Show ss Y I t I I I THE A Amm I Is R lta Uncle Sams Prompt and Vigorous Vigor-ous Measures For Making the I I mld cha her Stirring Slogan 1 a Reality fan VII 11teI < opyrlhlI l Tam i There can be I no doubt from what T-am Uncle Ham has already so thoroughly one1o < performed In I I Ills mork of castlgatlon oC Ir a set of beings whose principal military method line been to starve women And I ithod children when not engaged In more ch despicable practices that the cry of Onto Ice On-to Cuba I has met with ready nequ But conco from the hearts of an onlhuslas jo tic people who have so unitedly upheld cot him In hs I purposes They are only too pie willing ttf do more for there Is 1 almost wt An a universal feeling that never before Into In-to the worlds history was there such a Oil jut cause for an aggressive movmnt aC or more sufficient reasun for Stern ua I relenting punishment Cr On to Cuba has been the wnrcry of ofthe people of the United Htatesthe merchillit the farmer the minor the Lic plOwb the clerk I the soldier Stitt the In I elvlJ1anwhaler er It may have been In I t ccW the more reserved And diplomatic phrn W ecology I of the government Lot us I VI hasten they have said to end that ltP or reign of barbarous despotism of cruelty 1 1 I tt to helpless females that but bery and IC i c 1 diabolism which have been In reality a tt r1k ri al condemnation bf the virility and Intelligence ITII H tl Intelli-gence of the great cl llzlng facto of h the westcrnhemlsphcre known as the I United States of America t And the I means are Iw oour army Is and navy our twba dogs of war The I latter can continue to bombard and lay In ruins the fortifications I and defenses i I r of the ports of entry and under cover of that fire though It Is I not always t necessity armed bodies of men way i IF bo landed to combat with the mllltar force Spain I has on the Island This Is I J not a necessity because after the de Btructlon forts and Inferior defense t t grandiloquently termed castles no < 4 military body would appear on the coast iI I line to obstruct the debarkation of sol t dlers so long as a powerful fleet was I within gun range to guard the trans I partatton of men to the shore Again our troops may land In sheltered shel-tered bays as suits their purposes tar trom any frowning citadel or gloomy fortress which Is I more forbIdding In exterior ex-terior than dangerous as a mean of attack I 0 at-tack There Is neither desire nor Intention I upon tire part r our military authorities I authori-ties to lay waste the towns or cities of tott f Cuba Jt will not be done except In II such cases where It may be absolutely VJ 1 necessary and It Is I not even conjectured l r conjec-tured that that will bo probable They contain too many noncombatants IrJ 41t I 1 RtarvlngfcCubins II And residences of foreigners Irj for-eigners to render such a proceeding advisable rty W v1sab even If the dictates ot humanity ift n1ot ol fnu d I it serve no an Intervening motile Then many commercial Interests nf I feeling us are Involved A large portion di por-tion of Cardenas belongs to Americans There Is perhaps unknown to some an I Immense amount of valuable property millions In total throughout Cuba Owned J own-ed bT native born American citizens AmonR more than a hundred Individ note In New York city Alone who have Invested money In Cuba there Is one I who has expended 800000 In planta tons and 1 sugar houses the latter now I In ruin though tho Spanish govErn mont has i kept a platoon of soldier on his property and charged him for their uppprt This Is their pretext for Intended In-tended future confiscation providing they remain masters of the Island There are many American ulna In Boston Philadelphia Chicago and d e where who have had for ears large landed Investments In Cuba which they will not be able to reclaim until peace shall have been declared The demolition of the outside defcnes renders the military occupation of thcsa towns and cities by United States sol If arm not only feasible but comparatively compara-tively ensj There will all njs naturally natural-ly be some fighting A dozen men may attempt 10 defeat the Advance of 0 company com-pany or it battalion In one place or a regiment may charge upon n brigade at another The opposing forces may be evenly matched In number of men at somothr time bu there will and can be only one final result If the Span lards will continue the struggle long enough they will not only be decimated decimat-ed but virtually exterminated Our soldiers can be I very effectively 1 landed Quanabacoa just cast of Ila vana or In the vicinity of Ilart An r tonlo I and even farther ttt Ma tanza or Cardenas as Is I well kno1n tora larger Iaoe of uppllc and an nn easier method of reaching down to the f gulf of Matamano on the southern coast nnd creating a new original 4 4 trocha that will make distinctive sep AlUtO the 10 mot populous province I of Havana and rlltllnzn r Marlel and Port Cllhanas are place to the west forming Ideal landing sta I tlons but Rahla Honda with Its mag f nlllctnt harbor Is Ow best of all froir I the standpoint of facility I and Comfort Cavalry im shue and an occasional 1 I battery will bo all that there Is to re slst the approach of the MI > d Orlngo Clenfucgos ICO miles I to tile I southeast I oIC Havana on the southern shore Is the only place of Importance from a strategic vlen besides Santiago de I Cuba tho latter the strongest fortified port on the Island 500 miles Away nearly I near-ly In the southeast coner of Cuba that needs any particUlar attention from I our fleets Other towns on the southern south-ern coast like Trinidad and Mania nlllo me Ineffectively guarded < against i 15 minute bombardment and the Interior erior