“…The radiant days of Bilbao, overflowing with imperious good will, prove two points: 1, Basque separatism, like Catalan separtism, has now received a death-blow. …”

“…In exchange for the little gold which the egoism of London left in the blast furnaces of Bilbao, new Spain offers the mines, industries and banks of Biscay a much more vast, noble and useful work than great industrial zones like Bilbao can find in the imperial programme of an ambitious strong nation which is again unfurling its sails for the open sea of history. …”