Idaho County free press. [volume] (Grangeville, Idaho Territory) 1886-current, 1896-03-06

for active service. In addition to this
about 50 merchant steamers available
Tor the government service will be pro-
vided with naval ornaments. For the
military branch of the service a 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 infiamma tory element
which Is making so much noise.
DEATH TO UNCLE SAM"
At Vilvincia 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 a 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
or popular excitement in this city In all
public places. The bands at the numer-
Gus cafes made 1t 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 1t 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 1t danger of complica-
lions and embarrassments for 1t in it's
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 gfeat
scale, We conquered Napoleon by guer-
rllla warfare, and we shall employ q
system of prlvateers to overcome q
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: 1T 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 1t 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 satisfactory settlement
OF very delicate question:"