Show I Spain awl Germany The Impartial published in Madrid I Spain says Wo arc about of equal strength considering our reciprocal situations situa-tions There are at present in the Philippines Philip-pines seven regiments of native troops of six companies each ono sqadron of lancers lan-cers one regiment of artillery and battalions bat-talions of engineers civil guards andcar bineers etc These troops can bo forwarded for-warded very rapidly to the points threatened threat-ened by the Germans Spain also has 135 menofwar earning 462 guns The appropriations for Philippines for both army and navy amaunt to 5751489 francs and that for Spain exceeds 37 millions Tho appropriation for the German Ger-man navy amounts to only 26908395 francs including 10175900 francs for extraordinary ex-traordinary expenses Germany has but 95 menofwar i and furthermore taking into consideration tho privileged situation which Spain is placed in not being exposed to attack by land the conditions are about equal |