Deseret Evening News | 1898-04-21 | Page 4 | Vain Spanish Boasting

1AIV MlNIHJI 1IOASTIM1 JUDt 01 the RInlh lgUan wre obaut to IJOarll a trala on whleh to Iav Wohlnglan lor Caada laot evnlng Lieut Da Cnwntha naval attache of the legation requested a representative of the Associated1 Press to tako a statement by him and lay It before the American people In the course of his remarks the Spaniard boastfully deelared that even the le > Blonn of Naiwleon will 400000 men bearing the triumphs of all Europe vvero halted and retired from bpaln af ter those legions had lost botren 200000 and 300000 men Evidently what Is known In hIlat as the Peninsular campaign is hen r ferred toj but ercdlt for the defeat and expulsion from Spain of the ronh army thin Is I due more to the Ingllh than the hpanlsh forces If the IIrlt Ish had not gone to the rescue of lb Dons In great strength Trance would undoubtedly have ttlinil the Castlll kingdom from the map of lluro e Th history of the IHnlntular campaign docs not afford ground for the boast of the retiring Spanish diplomat