Show AMERICA HOULD AID SPAIN spain is passing through an industrial crisis in parts ot the peninsula the farmers are starving and the government Is unequal to abo task of ameliorating their condition an observer says that the cause of all this suffering ast 1st the faulty method of agriculture which has prevailed for centuries the government falling to provide for water storage or irrigation works of any kind fo that when drought comes thera la crop failure and famine bishop of malaga preaching in the cathedral ol 01 madrid denounced the of the rich and declared his willingness jo sell the episcopal bewen to provide food for the starving peasantry that was more than five months ago so the world at large which in the interim has beard only occasional rumors as to the real state of affairs can estimate the amount of suffering that has been silently endured spain although possessing a similar climate is not like southern california over vast areas there is no insurance provided against failure of the rainfall by irrigation works so when the rain falls tho crops tail the cattle starve and die and then men women and children themselves succumb for they are not only dependent on the products of the soil for food but on the labor which agricultural operations afford tor all their other requirements the governor of cadiz has telegraphed that he cannot be held responsible far the peace of the rural districts unless public works be at once inaugurated senor romanones Roma nones the minister of agriculture is doing what he can to supply food to the famine sufferers but admits that the relief will be insufficient and only temporary A public utterance with which ie is credited shows the full gravity of the situation As minister he said 1 I am bound to declare that pun lie order must be maintained but it I 1 were a laborer I 1 should think differ antly he then proceeded to blame the landlords for having systematically opposed the government whenever the latter has tried to carry out a work of general utility but when little children are dying of starvation there is no time to argue over apportioning the blame food first the trial for responsibility may be left until laler it would be a generous act for the united states to lead in offering aid to the starving women and children of spain there is a hatred tor the yankee in the castillan Castl llan heart that can be turned to admiration by this country being first to alleviate the distress |