Show sp spain al n cou could ld not be allies friend no ono one could bo be surprised that spain preserved a strict neutrality ija the great struggle of armageddon the historical barriers between maln baan and the allied and associated powers were not to bo be surmounted the deepest bitter memory of the spaniard 1 Is the napoleonic invasion and tile the agony of the peninsular war even after a hundred years there could be no unity of sentiment between france and spain gibraltar enough it a faded causo cause of irritation still plays a part in spanish thought but the real hatred was for the united states and the final loss losa of the last remnants of the spanish colonial empire left all in aching vold void in the breasts of a proud race tile aristocracy were pro german the middle classes antl anti french As the icing said only I 1 and the mob are for or the allies the best that could be hoped for was that spain should be neutral in tile the struggle and certainly she prospered by her abstention from it winston church III in Co colliers lifers |