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Show Sympathy of Spain - . Former Premier Make Declaration; j- Violation of Neutrality, Not ' Intended i f Madrid via Paris, April 19. "Silence "Si-lence at present Is a crime,' for. If ;w alt' until tho moment o victory to show our sympathy for, th'S victor, ltlH probable wjjgjiall bo too lato," Wns tho assertion mado. vby, gount AlVaro do Ilomanonos, former premier prem-ier of Spain in speaking ,to a larg audlonce at Talma, caplta , oftho Halearlc Isle's. Ho i6lnted 'out tliat Spain's forolgn policy slnco tho Cartagena Car-tagena ngreoment In 1907 has '.'been more nnd moro favorablo to tho triple tri-ple entonto. "Tho present hours are so grno nnd Important," said the former premier, pre-mier, "that it Is necessary for Spain to mako a solemn declaration. Without With-out violating our neutrality wo must sny who among tho belligerents wo consider our friends." Count Homanones's address was en thuslastically cheered by his henrers, Tho speaker Bald among other things, that tho government wag obliged ob-liged to bo silent on tho subject but that men not In power could dcclnro that Tnnglcrs was n national aspiration aspira-tion and that tho futuro of Spain wns in tho Mediterranean, whllo the futuro of Portugal was In America. At tho same tlmo Count Itomanonos Itoman-onos was speaking at Palma, Premier Prem-ier Dato delivered an address In Bar-colonla, Bar-colonla, in which ho appealed to the peoplo to aid tho government In, tho difficult task of defending its Inter est. Tho Cartagena agreement was a triple understanding reached between Great Britain, Franco and Spain following fol-lowing n visit of the lato King Edward Ed-ward to Cartagena in 1907. Tho agreements between Spain nnd Great Uritain and Spain nnd Franco wero distinct, although following tho samo lines. Great Britain's clilof Interest In tho agreement was in tho removal of any causo for uneasiness In j ro-gard ro-gard to tho possibility of a land! attack at-tack on Gibraltar, Spain for tho first time, recognizing her right to hold tho peninsula. Spain, on tho oUior hand, benefited by having a strong power gunrnntoo her positions lntho Canary Islands and tho MedltcrVan pan, including tho Dalparic Islands. No attempt was mado by GerSnany' to conceal Its Irritation at tho1 con-' elusion of tho agreement, for It, was, felt that Its chief aim probably was tho further Isolation of that country. |