The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1897-01-24
SPANS Boosted HONOR.
,ur RECORD OF DUPLIoIrF IN TIE
vyRGINIUs ATTAIN.

r,,,r,e.ee That Teaches That sosssh
p.ort.e. Cnsuot Ne Relied Upon hx-
a, Pr.srues OF . show OF Force
,r.. Naval Omeer's Way or DEALING.
r,.,vp Rage Of Cuban history is stained with
49,. accord Of spanish atrocities. Long and
..ts,.nt misrovernment has borne It's fruit OF
.oi,,Ions until to-day tho most productive
-, ,.r,ils garden OF America Is blacteneu
III, Tho severity Of the home Governments
,h., from the first years OF occupation to tho
,,,s.,n, day has followed the recommendations
,, IN. .variclous and despotic officlals sent out
" .o,srn the ever faithful isle" has
...n 40 unbearablo that many attempts
nav, been made to cast on the Span
,.h yoke. Our own example. combined
18th that OF tho successful South Amer
,csn republics, has ever bee an object lesson to
encourage the Cubans In their attempts to ga'u
the freedom for which they longed but all ef-
,or,. thus far have been uniform failures on the
.,.,, n, the poor Cubans. whose blood has flowed
w.o water to satisfy their cruel opprsssors.
Tylee have we witnessed tho massacre OF citi.
,.n.ot our own who had offered their services
a IN. cause, one the expedition under Critten-
a., and Lopez. and later the Virginius massa-
80. almost Identical In numbers. The latter &C.
.u,red during tho ten years war. from
,sss TO 1878 when Cuba spilled It's
choicest blood. hoping against hope Tor
assistance from the FREQ and powerful
republic bat a few miles away. and finally
Welding to oyerw hclminH numbers and tho
n,omi.e of concessions and reforms never car
.m, So,y tho ,,ub.ps mr., again ask ed to
law down their az under similar promises;
hut with the loss OF their President. MART. and
their devoted leader. Maceo. and hundreds OF
'"., ,,,'o ,r.f.rr.d death "a spnnl,h tyranny.
WAY ,,,,, III. e,peri-nce Of what spanish du.
"a o,r,in. On, .ccomnii.h I'm broken
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mi. IN, IN. mom.n, TIA, b.r comm.nd.,
v,ll.a into m. .ov.-nor,. n.,... m. m....,,.
erased Thar ara moments when dipiomaev
Is too slow. moments that mean months-Aye,
yrars-of hlstory-and here was one. On the
action OF the com N andsr OF the Niobo depe nd cd
the lives OF 1902 human beings
Before another order could have reached
santiago do Cuba from Spain. Burrisl would
have had them all murdered along the walls OF
the mAtadero and their bodies buddled In the
trenches already dug for them. But where WA
our navyf The Answer IL this: Our ships were
kept away from Cuba for fear Of woundine the
delicate sens bilitles OF men like Joyellar and
BurrleL Spanish cavaliers. dirni6sd Spanish
dons With inordinate Spanish pridel The near.
est ship that could be reached was the wyo.
ming At Aspinwall. commanded by Cushing
what American boy does not know him
II WAS said that he especially wa, ken,
away from the Cuban coast in view Of hi,
hasty temperament and fighting tenaencie.
The Consul At Kingston, learning that he wa.
there. Telegram hed 10 Asp,pvall. and Cushing
not finding time 10 notify the d.psrtment And
ask instructions. took ON coal and proc.ed .d a,
onc- to Santiago The account stated that Bur
,i-l wrote the most arrogant letters IN Cu.h
INK" He did. bur the seou., WAS that Cush,ns
threatened not only 10 lombard tho town. bu,