St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1896-03-03
THE TIDE OF WAR

ness and unconquerable will were three times
greater than the men engaged in the rebel
lion of 1868, when at the height Of its power
and
THE TIDE OF WAR
has swept on from one side Of the island to
the other until today the Spanish authority
is not in fact exercised over more than one
third, probably not more than one-quarter of
It's territory. The Spanish minister made a
public statement on Feb % IN which he said
that 125,0 troops have been sent to the
island by Spain. Is not that war? Is that a
police force putting down street disturb
ance?
Recently the captain general of Cuba Is
sued lengthy proclamation, which we may
have read with horror, which contained de-
tailed regulations and prescription concerning
this war, in the very terms and spirit of tho
orders issued by Napoleon when he COM
manded the greatest forces ever enlisted in
modern warfare.
'It will not do to say this is guerrilla war
fare. One hundred and fifty thousand of the
finest soldiers that marched into Spain
took possession Of its cities, the Spanish
troops have taken possession of the Cuban
cities, and assumed to subdue people who
could only reist by means Of guerrilla war;
fare; and what was the result? Guerrilla war
fare destroyed that splendid army. And 1t
was the defeat OF Napoleon's forces in that
mighty war, conducted by this harassing and
irregular system. that deprived him Of his
resources so that after the final blow in the
retreat from Moscow, that greatest power of
modern times crumbled and fell. Was that
war? Can Spaniard deny 1t? There is not
q Spaniard in the world who is not proud to
recount it as the grandest era in Spanish his
tory and one of the proudest chapters in re-
lation to that race.
1--WE not only seize a ship that the Span
ish minister notifies our judicial officers is
about to leave, before it gets out of the har-
Dor, as was done with the Bermuda, but we
send our cruisers to pursue them on the high
seas. If the Cubans are recognized as bellig
erents they will have the same rights that We
now give fully to Spain. By recognizing the
Cuban belligerency they will have flag and
can purchase in our markets. / say to the gen.
tlemen who are fearful of the relations of our
country with foreign countries that l do not
think this recognition can excite ground Of
with great bloodshed Spain recognized the
Southern Confederacy month before the
battle of Bull Run.
PROTECTION OF AMERICANS.
1.-THE last provision in regard to interven-
ton is one that has been the usage Of all
nations that has been practiced by ourselves
twenty times and wherever American interests
are imperiled we land marines If necessary
And, If it is necessary for the protection Of
great property in the midst of extreme con-
fusion and disorder. we can land sufficient
force for protection. The great arm of this
republic ought to be ready always to follow
its people, to protect their interests their
property, and their lives, anywhere in the
world" (Applause.)
Mr.. McCreary Oem., Ky.), ex-chair-
man of the foreign affairs committee,
followed Mr. Hit with hearty in
dorsement of the resolutions. The
island he said, was confronted with
ruin and the Cuban people with ex-
termination. He was ready, he said,
to do all in his power consistent with
honor and with the integrity of our
country to give independence to Cuba
and free the struggling patriots from
a cruel and relentless despotism This
was no time for sympathy or for the
denunciation of the brutal outrages
and the barbarous atrocities that have