The Daily state journal. [volume] (Alexandria, Va.) 1868-1874, 1873-11-22
SYMPATHY MEETING IN NEW ORLEANS

~ hH AAh mEEIlNd IN NEW OhLEANS.
NEW ORLEANS, November 22.-An
enthusiastic mass meeting of the friends
of Cuba was held here last night. Reso-
lutions were adopted expressing admira-
tion at the devotion and sacrifices of the
Cubans during five years of contest !;
denouncing the Virginius tragedy as utterly
outrageous reasserting the Monroe doc
trine with pledges of support, aud condol-
ing with the families of the victims of
the recent butchery.
GERMAN EXPRESSIONS REGARDING
CUBA.
NEW YORK, November 22.-Four thou.
sand Germans gathered at Germania Hall
last night to give expression to their feelings
in regard to Cuba. The following pream-
BILE and resolutions were adopted:
Whereas, The people of Cuba are not
only in the same. but much worse condi-
ton than the people of the United States
were at the time of the declaration of their
independence the Spanish government al
lowing under the barbarous rule of so-called
Spanish volunteers, the perpetration of the
most terrible cruelties and outrageous
deeds of violence towards the inhabi-
tants of the Isle of Cuba, in defiance of hui
manity and civilization and whereas, these
barbarians, who it appears are independent
of the Spanish government, trample alike
upon the laws and usages of humanity and
civilization, insult our flag on the open sea,
and incarcerate and murder our citizens !;
therefore, be it
Resolved, That we ask the government
and congress, in the name of humanity
and civilization, and to the end that stop
may be put to the barbarities in Cuba, and
to prevent their repetition, to accord to the
Cubans now fighting for their independ
ence the rights of belligerents, and as
soon as possible to acknowledge Cuba
a free republic.
Resolved, That we further ask the gov
ernment and congress of the United States
to demand of the Spanish government in
| Madrid, as well as of the authorities of
Cuba, full satisfaction for the.insult to our
| flag and for the cruelties committed by Gu
ban volunteers, and to enforce these de-
| mands with all the means in their power.
| PREPARATIONS AT WASHINGTON FOR
| WAR.
WASHINGTON, November 22.-Ii
seems not to be generally known
that there have been preparations quietly
going on under the direction oil
the secretary of war placing our
arsenals in condition to supply the wants
of an army in the field in case of war, and
looking to the condition of the armament
of our Notifications for the successful de-
fense of our harbors against hostile attack
by iron-clads.
The ordnance department of the army is
| at this moment in most active preparation
for state of war, and is ready to supply
an army with an entire equipment of wal
material, including the most approved
breech-loadng arms, and field and siege
batteries Of artillery, and with every kind
of ammunition.
The telegraph has been most vigorously
used, urging forward every preparation te
the extent of the ordnance appropriations
and the ordnance officers are fully alive t,
the gravity of the occasion and to the ne
cessity of the preparation to meet all de
mands should war be the result of ou
present complications.
While from the nature of the case th
navy had to take active and initiativ
steps, the war department Is fully up Il
the crisis in quiet preparation for tn
future.
THE HAVANA PRESS ON THE sITUA
TION.
HAVANA, November 22.-The Diari
, says: "We do not consider it within tn
bounds of justice or reason that war shoul
result from the capture of the Virginlu
and its legal consequences, but if col
fct comes let us initiate the examples I
our ancestors and make the Spanish race
, Cuba the admiration Of the Americs