Review of reviews and world's work . Italy, from tlie Ger-man capitals and working centers, from the les-ser states, such as Holland and Sweden, andeven from the University of St. Petersburg,comes the same story of indignant protest,stormy meetings, riots, boycott, and savage de-nunciation of clericalism and despotism. It isnatural that the flame should have burnt mostfiercely among the Latin races, partly owingto their more demonstrative temperament andpartly because clericalism is to them still apresent or a very recent danger. But, in reality,the indignation has been no less strong amongour
Review of reviews and world's work . Italy, from tlie Ger-man capitals and working centers, from the les-ser states, such as Holland and Sweden, andeven from the University of St. Petersburg,comes the same story of indignant protest,stormy meetings, riots, boycott, and savage de-nunciation of clericalism and despotism. It isnatural that the flame should have burnt mostfiercely among the Latin races, partly owingto their more demonstrative temperament andpartly because clericalism is to them still apresent or a very recent danger. But, in reality,the indignation has been no less strong amongourselves, who have known that danger only inmild forms or by old memories. Even if wemade light of a Trafalgar Square demonstrationand attempts to threaten the Spanish Embassyas mere turbulence, there would remain thelarge and orderly meetings, the resolutions ofsocieties of every kind throughout the kingdom,and the condemnation of tlie act by all liieimportant newspapers, except those which feel 740 THE AMERICAN REl^IEW OF REl^ FERRER S EXECUTION. King Alfonso (looking at the banners which say : We demand an open trial, We demand freedomof the press j : You stupids, that is the verj rea-son I shot him. Its my business. From the Atitsterdammer (Amsterdam). bound to deride every expression of the popu-lar mind unless it supports the forces of re-action. Great interest naturally attaches to theanswer which the Spanish Government hasto offer to the charge that Ferrer was notgiven a fair trial and that he was condemnedon insufficient evidence, or on no evidenceat all. Senor Alaura, while still Premier,declared that the government had convincingevidence which it would produce. So farit has not been produced. A correspondentto the New York Evening Post, stronglybiased in favor of the clericals and the Span-ish Government, volunteers the informationthat in Spain court-martial, or, as he calls it, the legal military tribunal, is the regu-lar form of administering justice. However,e
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