Birmingham state herald., 1895-10-29
RICH, RARE AND RACY.
A Spanish Newspaper Furnishes Some Very Amusing Reading for Americans-Says
 Spain Was lnSuIted.

Key West, Fla, Oct. 28-The recent celebration in the United States fthe anniversary of the first revolution in Gu ba has caused great indignation among the Spaniards. They hold that the cele- bration was gross insult to Spain, and that the United States should be forced to apologize. The Spanish organ of Ha- vana, La Union Constitutional Is espe- cially bitter in it's comments, and these comments are significant inasmuch as they are inspired by the Spanish govern ment The last issue of La Union Con stitutional contains the following regard ing the celebrations:
 From the different sources we have re- ceiyed particulars of the scandalous pro ceedings that took place in the city of New York on the anniversary of the up- rising in Yara in 1868.
 ''The 10th of October 1895, will be re- membered in the future, if we are correct " informed, as a time when grave fauit was committed by the yankees and their government.
 No respectable nation is permitted to authorize or take part in acts or mani- festations that signify an affront to friendly power, much less so when 1t re- fers to the Spanish nation. the discoV- erer of these countries, and entitled at least to the gratitude of the society whatever be their origin, in this hemls- phere.
 ''If the yankees are under the impress sion that owing to the apparent prostra- ticn that our nation seems to be under they can scare us with their millions oi dollars and their millions of inhabitants tLey are mistaken. The Spanish nauon is forever the same. She astonlsneu the world with wonderful deeds that she knew how to accomplish during the con quest of this continent, and again has astonished the world recently by trans ferring in an increditable short time ana without any help 10000 Spaniards, 1ur- nishing at the same time all the millions in money required to destroy and annlhii- ate ungrateful children, who are traitors tc their blood and their country.
 If the yankees are obstinate and stiii persist in their provocations the yankees will find out that 1t is dangerous to ha- rass a nation that has history Wltn blood of thousands of heroes, who iett nothing to their children but the giories of their race and the immortal name oi their heroic country.
 There is not a Spaniard who is not ready at any moment to give up his life and sacrifice his belongings TOT span. There is not Spaniard who IS not dls- posed to chastise an affront, whatever De the distance that separtes the offender, nor stopping at the numbers of the enc mics.
 "On the 10th of this month the yankee flag and the flag of the Cuban rebels fas- tened together were displayed through the streets of New York. On the 1Oth or October an American citizen insulted the Spanish nation. On the 10th of this month in the presence of and with re- joicing, sanctioned by the American au- thorities, public meetings were held against the sovereignty of Spain in this country. Taking part in these public hos tilities were American citizens, many Of whom ignorant as orators substituted this fault by distributing among the Gu ban sympathzers funds in checks of $100 for the purpose of purchasing arms and ammunition to be forwarded to the reb- els in Cuba
 "The Union Constitutional protests against the alleged acts that have taken place with the aid and consent Of the yankee government and which consti- tutes an offense to the Spanish nation, and demands that our government, after having proved the aforesaid acts, proceed to act with the energy that the magni- tude of the outrage calls for and with the briefness that the honor of our flag eXactS"