The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1896-08-02

Hr W
Y fI--'ts5 states would be in the pre-
g,ament Of a big man forced to night
- a dwarf The big man does not
srov, how to sufficiently restrain himself
al concludes that box upon the ear Is
a. only punishment it would be Chris
tanlike to infiict.
Tho United states, warning with Spain,
.,rld not know where to begin, nor
.bar. TO end. It's strength on land and
-. its influence, it's wealth and Its nat
r-,l size i'm comparison to that of Spain'
vould forbid any but halfway treatment
q, oasa of war. True, one of the news
raoors of spain said that 1.-The United
states needs a lesson" but the boast was
the braggadocio of "the little fellow
ubo has never been hit by the big one.
The wealth Of the United States was
.s,iroated at one of the last censuses to
rs over g65. 500 11O, 400. This was its wealth
in commerce. in manufacturing, in agri-
clltllre and live stock, its natural wealth,
moi counting the official treasury. Ot TINS
sum only 81 900 000 900 was allowed Tor the
natural ores, the gold and silver OF the
country. There was just a billion OF these
metals on hand. and the basis was made
only on this little portion OF metal. Noun
in, WIS allowed for that which was out
of sight in the earth, though billions were
within sound of the piekaX.
II all the gold and silver were ored as
rapidlv as possible and the natural pro
uefs of the United States placed on the
market of the world, as might be IN an
emergency it's wealth would be too great
4 for rational computation. ,
Spain's treasury, by comparison win
the United States, is a pitiful one. Span
ish organs freely say that poor little Al
fonso is bankrupt, and that not even the
4 remaining crown jewels can long be upon
his head. Spain is not country very
rich in commerce, manufacture or min
. ing, which are the great wealth producers
of the world; nor Is II large
enough to take very lmportant
place in the agriculture of nations. win
these natural resources limited the ma
tonal treasury must suffer. 1t is not
courteous to look into neighbor's pock-
etbook unless the neighbOr "tWitS' one
with poverty. And when Invited the
United States begins to count ducats at
home and abroad. In time of lOng-con-
unued peace fair Spain could be pros
porous. But now it is drained by the Gu
ban war.
In soldiers the best reports from Spain
can put in the field only ASSOC men
This number Includes the Cubans, who
can be said to be already Sin the field"
but not under the Spanish flag. There
are at least $4,000 of these who are
counted in the total of SPANS field
forces, and this number must be sub
tracted from the whole, as they are use
less 10 Spain.
Most of SPANS forces are now fighting
! I'm Cuba-enOugh TO greatly weaken the
whole number. In case. Spain should want
to come up and attack Florida it would
f nave 10 withdraw its troops from Cuba.
And then, in the language of a Cuban
looking over the map, What would zee
a Cubans be doing?" In a week they would
have proved their ownership of Cuba in
way that would make il difficult for
Spanish grandee to spy the smallest tur-
ret Of his old home.
Should this entire available force Of
4 SPAN s, 45S,SOO men, come to the United
states en- masse to capture us the United
states could turn out a few men of it's
own. New y ork state alone without
ealing upon the other states could de-
lend its harbOr with 10000. And Penn
a savanna should 1.-THE attack be made up
lne delaware. could muster out 10000
a9ie-oodled men, to hold the bay safe.
should a change of base be made and
ae attacking party start al the Bay Of
gan francisco, the state of California
Couid call out at least 100000 men to keen
o9cK the host for a few days, un-
~ selections had been made from
SIe u,WO,WJ available national fighters
rMoIssconsm and Illinois, the latter with
800 men, could easily supply the en-
Ie country with all the needed soldiers.
at.Hs the other states to continue
eor pursuits peacefully unconscious Of
II has been further estimated nv those
AlHga IN war that any one seaport of
He United States could contain strength
ousH 10 drive back the entire Span
e. iULce' army and navy combined.
ere the attack to be made all at once
~ upon one spot
o pul ms Is counting only the land
OF the United States. That is, if
Snarie,N were to go to sleep while the
grb5rIl Wafships were approaching the
but with the navy awake a
I'm 0ieilehl enters into the computa-
re Chited States now has forty-four
f. va shlps; none finer sail or steam
IA IS Ihese are heavily armored
, are OF different kinds-men-of-yvar
"a ~ U.s. torpedos. Besides these there
hing vi what may be called war
hit; mat could be brought into COM
6snt rms does not count the mer-
rmora55 'eaI IN hlps that might easily be
kigbt,. H. vi these steamships there are
btrs seven on the Atlantic coast and
b. me- on the Pacific that could
osn o'e Inc with guns and sent out to
S-n lle high seas
ersn on the other hand, has only
sts armored ships, and these are of
gee.4 ana strength so old as to be
orr I-.'5fu up against such a ship say
esot' iHulan5, or the Iowa or the Min
.1 n me Sunboat and $50 guns are
be So about the total strength of
hera 5bl',-Sh navy, though the last year
hrgar' oeen additions made to make
st ~ II not stronger. But the con-
BE- "eeh the two would be a sorry
hiob 9'uluon to these facts and figures
ke co1sGIu mistaken, there are war
pmpa i,satlaeTatlons that must enter into
The I'm I'm IN an estimate of strength.
sadya,,,ttaChlnS party always has the
nte5 Sttase And in attacking the
Ne f. ".ales the Spanish troops would
vass,i make long, difficult Journey
ping pelore they would get within
q Is5sl1lce OF us. Before teaching
thin bit.I they would have to get
Noud ~ lung distance of US, and this
II dlogs perllous and expensive and
See orl,. me United States, meanwhile
HeSs qn5' sldy at home, tend to its bust
i ..g.Walt chance to hit back.
one rasIs say that one big gun sta
q II ork bair me Statue of Liberty in New
4 Hnd thar o, CoqId protect he whole harbor.
a apou Sas Ii"e 6 big dynamite cannon. located
#Ne able = hock, San Francisco. would
AangI Keep the Golden Gate calm and
pain srellnst all the armored vessels
# ancnr az. produce; while others. after
Oud b. gt the figures, declare that this
bach m. p1'unS the United States to TOO
3 send do,,Du.e, and that it would be better
uats fo mh a couple of Hollands tornedo
meet the guest midWay-under