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Show 2 THE BEE THE :m Salt Luke City, for trannuiUnlun jeJ at the lWofiko matter. ibroufc'h tbe null, a a$cond-cUi- a Rate of SubacrlptioHt State, Canada or Moilco, onn$2 00 Any part rr. Ktntaifti paid Enu and, Praace, Germany, and all eonntrlaa embraced 2.50 i'i Unirerial 1oaUl Union, one year, poatatre paid the time commeaca 5 at any bee jbacription may during year, (tie Paper la not dmirod beroad the date aubacribed for tlie lublutiera abould be notified by letter, two weeks or more before the terra aspire, pbcentlnuancfs Remember that the rrabliebera must le noti fld by letter when a aubacriber wlanee bis pajer atoppod. All arrears moat Ie paid of tba United SATURDAY, MAY 28, 1898. pomic Tho last of tlio volunteers have gone; some to tho wost, somo to east, all whoro theyll servo tho flag host. Tho darlings of many a homo in Utah aro camping in tho great parado grounds of tho Presidio, whoro tho sound of tho distant breakers lulls thorn to sloop every night, and tho salt air of tho great faces ovory soa fans their morning. They havo gone to exchange t o tender care, companionship and comforts of homo for tho rough life of tho soldier. Tho evening walk with loving friends or sweethearts has given way to tho daily march, march, march, through sand and sago, and an irritating, constant, never-endindrill and drudge from morn till night. But it will make men of the boys, and strengthen those who wore men before. Tlioso to whom a soiled collar or a wrinkled tie was a provocation before, will sleep in the rain, wash their own clothes and make their own bed for awhilo. Those who complained of the steak and turned up the .r noses at the cako at home will bo glad to get tho plain rations of a soldier, and will only call for moro of the same kind. Such an experience is bound to be a benefit. It will temper the mettle in the men. rl hey go to battle for humanity, for they aro men of an advanced civilization philanthropists in the broadest sense. They go because savagery, cruelty and oppres-- , sion are abhorrent to them. They go to uphold the honor of America and the dignity of American citizenship, to teach the people of the earth that American sailors may not be assassinated with impunity. Blessings be upon them, and we hope that when their duty has been done, and their country needs them in distant lands no longer, that they may return in health and strength to the homes their going leaves sun-browne- d g . so desolate. But if it is not to be if some are demanded as a sacrifice if fate decrees that some shall not return then our dead shall be dearer to us than the living of any other land. Their names shall be embalmed in history, carven in stone, and the people of this grateful government will remember them in love each year thereafter, and their loved ones will not be allowed to suffer in want. These consolations this republic offers its citizens, its defenders. No other nation does it. Utah expects good reports from all her sons native and adopted who go to the remote corners of the earth for the cause of humanity, to plant the banner of modern enlightenment whoro the barbarity of a past civilization 1ms hold sway too long already. Utah is proud of her hoys in blue. Slio is glad to see them act so nobly, and to hoar thorn spoken of so highly as they outer other statos. Ilor eyes are misty and hor throat is full, but with hopoful heart sho sends thorn to whom the buglo calls, bidding them faro-wel- l and looking forward to their safe, triumphant, glorious roturn. That thoro is altogether too much Plitics in this war is a generally admitted fact. Ward heelers without military training aro being made colonels and brigadier generals, whilo competent men aro being snubbod and sent to tho rear. It is quite generally that this is tho reason why such confusion and uttor lack of ordinary business methods havo marked our war movements thus far. Still thoro is a class of shouters who think McKinley can do no wrong. Thoy aro ready to approvo every move ho makes in advance. Tho Provo Enquirer is one of these organs, and from it wo clip tho following: The war has paralyzed politics, and Deweys victory has knocked out Bryans receipts. If tho war is as successfully terminated as it has commenced, President will bo reassured. McKinleys Ho has so far proven himself a great strategist as well as a great statesman. The editor of tho Enquirer is McKin-loy- s appointee as postmaster of his town. So of course he is expected to yell for McKinley, but to call him a statesman or strategist must have been a hard dose. bo-liovo- re-electi- How little we know in spite of our boasted freedom of the press, cheap literature and free schools! Let us learn from Spain, our discoverer, our continental John the Baptist, as it were. The Imparcial is one of the leading newspapers of Spain. As its name indicates it is the fairest of all that support the government. From all accounts it represents the education and general political wisdom of the country. Its editor is a Spanish scholar and aids in moulding Spanish sentiment. Editorially the Imparcial remarked in a late issue: It is a fact well known to all European statesmen that only by means of armed force stationed in the late confederate states has the Washington government been able to preserve the semblance of peace. Even now the new generation of the confederacy is but waiting for the word to revolt When war is declared General Lee, who has been kicked out of Cuba by Governor-Genera- l Blanco, will raise the standard of revolt in the old southern confederacy. This Lee is the same Lee who of the civil war in was general-in-chie- f 1850 to 1855, and whose surrender to General Lincoln in the year broke the revolution. His acts at Havana were for the purpose of plunging the government into war with the Kingdom of Spain, at which time he and his followers would last-name- d d Another riso against Souor Mackindloy. Spanish paper, El Dlario, truthfully says: It will no doubt surprise our readers to learn that tho yankeo President, Magginly, is a naturalized Chlnamon, having beou born in Canton. Hero aro somo other amusing oditorials from tho loarned newspapers of Spain: El Heraldo do Madrid: All tho troops of tho Yankees aro in tho far Western part of tho country, many thousand miles from tho Atlantic coast. Thoro are only a few thousand mon all told, and they aro and and not willing to fight. To utilizo this fofco it will bo necessary to bring it to tho Eastern soaboard. There is but qno railway by which it can bo transported, and that is an old an affair. At ono placo this railroad ill-pai- ill-fe- d d, poorly-con-structo- il passes over Niagara Falls, a cataract 1,100 feet high, near Labrador. At last accounts tho bridge at this place was in a very dangerous condition. It need supriso no ono to learn that somo agency had mado it still more so. It would servo the hateful pigs of Yankees right if their miserable army was thus drowned. El Pais: The country is not fit to live in. The climate is execrable. When it ia not sleeting or snowing the heat is almost unbearable. Avalanches are frequent at all times, and these threaten the principal cities. As for the people, besides tho fow whites engaged in business along the eastern shore, the remainder of the country is one vast plain, covered with Indians called cowboys, and great herds of roaming cattle. El Tiempo: Word has just been re- ceived that the Indians are rising against the Yankees in Illinois, Ohio and other places. The farmers are petitioning the government to protect them from the blood-thirstsavages, who are burning houses and killing on every side. Troops are asked for at Colorado, in the state of Denver, and at St. Louis (San Luis) in Missipa. News is brought to us that Buffalo Bill, a notorious outlaw and leader of a band of has arisen against the American government, and is burning towns near his birthplace in New York. y half-breed- s, Following is a Spanish report of the engagement in Manila bay: Spanish squadron victorious, losing two wooden vessels. Americans lost five fine steel vessels. From the very beginning the Yankees were impotent to resist the attack of the Spaniards. Finally the Spanish squadron, aided by the forts at Cavite, which threw thousands of projectiles, succeeded in forcing back the Yankees and putting them to flight, the Juan de Austria being damaged and another vessel burned. The American squadron was forced to withdraw from Philippine waters after having suffered serious damage and losses. Admiral Bermejo, minister of marine, has expressed his great satisfaction and has sent congratulatory telegrams to all the Span- - |