The Norfolk Virginian. [volume] (Norfolk, Va.) 186?-189?, 1895-10-29
AN INSULT TO SPAIN
Is What The La Union Constitutional Says|ufi
Americas Sympathy for Cuba. s.
EVERY SPANIARD READY TO DIE
The Same Authority Boasts OF tho
Wonderful! Dccd. of the Spanish
Nation, "nd Demands that spain
Proceed 4" Act with The Energy
that ihc Outrage Calls For,

Key West. oct. 2S.-The recent ceIe-f
bration In the United States OF theg
anniversary OF the first revolution In D
Cuba has caused great .indIgnatton &
among the Spaniards They hold the
celebration was gross insult to Spains
and that the United States should be
forced To apologize. The Spanish or-I.
gan at Havanu, La Union Constitu-
tional. is especially bitter in its com-%
lncntS ana these comments are signi-
llcant inasmuch as they are inspired Y
DN the Spanish Government. The last
issue Of La Union Constitutional CON-
tainS the following regarding the cele-E
braiiou: SggyS
From the different sources we have
received particulars Of the scandalous
proceedings that took place In the city
OF New York on the anniversary of the
uprising in fara, 1868 3s
THE 10th of October, 1895, will be re-
nrmbdrcd in the future, If we are
correctly Informed, as time when
grave fault was committed by the
Yankees and their governments:
NO respectable nation is permitted
to authorize or take part In acts or
manifestations that signify an affront
to II friendly power, much less SO, when 1
il refers To the Spanish nation, the
discovcrer OF these countries, are en-
Titled, ut least, TO the gratitude of so
hemisphere.
"Ir The Yankees are under the i'm
preston that owing to the apparent
proStraton that our nation seems to
be under. they can scare us with Their
millions OF dollars and their millions
OF Inhabitants. they are mistaken. The
Spanish nation is forever the same,
She nstonshcd the world with wonder-5
ful deeds that she knew how to accom-
plish during the conquest of this con-
ilt Nt ~ Ni,.l,. 4, ,ts,
world recently by, In an incredible
short time and without any help. trans
porting Cuha10,000 Sranlards, furnish
ing AZ the same time all the millions In
money required TO destroy and anni-{3
hilntc her unErateful children. who are
traitors to their blood and their coun-s
try. 4
'if the Yankees are obstinate and still I
persist in their provocations, the Yam
KEGS Will find out that 1t Is dangerous
TO iarass n nation that has a historyl
written with blood of thousands of he
rocs who left nothing to their children
but the glores OF their race, and the
immortal name of their heroic coun-&
try. ~
There is not a Spanard who is not
ready at any moment to give up his life
and sacrifice his belongings for SPAIN.
There Is not Spaniard who is not dis
posed to chastise an affront, whatever
be the distance that separates the Of
''' 'IeNPpii'e W SOutl tHe IOTCGS
Of the enemy. ;I57s
"On the 10th of this month the. Yafl-h
EGe iiag and the flag of the Cuban rebels,
fastened together, were displayed
through the streets of New York. On
the 10th of October American citizens
insuitcd the Spanish nation On the
ION OF this month in the presence OF
and with rejoicing and sanctioned bY.
The American authorities public meet
inss were held against the sovereignty
OF Spain in this country. Taking part
IN these public hostilities were AmeriS
can citizens, many of whom ignorant
rs orators, substituted this fault by
distributing among the Cuban sympa455
thiZers funds in checks of S1OO for the
purpose Of purchasing arms and amm,I.S
nltion to be forwarded to the rebels In
Cuba s,f>a.t.tis
THE La Union Constitutional protestaf
against these alleged acts that have
taken place with the aid and consents
OF the Yankee Government and which
constitutes an offensc to the Spanish;
nation, and demands that our Govern
ment after having proved the aforezs
sad acts. proceed to act with the en-
erGy that the magnitude of the outl
rage calls for and with the brtsfness
that The honor OF our flag cxacts."