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...Excellency Alfonso, Marques de Merry del Val,* Spanish Ambassador to the Court of St. James's, Chamberlain to King Alfonso of Spain, irate, took up his pen, wrote to the Sphere, London illustrated weekly, denied that Spain is decadent; answered an "arrant tissue of airy inventions" made previously in that periodical by one Mme. Bordeux on behalf of Vincente Blasco Ibanez, "notorious" Spanish novelist...
...politician he is of no account. His lack of authority is such that one marvels how the Sphere, a responsible publication, if a periodical de luxe, has found space for this scurrilous travesty of a country whose dynasty is closely related to that of Great Britain, whose governments, even during the most trying period of the Great War, behaved loyally and nobly to your nation, whose people are as sincerely attached to yours as any on earth...
...inspiration resulting from the radiation of those fine and noble purposes which should actuate every schoolteacher and college professor. I cannot conceive of a woman threatening boycott even on such illusive provocation. But fear not. Her veiled threat that she will make enemies for TIME throughout her limited sphere of influence will, if put into effect, produce results which will react contrary to her expectations and very much to your advantage...
...even on our sphere...
...Premier: (after rehearsing the background and the bill at length) : "... The Government's mandate for introducing this bill was tha General Strike. . . . Things have drifted too far. The activities of the trade unions are shifting from the industrial to the political sphere, in which some of them are controlled by the Communist party...