New Ulm review. (New Ulm, Brown County, Minn.) 1892-1961, 1896-02-26

wet season will rapidly lower their
vitality and dispose them to contract
the disease. <.s*...
Cuban Bonds and Ralligereney-
The Philadelphia Cuban Junta has
formed asyndicate a to- take $15, ,0Oo, 900
OF the bonds of the Cuban. republic just
Us soon as the United States government
recognizes the belligerency of the Cuban
insurgents. These gentlemen can we'll
afford to make this pledge, for the 1ea-
son that, when the United States recog-
nizes Cuban bell;gerency, war with
Spain will follow which will end in the
transfer of Cuba and Porto Rico to the
United States and theiu erection into ter
ritories. The Cuban. bonds issued dur
ing the ill-starred' revolt of 1S68-7S new
er got up to pan;. of course, but the Gu
ban sympathizens say they will lie paid
if the United States Will only recognize
Cuban belligerency.
| In the meantime, il Spain succeeds in
putting down, the insurgents and resumes
full sway over the islands, no American
owner of property there can recover
dollar from the Spanish government for
losses, AMI the United States will be call
ed upon by Spain to pay big bill of
damages sustained by the fitting out of
Cuban expeditions in American ports de-
sigIed to wage war against Spain. Our
government brought England to time for
permitting rebel curisers to be purchased
and outtitted in her ports, to make war
on the United States, and Spain will nat.
urally avail herself of the same right
Within short time the Cuban svmpa-
thizers in this country have s ent 10 YES.
Esels loaded with war material and men
Cor the Caban army. Such expeditions,
fitted out IN our ports, have been nu1uer-
Gus. Some of them we're captured, but
most of them have succeeded IN landing
their cargoes. The preparation, loading
and departure of these tilibusterlng expe-
ditions arc duly chronicled in the news.
papers and yet our government has not
detained more than three o. four of them
when it, no doubt, has information of
all Of them. Spain has evidence enough
to claim damages of many millions from
the United States if she puts down the
Cuban revolt. And if we recognize
Cuban belligerent rights, we will have a
war with Spain, for even the most astute
diplomacy can hardly prevent it, for such
recognition would arouse the most viru-
lent wrath of the Spanish, even to the
unreasoning point. 1t is reported that
the Cnbans are having some cruisers
fitted out in our ports to make war on
the high seas upon Spanish commerce.
If this scheme materialiZes, Spain will
have heavier bill of damages against
ourgovernment. There are congressman
who object to a war with England over
the Venezuelan boundary question, but
are willing to goad Spoin into war
against us, not considering that it will
cost this country over ahundred millions
and many lives, and the devastation Of
a portion of our coast line. The treaty
Of 1886 gives Spain the right to stop
and examine th" papers of every Ameri-
can, vessel, not a war vessel of the United
States, and, if contraband goods are
found, the vessel may be seized and con-
fscated. How long will Americans
stand the operation of this old treaty
which is in force today? If congress is
so bent upon expressing practical SYM
pathy with the Cuban insurgents itmust
be prepared for war and war which will
not he mere dress parade. Minneapolis
Journal J..
Mr.. Leonard Stenjueger. who was an
associate curator of museum in Norway
when Dr.. Nansen was curator, ,and who is
now curator in the Smithsonian, is in
clined to believe the story of DR.. Nan
sens discovery of the North pole, and is
confident that there is land north of the
most northern limit yet reached by ex-
plorations. The reason he gives for
thinking that there is land still further
north is that because birds flying north
Of the limits of explorations raise their
young and return with them. Those
birds do not raise their yourg on ice,
they must have land, and because they
go nortl, and breed is a very good rea-
son that there is land there toward the