| Show PLAINTS FROM PORTO RICO re ate are serious charges against merican troops in porto rico la i a newspaper published at speaks of them fas as a maas s of base and shameless peo without the elementary ideas of ills Is and good manners and then fifles es the charges thus hia drunken multitude dally daily buffet maltreat our suffering townspeople K rob servants on their way to and fabe the market they enter B and atter after eating and drinking intoxicated beat the servants and the he crockery they refuse to pay en and rot rob peddlers wherever alad ind them they enter private and steal what they can lay hands bands on women cannot appear bile tic tor for fear of insult from these american savages complaining is mke like barking sit at the if this to 19 our destiny let us sink pair pa ir island in the depths of the r sounds too much like spanish jh true but while the american peo in the mood of investigating mat Vinta ining to the atee war it would be w well to include the ithe conduct of at ponce this nation can rord at the outset to have its fair f stained ota ined by disorderly conduct on rt of those who drew the sword sward defense of the victims of spen spain another porto mean paper ith Is quoted as follows if the au torl ties civil or military on this island do not put a definite stop 0 W o these acts aitse which are breeding hatred between us and the americans we suggest that a conrin assion be sent to washington to energetically set our complaints before the government and the american people in truth we have no individual safety no matter ater how bow quietly and innocently one goes on his way or enters into a public place he is hable to be insulted by a ruffian all of us have not the patience of job or the meekness of the man of calvary to hear with cold indifference reflections upon our honor without retaliating i let the government act before such a complaining commission arrives on our shores the honor of the nation is at stake |
