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Thus when Vicente Blasco Ibanez, a writer of ability, but of little depth, attacks the King of Spain, his plot is doubtless fodder for the cinema kings. Beyond that it need not be taken seriously. The attack was delivered and much was made of it in the daily press. Said Blasco...
...republican. The King business has been a bad business for Spain." The "King business" is a favorite expression of The World. Because the Prince of Wales is "entirely composed of prestige"-a statement far from the truth-the "King business" ought to be wound up. Because Ibanez is seen as "the greatest of all Spaniards"-an absurd contention-the "King business" in Spain ought to be wound up. A critic said: "Such childish logic disguises Liberalism with bigoted reaction. Republicanism may fit new countries ; but, for those with hundreds of years of tradition behind them, it is utter folly. Compare...
...wings of the stage. He intends now to recover his stellar role by leading a new crusade against Spanish military despotism. The present foe is not the Hun, but the repressive Directory headed by General Primo de Rivera. It is against this hydra of temporal and intellectual enslavement that Ibanez is trying to arouse universal indignation...
...convince a world iddled with the evils and inconsistencies of popular government of the already flagrant crimes of Rivera's dictatorship, will not be difficult, but, for the while at least, moral indignation is exhausted, and it is doubtful whether any crusading zeal will spring up in response to Ibanez's call...
Vicente Blasco Ibanez, famed Spanish author: "Back from a world tour, I arrived in Paris, wrote a two-column newspaper story of my impressions, dismissed America in two lines. Said I: 'We crossed the United States at top speed. Banquets here, banquets there, newspapers, speeches, toasts, con-racts-then Japan...