Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1898-03-31

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Senator Thu. on then ,erseiy suumar-
/ ized MS observations and conclusions as
| follows.
After three years Of warfare and the
use Of 2z5,U0V Spanish troops. Spain has lost
] control Of every foot Of Cuba not surround
| ed by an actual IA -renchment and protect
/ ed by a fortified picket lire.
| she holds possession with her armies Of
| the fortified seaboard towns. because they
are under the virtual protection Of Spanish
| warshps, with which the revolutionists
| cannot cope.
The revolutionists are In absolute and al
/ most peaceful possession of nearly one-haIf
I Of the Island. Including the eastern
provinces OF Santiago De Cuba and Puerto
4 Principe
thurman Policy of weyIer.
Under the inhuman policy OF Weyier not
1 less tnan 100000 self-supporting simple
| peaceful. defenseless country people were
/ driven from their homes in the agricultural
1 portions Of the Spanish provinces to the
| cities and imprisoned upon the barren
! waste outside the residence portions of
/ these cities and within the lines of in
| trenchment established little way beyond.
| Their humble homes were burned, their
| fields laid waste. their implements Of hus-
! bandry destroyed. their live stock and food
/ supplies for the most part ccnfiscated
Most Of these people were old me1. women
and children Slow starvation was their
inevitable fate. conservative estimate
indicates that 10000 of these people have
already persisted from starvation.
Pictures Are True.
THE pictures In the American Newspapers
of the starving reconcentrados are true
They all be duplicated by the thou
sands. l never saw. and please God / may
never again see. so deplorable a sight as
| the reconceptradoes in the suburbs Of
Matanzas. / can never forget to my dying
day the hopeless anguish in their despair
ing eyes. Huddled about their little bark
huts. they raised no voice of appeal to US
for aims as we went among them.
Men, women and children stand silent
furnishing. Their only appeal comes from
their sad eyes, through which one looks 5
through an open window into their agoniz-
ing souls.
butchers Under Shadow of Cross.
Il shall refer to these horrible things no
further. They are there God pity me;
have seen them; they will remain in
mind for ever-and this is almost the TWEEN
tieth century. Christ died 1900 years ago
and Spain is a Christian nation she has
set up more crosses in more lands, beneath
more skies. and under them has butchered
more people than all the nations of the
earth combined.
Europe may tolerate her existence as
long as the people of the Old World wish.
God grant that before another Christmas
morning the last visage of Spanish tyran-
ny and oppression will have vanished from
the western hemisphere"
Remedy Suggested.
Discussing the remedy which should be
applied to the evils he found. Senator
Thurston said:
Il counseled silence and modera ton from
this floor when the passion of this nation
seemed at white heat over the destruction
of the Maine. but it seems to me the time
for action has now come. Not action in
the Maine case. I hope and trust that this
government Will take action on the Cuban
situation entirely outside of the Maine case.
be found that our ship and sailors were
blown up by some outside explosion, we
will have ample PREPARATION without bubble
or delay, and If the explosion can be traced
TO Spanish official sources. there will be
such swift and terrible punishment admin
istered will remain a warning TO the
world forever.
The Time for Action.
THE time for action has then come. No
greater reason Tor II can be expected to-
morrow than to-day. Every hours DELAY
only adds another chapter to the awful
story Of misery and death. Only one power
can intervene-the United States of Amer
lea.
What shall our action be?''
Senator Thurston briefly referred 10 the
propositions OF recognizing the belligeren-
cy or the independence of the Cubans onlv
TO say that It was too late for either AS to
annexation he said:
God forbid. ! would oppose annexation
with my latest breath.
only One Action Possible.
mfr. President. there IS only one action
possible. If any IS taken: that is fnteryen-
ton for the independence OF the island.
intervention that means the landing of an
American army on Cuban soil. the depIoy-
Ing of an American fleet off the harbor OF
Havana: Intervention which says to Spain:
Leave the island. withdraw your soldiers
leave the Cubans, these brothers of ours
In the New World, TO form and carry on
government for themselves Such inter
vention on our part would not of itself be
war. It would undoubtedly lead to war
But II war came II would come by act of
Spain in resistance OF the liberty and the
independence of the Cuban people,
Liberty Before Pence.
He believed in the doctrine of peace
taught by the lowly Nazarene. but men
must have liberty before abiding peace can
come. Force saved the union, kept the
stars in the flag made "Niggers" men.
The time for Gods force has come again.
Let the impassioned lips of American pa
triots once more take up the song:
In the beauty of the lilies
Christ was born across the sea,
With a glory in His bosom
That tansfigured you and me.
AS He died to make men holy
Let us die TO make men Free for God Is
marching on"
Places Himself on the Altar.
MIR. President. In the cable that moored
me to life and hope the strongest strands
are broken. ! have but little left to offer