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Der Deutsche correspondent. [volume] (Baltimore, Md.) 1841-1918, 1898-08-21
9lus ben ,,Slauen SerseH."
Better, 9u bait mir befoblen,
Oisiss Shemd III dlpiiiren;

Se1tSr, 0u DdlI HlI utIppleNI
9ieIes S6ema gu gloiftren;
9o9 i9 Tag es unperbo6len:
Spl8es beibt bic 3eit Derlieren!
Better, 0u bait mir befpblen! 81
fen geitanoen, rper in @ottesBelt 6dtte
mir mas gu bsfeblen? 4ber ne9men
mir ben Wuni6 Der Reoattipr ais Be
febl. @r 1T mir oiesmal penig mill
fommen uno ous 9ebor9en ptro
i6per. Man gebf ni4t in Die u9tauen
8erge," UNI Ii9 geiitig gu itrapa5iren,
Ipnosrn I'M gu ipa5ieren, &iidgrdt gu
ero6ern, ii3 bic 2ungen auS5urpeiter,
ben Ser3mustel gu itdrten unb iiber@
fliifIig ongeIebten 8ummeriped los gu
peroen. llnD pa3u bent Die Sano3d>
bung Der Seoer gepiB ni4t; dber
Better, 9u bait mir befoRlen,
9teIes 9bema gu gloIIiren!
Sine re6t iiberfliiige Aufgubs;
oenn Sober, Der etrpas uuf ii4 6GIt, 1T
bod isbt i'm @e6irge ooer an Der SEE,
uno nur Die 6srrsn Rebatteure iiBen
Splp, ipliifmp auf ibren turuliIfen
SeFeln uno i9reiben = ia, fir men?
On Der See, ME i'm 9e6irse lit man
Ferienfaul unO lieit b09Itens bislleber@
I9riften Der nit 10 piel S4peiB be-
goiIentn 3eitungsartitel. QlIp:
9o9 i8 Jag Is u%nberbpblen:
Spl9es beiBt Die 3eit psrlieren!
9d fommt u6er 10 Elm e6ter, Iinniz
Ger 2anoz uno 9auerregen, unO nun
Fat mar urgs6euer biel 3eit gu perlie@
rem: Mfp perlieren mir Ie NAL on ben
pGorrefppnoenten."
Wenn Baltimore, tpie i'm Sult oes
oSa6rss 1898, Ri9ts ais 9iBe at6met,
6iBe bi6riri uno reflettirt, bdnn febre
i9 i6m am 2ie6iten ben 3iiden. Na9
grin6li9sm Stuoium oreier 3etturpz
gen, in pelhen bic 4nnebmli9teiten
uno 8or5iige Ginger 6unDertS pmmerz
friI6en angeprieIen, unb mad einem
Ie66aften 1amilieprdtb ergibt Ii9 dls
GnbreIultdt: Nd9 Den ,8tauen Ser
gen." ySn rsbient tpujours q Ies pre-
miers umpurs," man fpmmt INNER
duf feline srIte Qiebe Surid, uno ben
Bergen oes peItli9en MarDlanD's gez
b0rts meme erite 6erienliebe. @inige
Stunben ipGter IinD mir untertpegs.
Rs6ts Mdtsfeloer, linfs Stoppelfels
Der nit Rinopieb; Damn linfs Mais
uno rs9ts Stoppsln uno 3inoer, uno
gum Wehiel MatsfelO uuf beioen Seiz
ten; aber perge6ens fpd6t ods Quge
na6 benz frsunolt9en Grim zines
0albes, b. h., mas ben Ramen WnlO
beroient. Sntere6anter tpiro Die 6d6rt
erIt, tpenn bic Gontouren Der Serge,
UNI rpel6e Die Natur i5ren blduen
S9leier qepoben, aus Der Gbene dufs
tauden. 9d(o fino mir i'm 9e6irge,
erIpGRn bon Der Sufeiiencurpe i6on
bic SABINE auf Mount Auiraut, um@
fabren nod einen Berg uno lino am
3iel. Germantown bat Ous Net9en
NAL qebeibsR, oas unier erfrif9enber
Mitipmmeraufent6dlt tperDen iou;
jeBt fi6rt es ben frembartigen RdTnsn
8usna 8iItu. Die Oeuti4en Iino be-
reits ppr me6r, uls einem bdlben Sabrs
burb,St ii6er Mfaion uno Dries 2inie
per3ogen. 0teie beribmte 2inie ge6t
nGmIi9 grab Dor Der NaIe Dorbei.
