The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1897-10-04
Fl Spanish View Of
Yankee Civilization
From El impartial, of Madrid.

From FL impartial, of Madrid.
Among other favors which we owe to
our good friends, the Yankees, not the
least are those which their newspapers,
their meetings and their congress itself
offer-that the Spanish are an uncultured
people, coarse and behind the times
when at the turn of every little street
one may meet a "Torquemada.' WOOD
ford himself, who, in proof of his friend
ship and sympathy for Spain, had scarce
ly arrived at San Sebastian when he pur-
chased a mantilla and expressed wish
to see a bull fight, and went out from the
arena thoroughly disgusted and vowing
never again to witness a spectacle so vile,
so repusve, so bloody. Clearly the Yam
KEGS, standard bearers of civilization,
have right to feel indignation and
anger at the backwardnesS of our land.
They, on the other hand, in their own
country and in foreign ones, exhibit a
fineness of feeling, a delicacy of customs,
a love for their fellow creatures, an In
finite charity, respect for right ana
justice. Thousands of examples could
be offered of their superiority-physically
as we'll as morally. Directly we are go
ing to cite a few of the most recent
examples in order that we may be shame
faced, hang down our heads and try to
initiate those lofty deeds by which the
Yankees proclaim through all the world
their perfection in their customs, in their
education and in their laws.
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A few days ago there landed at Genoa
a detachment of men from the United
States ship Raleigh. The marines .divid-
ed into small parties, amused themselves
throughout the city in a state of drunk
enness, and some of the brutal ones re-
fused to pay the expenses incurred in
the drinking places: others collected in
line and blocked the progress of peace
full pedestrians; others occupied car
riage and refused to pay for the hire, de-
priving the poor driver of his fee, so that
neither in the consulate nor on board
the cruiser could he obtain redress nor
find any one to listen to his complaints
But this may be an exception. In their
own homes the Yankees do not proceed
thus. A recent English newspaper pub
fishes the remarkable information that
during the last month of July there only
occurred in all the towns of the great re-
public seven lynchings-that is, in the
presence of the authorities. Seven in one
month! A mere bagatelle! And. by the
way, Philadelphia offered some days age
a high and worthy example of what Is
q humane spectacular entertainment
cultured and refined; a contest between
TWO very famous DONefS-tne mower anO
| acme of what is brutal and what Is
brute strength. The arena was resplend.
| ent; for the most lowly places one had tc
| pay SO; a Monte Crsto there would have
been able to fill his card case with illus.
trious names. In the corridors were nu.
| merous bettors shouting the odds in favor
| of one or the other of the pugilists. The
entertainment was magnificent. Many
| thousands of dollars changed hands, and
when the stage hands, dragged away
| from the arena the body of the con.
| quered boxer these lofty, these powerful
| these eminent, these cultured, these civ.
ilized men applauded with fervor the win.
| ner who with swollen eye and a broken
| jawbone. could scarcely hold himself up.
right. Tho bull fght-what brutishness
O.
Finally: The English press laments bit.
terly the inhuman conduct of the Amerl
can marines when they meet a wrecked
vessel on the sea. A very recent case
| proves it: The steamer Delaware of the
| Eillafranche list suffered very serious
| damage about four miles from Hudson
| bay. with the helix broken, the sails
lost, 1t remained six days as a buoy, q
| piece of cork, seeing many American YES
sells pass, but none of them going tC
| her aid. One of them did indeed ap.
| proach. offering to tow her for the modest
sum OF $4,000. The captain of the unfor
| tunate vessel refused, and the Yanke,
TRANQUILITY moved away Shortly after
| transatlantic French ship, La Navarro
towed the Delaware in without askine
any compensation for the very humane
service.