Mower County transcript. [volume] (Lansing, Minn.) 1868-1915, 1869-10-21
CUBA.
Anxiety In Spain-The Feeling To.
ward Stckles-1istak Ideas Of the
Effect Of Recognition -. Threats
Ana A RnA HI.sas

Anxiety in Spain-The Feeling To.
W.rd okles-M .steken Ideas Of the
Against tho United Statos.
Madrid Correspondence Of tho London Herald.
"Cuba is in danger" "Cnba must DO
6avcd!' Scuba is LOST" "To Cubaw
1.-The last man, and tho last dollar, for
Cuba" Such arc the principal topics in
t papers, and such the principal observa-
tons in Spanish society. ut this moment
Tho questions of the day have all been
comparatively silenced by that. Tho Bish-
ops and their disobedience, the Ministry
and their discords, the republicans and
their agitation, the treasury and tho taxes
even the monarchy itself, have all shrunk
into temporary insignificance before the
all.absorbing question of Cuba, and the
sudden conviction amongst the people that,
If Cuba ia not already lost, she is mighty
near it. Now that the veil of secresy is
partially removed, and the danger made
evident, there ia aroused strong feeling of
patriotism, and the most energetic meas
ures arc to be adopted to "cr,lsL the insur-
rection." Not without considerable mis-
givings, however, do sbme people here look
upon the result of tho efforts now abont to
DO put forth. They remember tho words
of Marshal Serrano at one of tho sittings
of tho Cortes, when Cuba came for a mo-
ment Oh tho carpet, to tho effect that
there were too instructions there, the
"nmteria" and tho '1nornl," md that long
after Spain had overcome tho first, she
would have to contend with the second
At any ratio, tho nation has resolved upon
one supreme, concentrated effort, which ia
to be directed against the material insur-
rection. leaving the moral instruction to
be dealt with hereafter. All this is owing
to General Sickles. He has attained no.
toriety i'll Il month which Sir John Cramp
ton and Mr.. John p. Hale, who for so long
time represented Great Britain and the
United States respectively at the Spanish
court, did not obtain during all the years
they were there. Their names we're COM
clein which they moved; but as to General
out the length and breadth of tho land as
the representative OF the United States who
has, by his recent note, thrown such q
bombsbell into the Spanish camp ''Out
of evil good often comes" and, though
General Sickles' note has had an evil sig
MITIGATION he never intended it to have, it
has done good in 30 for that it has reused
the patriotism of the country. The news
papers are full of appeals to the govern
ment for display of energy, and the gov
eminent seems willing cheerfully to re-
apond. Every scrap Of intelligence from
the island is anxiously watched. I use the
word scrap advisedly, for the government
continue to deal out tho news they receive
in homeopathic doses. 1885,.
Many of the articles which have appear
ed recently in the papers contain strong
language against the United States, and
some of them have gone so far as to assure
the public that the Council of Ministers
have seriously debated the propriety of re-
turning Gen. Sickles' note to him unan
swered, together with his passports, and
that the proposal was warmly applauded by
some of the Ministers present, but ulti
mately postponed until the return Of Gen.
Prim. OF course this is but one of those
canards to which we are treated every da,
by the Madrid press; still it shows the AMI
mus some people feel here towards Genera
sickles. Other papers have actually sug
gested a declaration of war against the Uni
ted States tho moment she recognizes thu
Cuban rebels as belligerents Spanish cor
sairs are to ruin the North American com
merce in European waters'a as soon as Nortl
American corsairs go forth ''to ruin Span
ish commerce in Cuban waters, " as is igno
rantly supposed must be legalized opera
ton following the act of recognition.
All this is very nonsensical; at the sam,
time it is very pitiful. The people havl
completely run away with the idea tina
recognition" means participation" ant
question whether any of the newspape,
editors know much better. At any rate, no
one Of them as yet has endeavored to ex
plain what is the real force of the term
.racoqnitiou of belliparent rights"