@ie Der bieoere Main3er feline oret
10" rMei(n), @ed uno Morf4t"
bat, 10 muB ieOe anitdnoige CONNER
frii9s ibre flint 80 aufrpeiIen: WalD,
DafIer. Weibe, Dsg unb Wi(b. Den
alten 9eutI9en paren befe fiinf SO
ais 9eiummteigentbum our freien Be-
mbung 8ugdngli9; aud bier Iinb Fe's
nod, Uur BARI man 0us lebts 20 gstroit
Der Deutsche correspondent. [volume] (Baltimore, Md.) 1841-1918, 1898-08-21
3. o.. BoOb
II Sen. sgaTdgitrsda.Ht.
- altimpre~S bip~8 abn
~O Frat I'm Graft am IL. Stunt 1888,

Rad G6itdgo unb BEN Rsr6ipsfsH - mt. Roral'
Staten, 1904 9ormittoog, 6.42 0bsnOs taglib.
SamotnsStation, l0.l2, 1925 9srmtttags uHo '.Oa
abtuss.
Rad Cincinnati, ct. 2Ouis uuo 9SuisSin, mt,
RppalrStatiou, 226 Ra6mittaqs uHo l0.4lNbtHbs,
tdqli6. 6amDtntG tattou. 1925 BprHtttdgsr 2.4V
Rabmittass unD 1855 abtHbs.
Rad Qittsburg uuo 6ltptlaub DRt. 8o9als
Station, 1904 gsrmitiags, tgdlib, 749 @btnos.
Gus eromm.n 6OHEtags. GamoensS tattoH, lO,l2
8ormittaes uHe 7,30 abenbs, tdgli6.
Raa Columbus, SoltDe uHb Detroit Wlt. RIOS
bals6tatisH, l0A absHos. Contamination, 1875
absnbs.
RAD Rem : Crl,uus, W,mpbis, sirmiugbam,
Chattanooga, Ruorpiqs, grifol uH6 RoaHote-Dt.
Republication, s.32 tdeIi6. GamOtnsS %tstiOu, g.
40 @btHbs tdeli6. S6lafpaee0Hs BON 8altimors
bis RstpsGrIsaHs uEb BaibiHgtsu bis Ylempbts.
gla6 2urGn ut. Republication, 226 Vadm.,
taGIi@. Contamination, 2.4oQa6mittass, tasltS.
Nab @nibinatDn.
mt. RopalsStatisu, aHg80btntageu, 1907, Il.O5,
ESQ, 1850, ITO. 049Srmtttaqg, Jl2.4l, I2.2j, 1886,
t5.@ Na6mittaes, I6.42, IZ49, 1882, Il04l,
9btubs. 6OHntags, T6.07, 1850, rl904 Sermlts
TAGS, rl2.55, r2.26, 1885 Rsbmittags, T6.R, g9.5z
uH0 Il041 Qb,nss.
gGmstn 5 Station, an @o6tutag,n, 500, J6,l5,
1926, 6.35, g7.2o. $500, 1856, 800, Il0.l2. 1925
9ermtttags, l2.l5, Il2.50, rae, 2.5e J3.+5 %
gttu.G T4.l6, 1918 as TltHutsnl, $40, $500, b.l8,
200, $3.50, g7.5s, 9.l5, I9.4O, gl9.55, ll.3O abos.
SonHtaps, 1926, SIS, s.35, rsoo, Tlol2, TlO25
SO RaSmittaes, 6.1S, 800, 1870, 9.l5, Ts.iO'
rlo.55. 1l.30 QbtHbs.
RaS annupsIis, mt. aOpal : Station, F.o5,
$50 BERN, l2.A Qa5m. 6amo,n'Stattou, 10
Born. uHb $50 ga@m. I'm SonHtaeeni 900 9ora
ullttaas unD $40 Ra6mitt1gs.
Der Deutsche correspondent. [volume] (Baltimore, Md.) 1841-1918, 1898-08-21

(aus benz ~SIaooerGontih.O
Sic crfe 9nrtorauDin an Der Serlis
rrr llnibrrftGt.
0eumann beiBt lie. 5rdulein iiR lie,
9pttpr piro lie nG9itens fein,
puh, in 10 elm 6iibi4es 86pf4en
@as gebt ba ni6t an binein!