towns of Santa Clara Puerto rlnclpe Santa Catalina Cubllns and others are only deserving of mention from their geographical significance as enters ot population and trade They have virtually been surrounded by the Insurgents f6r the past year or more and though there would possibly be some bloody fighting In occtpylnj them with 1 a victorious force and a few donor don-or a few hundred oven might be killed on either or both sides there could not be any conflict In connection with the capture or capitulation of these towns that would rise to the dignity of a battle bat-tle It Is I quite probable that the Cuban Insurgents Increased In numbers and with adequate supplies will crush out by unaided effort all the Spanish troops m the eastern half of the Island No Berried ranks will march against a itrongly Intrenched foe Between the SpanIard and the Insurgents there will be lore guerrilla warfare than Anything Any-thing else while the Americans will march on steadily as they did through Mexico In 1847 Making due allowance for personal bravery tho Spaniards and those Cubans Cu-bans forming the guarda civil In the rank of the royal army cannot compete com-pete for any extended time with the superIor drill marksmanship valor strength force and prestige of the American soldier They have n strong ally In their climate but It cannot under un-der tM worst circumstances prove more disastrous to us than It has to the peasant youths and citizen soldiery of Spain In fact less so for our medical commissariat Is I better prepared to resist re-sist the attacks of such an insidious foe as yellow fever or Its constant companion panlons djsentcry and miasmatic fevers fe-vers of more or less virulence Our has pilot management Is superior and the entire scope of the Pharmacopoeia Is I at our disposal Nothing Is lacking We have the powers of curing and healing and every private has In his kit the ordinary means of prevention The subjugation of the Spanish force In Cuba Is I really not a serious matter As on army their number Is ridiculously small In comparison with the hosts we can send It Is I III equipped lacking In many essentials of the disciplined sol dler and not a foeman worthy of our steel though In the devising of ti each eroua attacks and In the commission ot a uch crlmos an assassination poisoning wells and communicating contaglou diseases by various mean they arc not equaled destruction of the coast defenses at Havana Mataniaa Cardenas Clcn fuegos and Santiago de Cuba places the Island at the mercy of the Invader That Is the story In epitome What follows alter the conquest The Island would < l be In charge of a military governor some major general probably proba-bly deputized for that special purpose by the president and confirmed In his position by congress who would for a brief time at least keep the Island under un-der martial law A provisional government govern-ment would then be Instituted under his orders and the people ot Cubn would be invited to signify their preference by vote for tile form 01 UHrnment they desire and the leaders the > vlsh to govern them There may be an educational test vvhlth would however deprive a large majority of the native Insurgent Cu bans from exercising the right of suffrage suf-frage or there may be some other de mand by which the actual desire of the majority cf the resident people should be ascertained Certain clams will natural bo excluded from the voting booths Th conditions will bo peculiar and subsequent action by cur government govern-ment or the orders of tho military dictator dic-tator as our governing representative vould < l certainly I bo for a time will determine ermine the method of procedure The United States will nsjuredlr not take Into consideration the advisability of holding I Cuba ai territory acquired I by I contest beiause sentimentally It has Interfered to aid the Inhabitant who hove been struggling to free IhemIv front Spanish domination It ouIJ not consistently have any such purpose In view An action of that kind would antagonize the humnne policy I of the world and might even be losardel us an act ot overt treachery for tM axiom lIght In I right Is I no longer accepted as 0 truism outside of Senecambla Very similar Is I our pc sition toward Puerto Itlco though diplomatic settle mat would determine whother It boot held by us or placed In the hand bo-ot Its patriots to exist af an Independent republic re-public There Is I In tho opinion of many Prominent men lilt a doubt that the latter lat-ter dllposltlon of It will I be made There has been l determined feeling throughout the United States over since the Vlralnlus affair that Spain owes us something more than the money Indemnity In-demnity that was then paid for the blood of helpless victims though diploMACY diplo-macy settled upon a cash payment as o restitution for this grievous wrong It was a butchery only comparable with the days ot the Goths and Vandals the triumphal march of a Roman legion or the time when a Duke of Alva caused the streets of Antwerp to run with blood The sufferings ot the Cubans had stirred stir-red our sympathies The war was fore Z A fill t 1101 4 A > Warcry Which Has Found Ready Response In the Heart of Every True American r I ed upon us to relieve them of their deplorable de-plorable condition But of Puerto Rico we have known little and Its people have not had the torture and starvation that hao behave c n meted out to their brothers broth-ers In the Sister late to the west ot them They have had their wrongs and justly felt the need or Independence from a tYrant tY-rant goernmont but no such stat of constant misery has been Inlllcted upon them as has crushed Cuba The mentioned Imbroglio which nearly caused a war