The evening telegraph. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1864-1918, 1869-09-20
And New York TO be Hemmed In.

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be in order to be effective according to the law
of nations, we shall employ other eight or nine
vessels viz, one cuirassed trigate, three side
wheel steamers and two or three screw schooners,
This will be the mortal stroke fred at the heart
of the American nation, and which, at the end of
two months, will oblige 1t, Notwithstanding its
ridiculous and overweening vanity, to beg peace
of Spain. Boston must likewise be blockaded.
1t is an important depot for European COM
merce, and is in the northern part of the model
Republic. Another iron-covered steamer, with
three or four more ships, will be sufficient for
this purpose. Let us resume. We shall employ
in the three blOckades that we have Indicated
four cuirassed ships, eight side-wheel ships, and
five screw schooners And as this nation has
arsenals which ought to be destroyed, another
flying division of four frlgates, two of these
without iron protecting sides, must 90 out on
this importont commission along the North
American coast.
Americans nll Braggarts.
These ships can likewise go out to sea against
any important expedition that may sail to Cuba
America is country of braggarts, and nothing
will be easier than to learn everything with re-
spect to the projects had under consideration
with the minutest details, and these can be com
municated in a very short time to any place
where our ships may happen to be. AS the
readers of El Cronistd will see, with 26 or % of
the II ships of war at our disposition for military
operations, we can humiliate completely this
nation. Finally, there will be for the further
necessities of Cuba Spain, Africa, and the Philip
ing the 1S gunboats in this last archipelago.
Let Us Have War.
Are we provoked to war? then let us have it.
We will henceforth offer all that we have and
are; even what may be realized from the sale of
the EL Cronista establishments and our own
person beside. God will watch over our family
Then here's to Spain forever and forward
Position of the United States Towards SPAIN
The New York He,dLGs Washington cores
pondent writes:-
The tone of the British and Spanish press on
the Cuban question, as conveyed by cable, is not
regarded in official circles here with any alarm.
The London papers seem to misunderstood the
question entirely and the position which our
Government occupies towards Spain. That po-
sition has in no material point changed from
what it was when the Spanish regency formally
accepted the United States as mediator for the
settlement of the Cuban difficulty.
The note said to have been written recently
by Minister Sic<les, and about which the Span
ish press is reported to be so indignant was
nothing more than gentle reminder that as the
good offices of our Government had been ac-
cepted by the belligerents it would like to pro-
ceed to business. 1t contained no threat, but
intimated that circumstances might arise which
would force the United States to act indepen-
IDENTIFY, and that protracted delay on the part of
Spain was dangerous.
The Cubans viii Not Submit.
These circumstances have already been alluded
to in my dispatches as to the destruction of
everything on the island of Cuba within reach of
the insurgents, so as to make it untenable for
the SpaniaIds. 1t is no secret that, if the pend
ing negotiations fail this is the policy which the
Cubans have marked out for themselves The
crops now coming forward on the plantations, i
am informed by Senor Lemus, will never be
gathered except favorable action should in the
meantime be taken by Spain on the Sickles
the independence of Cuba. Among
the reason he assigns is that the Cuban planters
firmly believe that rs soon as the crops are
gathered they will be seized and confiscated by
the Spaniards and the proceeds devoted to the
support of the Spanish army and navy. The
planters argue that as they are likely to lose
their crops in any event, they would rather
destroy them than have them contribute to the
support of their enemies. n,s in,. action becoming
Q Condition of affairs which would demand the
interference not only of the United States, but
of other civilized commercial nations.
Hopes of n Compromise.
There are still strong hopes entertained by
our Government that spS in will eventually ac-
|, cept some proposition WHICH will secure the in
dependence of Cuba and put an end to the war.
1t is known here in official circles that Napoleon
has advised Prim to sell Cuba for whatever he
can get, bring home the Spanish troops, and de-
vote the money and troops to subduing the Car
lists and other factions in Spain.
The idea of any serious difficulty arising be-
tween Spain and the United States on account
of any contemplated action of our Government
relative to Cuba is not thought of in official cir
cles here 1t is not supposed that Spain, with
all her traditional pride and obstinacy, would be
so reckless as to go to war with the United
States in her present condition, especially with
the moral certainty of not only losing Cuba
without getting any money for it, but of getting,
ba1lV WhiOppd into the hnrpoin