9ur nod biefes mD4f i9 tpifen,
Ob Te iieben fam uro fifen;
Rann lies, min i9 ibr ber5eib'n
Nn i6r @ria9if9 unb 2utein.
unter Sbubenten.- ySis6'
mai, mas Der MonO beute RG9t fir
elm feliges 9eIidt ma9t!" = .aein
Dunber, Der lit ia aud feute pOl!"
Der Deutsche correspondent. [volume] (Baltimore, Md.) 1841-1918, 1898-08-21

pa Ia9t' Der &0nig Matrian;
SeiO mir gesriBt, Sbr 8raDenl
Sd thu Sud nit 9eIeBe on
U3it pislen photographer,
g1ur Gines! 8leibt mir treu benz Betnl
9as ioG @u9 ME gereuen;
Damn tperO' i9 tets Der Cure ietn,
Sin Sreuer Den @streuen!
0as mar Der 90nig Mdtrian,
Dem purben Iie6 bic 8eine;
Gr hagt, bas f9le6te Wetter an,
9o9 fans pobl mebr pom Weine,
@erI6pouen paren ibm Die 3eb'n,
Gr tonnt ni9t iteb'n, er tount' ni6t
oe6'n
9as Sabren ielbTt i'm @a9en,
&onnt er ni9t me6r Oertra9en.t
6lugs lteB er cine peiIe Srau
gu fi6 ms S6lob ent6ieten;
Die nu6m bic SADIE ie6r genou
Mtt SGee bon 6lisbsrbliitben.
Sic raunte man9en 3auberipru3,
Der &Dnig man4en trdft'gen 6lu9.
ODD 6dlfen ale betoen
S6m ni9t BON feinem 2eIoen.
0as 6alt' elm Nnprer ldnger aus,
Rief er in beGen S6mer3en.
@9er' aIte 9ere bid na4 9aus
Sier bait bu 3pet SfIter3en,
Sir ioI4sn San biFt bu gu pumm!
SD 5iebe gen Mattiatum,
mir bort bic morF6en &np9en
6riI6 pieOer auf5utpaen.
llnb pie 9eTagt, 10 audi getbun.
Sm &o9brunn' fab Dergniigli9
Der eble 80nig Matrian
unb fdnb i'm gang bor3iigli4.
@r lit ia nur fir duBerli9,
Drum, Mafriane, bite Did,
DAB ia nt6ts BON benz Babe
Dir in ben Munb gerate!
9a bor6, pet4' 2drmen Dor Dem
Sbor,
Wie S6ritt BON 2egtppdren.
Spt6o! Oas tommt mir rOmiI3 Dor,
Den SpaB min i9 @u9 Tparen.
6lugs aus benz Babe, ems 3Dei brei!
M2ein 3ipperletn 1T gang bOr6ei.
unD i4neq iprang er bon Rinnen,
limb dls er auf Der 9latte Itanb,
Der alien @DGterItraBs,
% Iebt er la9enb Sdnb an 9ano
unb bpbrte cine NGie:
Sdbt 0ant fir meme rdI6e Sur,
9o4 fir6t' i4 nur. OO4 fiir4t' i4
nur,
Sbr miibt in penig Sagen
4u4 nod bic Soften trugen!
Oas mar Der &0nig Wtatrian
gu gaItel bort am R6eine.
W1it Yurpurmuntel dnget6dn
l1nb man9em eblen Steine.
ON feline Mannen um fi9 Der
Mlit Scramu1ar unb S4tpert unb
Speer,
Die G6ilbe NOD psr6auen
Dom lesten Sampf gu i4duen.
Soi6o bas mar elm barter @trauB!
Subt 0anf ibr tdpferr 8riibsr!
Die tlppften mir ge60rig aus
Die fommen unS ni9t tpieber.
@ebro4en 1T Der WGlT9en Md3t
Sir INNER in Der MGnner19ld4t;
Nun mag ibr LETTER 9uufen
Den 5rteben Ii9 ertdufen!
l1nb pa6rli9! Don MOsuntia5
Strdnb
Sam f6immernb bteSrireme;
Rur 309ernb nabt lie ii6 benz 2dnb,
Dis p6 lie IefbIt fi9 i9Gme.