between i this country and Spain In 1873 was one of those Incident which are likely nt any moment to occur oc-cur In troublous times In 1ST3 the Vir ginlus a ship flying the American nag was captured by a Spanish manofwnr near Jamaica under the siisplclon that he wa a filibuster and wa conveying men and warUko material to Cuba to aid the Insurgents during the Ton Years war then going on The ship Ass taken to a Cuban port and Captain Joseph Pry an exConCed rate soldier and 3G of his crew were hot In Santiago de Cuba by the Spanish Span-ish authorities The affair made an Immense Im-mense sensation at the time nnd the demand was Immediately forwarded 111 our government 10 Spain for the release re-lease of the vessel and of the survivors of the crew and Indemnity for the live of those who had boon put to death A long controversy ensued resulting finally In the giving up of the ship and the men by tho Spanish authorities who disclaimed any Intention or Insulting our flag The vessel sank on the voyage voy-age between Cuba and New York It Is I supposed to have been scuttled or rendered ren-dered unsenvvorthy by the Spaniards and the Incident closed with apologies and reparation by Spain If these two Islands of the West Indies In-dies are left In the same Condition there nlll be added two new republican nations na-tions to the maters of the Caribbean sea But of their future there Is much troublous douht If they only develop the same Incapacity for stable self government gov-ernment that Is I typical of so many of the Central American and South AmerIcan Amer-Ican states they will bo a menace to the commercial Interests of the world Like scorned Haiti they will be constantly con-stantly subject to reprisals and humili ation from more Powerful nation or If prosperous and thrIving will excite the cupidity of some European powers who will attempt upon slight pretext to control their finances It not their des tiDIes There are many who believe they will become sturdy little I republics like San Marino Andorra and Switzerland Switzer-land of such Inherent strength and strong character as to be free from outside out-side complications or Internal dissension dissen-sion It Is the opinion of others that there still be a succlon of revolution among themselves that lessening their military capacity and destroying their mn financial strength and b > that mean coming Into the ponjesillon of their foreign bondholders will ultimate b compel tho United States to Interr a for the preservation 01 Its own Inter csts and that annexation li the only true solution of the problem SHU both Puerto Rico and Cuba may have another an-other Diaz who will prove a fortress of l strength If these two Islands are to be constantly Involved In controversies with othernatlons and always pregiim ably certain monarchical Powers of Europe Eu-rope and the United States Is to be continuously called 1 upon to act as arbitrator ar-bitrator It will find this Undignified r ° sltloa In tho course of Uia Intolerable W 4 r 4 Are I 0 5 r 0 41 AVAN V I 4 1 1 H014DA X I A Z Ill Vas 4 ot iN Z A P A s I I 4wiqif 41 1 ZO CIL Ak as 0 L eiLD Was C t The situation In the Phil iPpl ec < in i en tirVir different By the 1a8of intern inter-n I comity is have n perfect right to hold 1 that collection uf Island known as The Pearl of the Orient as territory annexed under the deslgna lion spoils of war just us wo did California Cal-ifornia and the vast tracts of land north of the Rio Grande In 1S < S = I and when forbearance shall have ceased to bo a virtue It will bo forced to move aggressively I A war between ourselves and the countries we Irtually help to become free Is I not one of the Impossibilities As the first government to acknowledge the Independence of Mexico to give her moral support and kind expression of good will we were nevertheless fighting her a quarter 01 a century later Again In ISGi It was the Insistence and repeated re-peated reme4strances of our State iltf pertinent thai compelledLouis I I Napoleon Ito I-to withdraw his French troops com mantled by Marshal fiazalno from Mexican Mex-ican soil and thus WaR frustrated that attempt to destroy a North American republic It was u notaDte Instance of returning good for ella characteristic that as a nation we coaeldor neeeBsary for which the people south of the Illo Grande have since exhibited their app ap-p c I If history bears any lesson to us It Is I that we must not expect gratitude but lather u sullen nnlmoslty from those whom we have ofsltetl In their hour of need ns there Occurs to be an organic rI etg i L al Inherent antagonism between tire An Elogaion trait I the Latin races that neither tim nor place nor the debt of gratitude will ever allay Bperlence teaches us also that It a government a country 01 a nrovlnce In I our environment environ-ment Is too wenk to withstand tho predatory Attacks of n hostile nation without Just cause ot ofTen e the condition condi-tion can only bo remedied by taking that people under our car and emblazoning em-blazoning a new Star on the flag As an Independent country Cuba may Possibly be subJect to nn attempt at reconquest on tho part of Spain Our necessary action would then be perfectly per-fectly clear and determined and there could not be any method of evasion by which we would shrink from an unPleasant un-pleasant duty The Monroe doctrine gathers strengthens tho yearn roll by Hut tho complications of tho future are In reality more portentous and threatening to us as a nation than this pre ent conflict with a body of Inefficient Ineffi-cient vicious soldiery Just what the effect of our noble work ot liberation of nn oppressed 1 people will be however time alone cnn determIne CHANWNO A BARTOW M Q1 A |