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Show ALFONSO OPEHS SPANISHCORTES, ICinj Afiinxn Belief, in the LeafiM of Nations MADRID, Jed. -The''relatlon be-tvMn be-tvMn rlpeJrt and Spanish America Wfrt prominent In King Alfonso speech at the opening of the cortes Tuesday. Tha king said. In part: J "Those deep eurrerita af affeetlon al- I ray existing between flaaln and the Bpanlah-Amerlren republic had occasion occa-sion to manifest themselves splendidly and graciously In connection -with the special missions which Kpeln aent to Chile to commemorate tha dlacoTery ef the strait of Magellan and In conjunction con-junction with our warships' visit to the American littoral. "Practical confirmation of the friendship exlatlna; between the pen plea of our race waa given by the postal pos-tal convention at Madrid In November, Novem-ber, and tha Joint work realized In tha sessions of the league of nations at Oeneva for recognition of our language." lan-guage." The kina;, referring to tha Object of the league of aationa, aald he believed In the humanitarian alma of tha league and waa confident It would be able to prosecute them. The -Moroccan situation, he eeJd. had ahown enormous advances In recent re-cent months. H announced the reform of the military organization of Ppain, whereby- servjre in the rank would be TJ ' duced to two years and maximum efficiency effi-ciency sought. |