Nuf 0ed itano SdtTer 8ulentin,
Der Treusn Wen'ge nur UNI i'm,
Op3 tonnt' man rings in SGden
Oes @plbes biel entbeden.
pa Ga6t Der &0nig Mafrian:
@uten Mprgen 5err 8onege!
Man merit Sud tpenig Na9trub an
SIR Isib ia frith Bel Mege.
Run nit benz 9plbe fri19 berdus
unb oarn nd9 9dus. nu4 9dus, na3
6ous!
Cont ohne ptel gu Idgen
Sab man un's S9pert i'm i9lugen.
g9ur Bit i'd, T9aut 10 trib ni9t
brein!
60 mas pdfirt i'm 2e6en.
gee6mt einen Srunt 0 unTer'm
Mein,
Del tpiro Gu9 SrDItung 9eben.
Sin ein3'ges Better 2ieboen bod
Gum NbI9ieb gGn5 bertrdult4 nod:
St0rt teinen mebr bei'm 8dbsn
Gs bringt bas mdn9mul S4Gben.
Der Deutsche correspondent. [volume] (Baltimore, Md.) 1841-1918, 1898-08-21
FNEHW' NHWUFHI-EAEUHi 1FVVu~WN4Hs1I F1''
Nad1 @nibinatOn.
Mt. RopalsS tatisu, anBobtutageu, 1901, 20
- N % = a IN 4n.-..4t.-g 10 a. 80 1s n u
r3pDal Blue Zine"
mad philadelphia uHo Rews9rrf.

Uas 3aat psrOeH NIT 9iHtibs2i3t beleu5tet.
BtrIGtn 6amotH StatloM ,
(0rlafsu gt. @opalsStatisn 4 Dtluuteu ipatu.)
RAD RtDs9ori, Bolton uuO BEN ChtH, an @ss
GtHtagsn, .55SpsiesggaggoHl, $50, Q0.50Spcles
WGGasrl 9Ormittags, 1851, els 6pdissBa9eoHl
3.49, 600 Speiie : Bags0Hl Ra1mtttags, 800
abeHbs Q.l5 Qaats, G9lafsQ8dagoH BON Ut. &es
pGlfStatinH, often fir BaNasisre nm 1000 &bb5.L
6oHHtags, G.55, $50 SpsitsgBGggon) 9ormtttag5'
(2.l5 SpeiisSg9deeou), 3.49, GOO SptltsWd9aoHl
gta6mittaas, 900 abtH0g, Q.l5 Ga5ts, S1!ats
BaggOH ban Dlt. Republication, Oiieu tar 9aNas
rad atiGntie.Gitp 1850 Bonn, 1851 2l5 unI
$40 Ra6mittoqs.
RoS 9bila0tlpbia, @ilmin9tOn uHO Gb,ftr, an
Bo8sHtussH, G.55 spsiiss8aqqsnL $50, LO5l'
bait Hur bel Wilmington, Sp,itsggageouL Born
1857, els Speiitsl9aqgou, bait nur BET ~gsitmiHgz
tom $40, 600 6pciit ggugqoHl yabm'iia0s,
300 Qbtnbs, lis Qa6ts. SOnrtdQs, li53 II. s.5y
6ptis ; 8oGsoH) 9ormitt1gs, els sgtt,t = ssag'
COM 3.49, 600 Gptiit : gBaq8sHl Ea9HIiiias7'
500 Ubenos, LIS ga6ts.
Ra5 9sfols S~tatioutn an br 9bilaOtpbir GIots
Non, an Dob,ntag,H, 800 9srmiiiaqs' 5", 9g5
Roamittags. 6sHRtaQs, $50 8ormtttags IL 5.lo
8IQe "ptrIaffcu Camden Stattou.
Rad Nrspsrid, 730 gormIitd9s, 10, 4J uHo
$50 Ra6mittaqg. aH SoaHta5eH, g.35 gormiiiaas
Nm" Sa 30 @ aaS@tI5''i 500, 1925 gosmittaa. uno
Ra6 oasrsfopn, nO~.l2gormittaos, AIS, 40
ga3mittag5.
Ru5 ut. @irp rHo SDt0eHfdttonen an gSoDtn'
taqeH, 80 g0rmitta9s, l.20, 40, SO 3a9mit'
taos, $40, lilo Qbcnos. Sorutaas, 9,3J gotHt,
& 20 Ro6mittaqg. $50 uuo lilo @btrbs.
mad Guitsttsgttp. an @OttHta9tn, $40. 80.
