when I attend such a function." lm i HER PHILOSOPHY OF LIFE:' ^ Lesson Seen for the Weary World in the Invariable Ending of Little i ] Three-Year-Old's Stories. A writer in the Atlantic Monthly described, some months ago, a little ! ni>rsnn nf snmp thrPA vpnrs; who was i e * w ? - . ? insatiably fond of stories. When there . was no one to tell them to her she j made them up herself. The writer j was impressed with the invariable end Ins of these stories, which was al- ; ways, "'And him went home to him's ! muvver.'" "Bears, lions, timers, even i elephants and crocodiles pass through ; the most agitating and unusual adven- ! ture, but in the end they all go home i to their mother." And the writer adds \ that this is an astonishing bit of wiS- j dom to be evolved by a person of uircf. . There have been ninny pretentious philosophies of life offered us these last few years, and It may take some of us no little time to eoine down to one so modest. But the signs are thickening fast that the whole world, disappointed with its grand policies and enfeebled with its philosophies, is beginning to long for something like this. It may be a blow to one's pride, but the greatest philosophy of life has long since been stated. "When he came to himself he said. I will arise and go to my father."?The Sunday School Times. . ; DUo I UN 1KAUIIIUN IS HII Bespectacled Schoolboy for Which Hub Has Been Known Throughout j v Country, Is Almost Extinct. I Another Boston tradition was shattered when Dr. William H. Devine, director of medical inspection in the Boston schools, reported to the school board that 85 per cent of the pupils now in school have normal vision. j The bespectacled Boston schoolboy, one of the sacred traditions of the Hub, respected everywhere else, is no longer honored at home. He has become almost extinct like tne messenger ooy who quotes Browning. Even the fad for tortoise shell rim glasses of the style that grandfather used to wear and which were supposed to give Bostcnians who wore them that owllike look of wisdom, could produce only 6,036 bespectacled children out of a total of 89.179 examined. It looks, on the face of the report as if staid old Puritan Boston was cutting loose from all her honored traditions and going in for athletic, red-blooded, healthy boys and girls. Doctor Devine reported that out of a total of 89,179 pupils examined, 75, 162 had normal vision. He also reported that out of a total of 89.108 pupils whose hearing was tested 87.331 had nonr.nl hearing in both ears. Only 376 pupils suffered from both defective vision and hearing. * i i , ? Soldiers Fool Bootblacks. Three invalid soldiers in wheel chairs propelled themselves rapidly through a crowded railway station here to a bootblack stand and demanded that their shoes be shined in a hurry. Three bootblacks rushed for ward, pulled aside the coats tnrown over the laps cf the solders, and found that two of the men had no le^s. while i he third had only one. The soldiers laucrhed uproariously, the crowd joininir in the demonstration of mirth.? 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R j | Telephcre M- . .J-f.-V't Kx:??^.?~ '-?1|?r i jl J; An Ambition and J I; 'pHE needs of the Soutii rire Ider I jj of the Southern P.aihvay: tLc ;.:jwth : f I, t!i^ upi. u:!~ of the o'.Lc'. f. Vj * The S '_ : cra r.ailr.?y s-fcs no farcrs/ ^ accorded ; :> others. \< *" i The r.TTibition of the Southern Railway / J unity of interest that is borr. of co-opcratio f - the railroads; to sec perfected that fair aid fr f meu: i>f railroads which in>:tr-s the cc:i ? .... :? TV r.( trrr.rr V f afcncics; xo mn/.c uiai iiuv...,., .. I obtain thr additional capital needed for tL *t I enlarged facilities incident tothe demand i scrvice; and, finally? S To take its niche in the body politic c / other jfreai industries, with no more, bul * ) rights and ei]ual opportunities. u The Southern Serves iisSSB f Southern "Rail *.. . sTS IF DESIRED A P ted one- ||j ped the 'wk mg rear ||| ervation yjk e newest ||| cars# lH ger?the Wl ndshield vMk graceful, ||| a figure If greatest wk " I = ( I any, . 4 - IERCHANTSJ]\ orders in Cigars. Cigar- 8 ls ablets, Pencils, Paper |j wholesale prices. i ^COMPANY | TVo. IT. MI* -w. a-? i iiwi ?im'inv?flao rn3SBtM?;*; :' * ?.i I ?:?* WjT*: vr-r^^TOfrL-xascicarr* . 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