Santa Fe new Mexican. [volume] (Santa Fe, N.M.) 1898-1951, 1898-05-16

to all European statesmen that only by
means of armed force stationed in the
late Confederate states has the Wash
ington government been able to pre-
serve the semblance of peace. Even
now the new generation of the Confed-
! eracy is but waiting for the word to re-
volt. When war is declared General
Lee, who has been consul general at
Havana, and who was kicked out of
! Cuba BY Governor General Blanco, will
raise the standard of revolt and the old
southern Confederacy. This Lee is the
same Lee who was general in chief of
the civil war in 1880 to 1855, and whose
surrender to General Lincoln, in the
last named year, broke the revolution.
| His acts at Havana were for the pur-
pose of ~plunging the government Into
war with the kingdom of Spain, at
which time he and his followers would
rise against Senior Mackindley.
sit is not likely that Spain will find
the United States opposing her, for the
government at Washington will be
busily engaged in putting down a civil
war"
General Lee now has another score to
even up with the Dons. Concerning the
army and the railroads OF the United
States, the people of this country APP
pear to be woefully ignorant, in the
light of the following, quoted from
another leading paper Of the Spanish
capital, The Pals:
'All the troops of the Yankees are in
the far western part of the country,
many thousand miles from the Atlantic
coast. They are only a few thousand
men, all told, and they are ill-paid and
ill-fed, and not willing to fight. To
utilize this force it will be necessary to
! bring it to the eastern seaboard. There
is but one railway by which it can be
transported, and that is an old and poor
ly constructed affair. At n place this
railroad passes over Niagara Falls, a
cataract 1000 feet high, near Labrador.
At last accounts the bridge at this place
was in a very dangerous condition. 1t
| need surprise no n to learn that some
agency had made it still more so. 1t
would serve the hateful pigs of Yankees
right If their miserable army was thus
drowned"
When it comes to depicting the ignor-
ance and utter helplessness of Ameri-
cans in general, the Spanish editors
fairly run riot and their imaginations
certainly give them the headache. Read
these excerpts:
"The Impartial: "We have repeatedly
called attention to the fact that the
Americans are ignorant swine, who can.
not take care of themselves under any
circumstances. That they are imbeciles
is shown by the fact that at Philadelphia
the other day a boiler burst in a cigar
factory and killed 27 people. And these
are the people who dare to defy and in
suit the Spaniards, with centuries OF
chivalry and war-like history at their
backs"
The Pals: st is a pity to see what
children, what wcaklings the Americans
are. They are as unable to care for
themselves as infants in arms. Yesterday
there were no less than two railway &C
cidents in America, the total victims
being six. They are ignorant of the
use of steam, and their telegraph poles
| dIC COIlUllIuully OlOWlAS H..
The Diario: "The average height
among the Americans is five feet two,
and they have never produced an ath-
lete. This is due to their living almost
entirely upon vegetables, as they ship
all their beef out of the country, SC
eager are they to make money. There is
no doubt that any full grown Spaniard
can defeat any three men in America
The Pals describes the land of the free
and home of the brave in a very terse
manner, saying:
'The country is not fit to live in. The
climate is execrable. When it is not
sleeting or showing, the heat is almost
unbearable. Avalanches are frequent
at all times, and these threaten the prin-
cipal cities. As for the people, besides
the few whites engaged in business along
the eastern coast, the remainder of the
country is one vast plain, covered with
Indians, called cowboys, and great herds
of roaming CATTLE"
In it's issue of April 9, the Diario at
tempts to convey some idea of the cruel
ties Of the half-civilized Yankees in de.
oSl q "dSodSlC VI op0lll0tOo III dI
American town-what town it failed to
m%ention-in the following manner
"The scene in the plaza was one Of
frightful slaughter. The brave Span.
iards, to the number of about 200, with
their beautiful wives and children, made
a stand in the public square neal the
cathedral fountain. On every side the
Yankee devils closed in. Cannons were
brought forward, and soldiers aimed
their muskets. At the signal the guns
exploded and the valiant victims fell
writhing in death agony. The soldiers
then bayoneted the wounded until they
died. The square ran with SPANS best
blood"
Now, you pigs of Yankees" will you
be good?