. St Andrew's College Review, Easter 1916. ormed by all the liberal persons who have broken with the past andwish to see Spain completely changed. All the Left parties, frommoderate Liberals to Socialists, are anti-German, and in thespeeches of their leaders can be seen a strong sympathy for theallied cause. Most of theni say that had the country been pre-pared, our duty to Spain should be to fight Germany. ST. ANDREWS COLLEGE REVIEW 31 Their principal arguments are these : France—the demo-cratic champion of Europe, who gave to the world the FrenchRevolution that liberated Europe from so much
. St Andrew's College Review, Easter 1916. ormed by all the liberal persons who have broken with the past andwish to see Spain completely changed. All the Left parties, frommoderate Liberals to Socialists, are anti-German, and in thespeeches of their leaders can be seen a strong sympathy for theallied cause. Most of theni say that had the country been pre-pared, our duty to Spain should be to fight Germany. ST. ANDREWS COLLEGE REVIEW 31 Their principal arguments are these : France—the demo-cratic champion of Europe, who gave to the world the FrenchRevolution that liberated Europe from so much tyranny—mustwin, in order that her ideas shall go on leading civilization. Thesystem of government of the winner no doubt will prevail inEurope, and of course they prefer the English individualisticDemocracy to the German State control. France and Englandalways helped our Liberal Government against the reactionaryrisings. There is a community of ideas between all the Latincountries, and these are now fighting Germany, whose ideals are. Getting Ready opposed to our Latin ideals. When Napoleon tried to conquerSpain, Spaniards, English and Portuguese fought side by side inmany a battle, and in a great degree, thanks to the English help,we saw ourselves free from French domination before othercountries. Our commerce is much greater with England and France thanwith Germany, and our foreign policy since Napoleons fall hasbeen closely related to Englands. The violation of Belgium of course had a bad effect in Spainand lowered very much the German prestige. Afterwards thedemolition of monuments, the burning of Louvain, the destructionof the Rheims Cathedral, and other horrors, weakened very muchthe pro-German party. 32 ST. ANDREWS COLLEGE REVIEW Many people in Spain asked for and adopted Belgian orphans,and subscriptions for the relief of Belgium were opened in theprincipal cities and towns. A Belgian minister of the Crown, M. Carton de Wiart, camewith a special embassy to thank Sp
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