Cottonwood report. [volume] (Cottonwood, Idaho) 1893-1901, 1896-03-06

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the minister of mafineI Admiral 5osa
Maria Beranger. has issued orders far
the training squadron to be prepared
to san. It Is regarded as probable that
this squadron will proceed shortly "a !
il has also been ordered that ali other
warships available be forthwith armed
and equipped and put into condition
for active service. In addition to this
about so merchant steamers available
for the government service will be pro-
vided with naval ornaments. For the
military branch of the service fresh
expedition of 10000 infantry and 5000
cavalry will be equipped and put on a
war footing, and will be kept in read
mess to leave on the shortest notice.
In view of the excited state of the
public mind the United States legation
in this city has been placed under the
special surveillance of the police The
student class seems to form a large
proportion of the infiammatory element
which is making so much noise.
DEATH TO UNCLE SAM"
At Vilvlncia yesterday all the stu
dents of the university paraded the
streets and then gathered before the
United States consulate, shouting:
Death to Uncle SAM" "Viva Spain.
and Long live the army"
Senator Canovas Decastillo. the prime
minister, has informed journalist
who interviewed him that the govern
ment now has sufficient resources for
war purposes to last until the end of
May, when they will ask the cortes for
a fresh credit.
Last evening showed a high degree
| of popular excitement in this city in all
| public places. The bands at the numer-
| Gus cafes made 1t a point to play only
| national airs, and evidently they could
| have chosen nothing more to the taste
| of their usually gay and careless Gus
| toners, for the patriotic music unfail-
| ingly aroused the greatest enthusiasm,
| all within hearing arising and standing
| uncovered while it was played, amid
shouts of Long live Spain" and Down
with the United States"
| The government has issued an order
prohibiting the various demonstrations
which have been planned by the stu
dents This order applies as well to all
similar demonstrations, and is taken to
mean that the government does not at
| all approve of the course the popular
| ardor has taken today and last even
ing, and sees in it danger of complica-
| tons and embarrassments for it in its
present delicate situation.
WILL ORGANIZE PRIVATEERS.
The Imperiale says on the crisis: IF
things reach the goal which Americans
desire, the. whole of Spain will rise
against the United States. Neither in
the Mediterranean, whose entrance we
command, nor in the Atlantic will an
| American merchantmen be safe, for
we shall organize privateers on a great
scale. We conquered Napoleon by guer-
rilla warfare, and we shall employ a
system of privateers to overcome a
trading nation.
Americans are wrong to judge Spain
by her budget. There are things which
are superior to revenue. Some mer-
chant captains have offered already to
arm their steamers as privateers. A
captain of Barcelona asks for letters
of marque, Offering to equip and main
tain the fastest steamer at his own
cost"
LONDON PRESS COMMENT.
London, March 1.-The Daily Tele-
graph this morning editorially discusses
the situation which Spain Is left in by
the action of the senate of the United
States. 1t says: ut is an invidious task
to attempt to define the rights and
wrongs of the question, which are ex-
tremely complicated by misgovernment
on the one side and reckless cruelty on
the other. Perhaps it is not too late to
save the situation by the reappoint-
ment of Martinez Campos with fuller
powers of concession to the moderate
Cuban party and the immediate recall
of General Weyler. This might pave
the way for a satisfactory settlement
of a very delicate question"