The Republican journal., 1897-03-11
We found in port one lone vessel This

of merchandize-no clash of the arms of
commerce.
At this season, in former times of peace.
| there has generally been a fleet of thirty
or forty sailing vessels and a half dozen
steamships in the port. This time, later
on, the fleet increased to seven. mostly
American, which proved that in lack of
wisdom there are others.'' They all
brought in calgoes, but a part of them,
those who came unch;rtered or only pro-
homeward cargoes and had to leave port
empty The sugar houses were vacant
and the plantations not allowed to grind
their cane-conditions that mean univer-
sal hunger to the laboring classes and an
aggregated loss of millions to the plant
ers. Everybody was III suspense-those
whose hearts were built on the iusurgent
model are waiting and hoping for the
United States to interfere in the wlr,-
while all desire that the making of sugar
may again be freely allowed by the Irish
AtUtIdls WY Itl- dlldS DuANlitl. Il HIS
city is supposed to be, secretly, the most
intensely rebellious of any sea- port in the
island. The people are annexationis
all Of the best rebels desire to see Cuba
completely under the American govern
ment. The leaders and fighters, however
tile Wild, the ultra rebellious the insur
gent born, the property ess-hTesponsihle
ful Of intrigue and political ambitious
they desire free and Independent Cuba.
Ii they succeed it would be a most suit
able place to send very wicked people 10
when they die, and a very proper place to
send living creatures convicted OF such
heinous crimes that the punishment of
death is not sufficient
! This view does not agree with the pop
ular American sentiment regarding the
Struggling Cuban patriots. wonder
! how the word "pauiot" applies. They
are first rebels (which is stronger word
! than insuIgent, and how can a rebel be
appropriately termed a patriot? There
seems to be a thousand told more bleed
| ing American hearts for the Cuban cause
:1-,,
other There has been much less blood
shed in this war than the reports would
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