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Show DUEINNEW YORK London, June 26. A delayed dispatch dis-patch from Madrid to the Daily Telegraph Tele-graph says that a German submnrlno Is due to arrive in New York on Sunday, Sun-day, Juno 25, with n message from President Wilson, "thereby surpassing the feat of the U-35, which carried a lettor to King Alfonso." Vienna, June 25, via Berlin and Copenhagen. Extraordinary interest has been aioused throughout the central cen-tral empires by the appearance from a mysterious unknown harbor at Car-tngena, Car-tngena, Spain, of the Gorman U-boat "35" with dispatches from the Ger-rann Ger-rann emperor to the king of Spain It appears that the submarine dls-patchoB dls-patchoB worn received with great acclaim ac-claim by the Spanish populace, a fact that was telegraphed here with great satisfaction. The interest of the Germnnio peoples peo-ples in the attitude of the Spanish sovorcign is further indicnted by the satisfaction with which was received here the report of the declaration made-- yesterday by King Alfonso to his representative at Budapest. The king emphasized the fact that Spain had, In the midst of the greatest difficulties, diffi-culties, successfully observed the strictest neutrality, with the object of ultimately attaining its position of being be-ing useful to all parties to tho contest in the approach to peace. The royal sentiment, which is indicative of the desire of Spain to become, after the war, a uniting bond between the belligerents, bel-ligerents, Is Interpreted here as evidence evi-dence of the large statesmanlike outlook out-look now dominating Spanish politics. Spain has good reasons to congratulate congrat-ulate herself on her unwavering maintenance main-tenance of neutrality, seeing that the I peseta, which, during the last twenty years, has been the "hun' dawg" of European currency, Is now at 22 per cent premium, compared with the French franc, and 7 per cent over the American dollar, so the Bank of Spain is now in a position to import gold from the United States. Practically one-fourth of the Spanish Span-ish indebtedness abroad has been extinguished ex-tinguished since the beginning of the war. The use of U-35 as a king's messenger messen-ger and especially the bearer of hospital hos-pital supplies opens startling vistas to the imagination of the nations cut off from communication with their embassadors embas-sadors abroad and deprived of Red Cross materials. oo |