II 90 gormittags, 100, $50, 40, $50 Radmita
TAGS, $50, lilo absuos. SonutaQs, 9.35 Born,
so RabmittaQg, $50 uHo ITO Qbtuos.
Pab Curtis gaB. al 9Bo5tutaqtn, 6.& Born.
9ao, buldf,u Gurtis' 9ap an @ob,HtaetH UNI
sos Rodmiitaqs.
!qugqsnommsu souutaag. ?Wur 6onniaas.
'5Gsli6. Z Ggprsbs3ug.
gtDdd pirb ~abqsbpIt uno nit gbtds btrft6tu RON
6otelg unb WobHuHqen bur6 oi, Union Sr1usiu
60 auf 8elanqsn in ben giustsShr,aur:
prbne tsG De Galbtrts uub gah
tmSrtsetr., Rr. go. 5EDs9roaopaD, Wt.
RsSalT6tatiou sosr GamotnsStotion.
90. W. Greene Sen. z@ei6dfts fabrsL.
.. Q. Martin, 9aFagirsaQ,Ht.
The times., 1898-05-18

session Of the Philippines, you need to
be up and doing. If. as we suspect you
are your own War Board We sug-
gest to you the propriety of placing the
details and movements of modern war
fare in the hands Of younger and more
technical men. What is wanted of you
is sturdy, vertebrate fighting American
patriotism.
You have had a great opportunity to
go down to history as a magnificent
figure in the war annals of the nation
and race. You have not altogether lost
it. For Gods sake pull yourself to-
gether and do something.
The times., 1898-05-18

She has given her aid and often her
life TO the aid of freedom She has shared
the privation. the shame, the terror and
the humiliation that have been the lot
or the courageous insurgents who have
been true to the little flag that is so soon
to be enrolled as the banner of new ma
ton. She has taken the field In many
instances, and she has proved to the
satisfaction of all her admirers that she
is that jewel above all price-a true,
noble. courageous and patriotic woman.
There is no longer any doubt that VIII
heimina. Queen of the Netherlands. is en-
gagged TO be married; the future BRIDE
groom Is Prince Bernhard of Sake Wei
mer, and the betrothal will be proclaimed
August 81, the day on which her majesty
will celebrate her eighteenth birthday and
come of age Prince Bernhard Is the sec
ond son of the late hereditary Prince of
Welmer- He was born April is, 1878. All
this Is told by several usually weli-in-
formed Dutch papers. As no denials have
been forthcoming, the press of Europe in
general believe the Information to be cor
rect. The youthful queen has lately been
spending several Weeys In Paris sight
seeing and selecting her trousseau, and
the Paris journals, whether they have re-
CelVeu d SiRHiiiCdHl mint from lue govern
ment or not, have been heralding her
comings and goings with a pretty and
very respectful enthusiasm that is quite
unknown in Partisan journalism. Her
dresses, her rides in the Bois, and her
goodness of face and character have been
expatiated upon with genuine interest.
Although the queen was Incognito, they
gave Just as much space to her as though
she were the King of Portugal or a Rus
sian princess. There Is more Importance,
1t Is believed. in cultivating the good will
of the young queen than may appear on
the surface. She will rule over a little
Kingdom free from all entangling alii-
ances and strong in it's isolation and very
weakness. Over the frontiers the huge
standing armies Of the great powers may
cluster and buster without disturbing her
uneventful prosperity. But, although
Holland may not hold the balance of
power, she may really hold the key to
many a continental complication. and the
supposed anti-German proclivities of Will
helmina invite feeling of satisfaction in
the hearts of F'renchmen. That she pur-
chased her trousseau in Paris and not in
Berlin is deemed deeply significant.
The times., 1898-05-18

Senator Chambers little daily, the Con-
cord Monitor, has its laugh at the Lon
don Saturday Review, which has been
making predictions concerning our war
with Spain Says the Monitor:
This time the Review has hit the nail squarely
on the head. but ii was the wrong nail. In a
recent editorial it says that the will not
be waik-over for Americans, and exuitsntly
predicts that the scene of the first naval battle
will be complete surprise.
Shake, you unrepentant old moss-back GROWER.
The first naval battle was a complete
surprise, and that was the most notable
thing about 1t. The surprise was so stu
pendous that it put everything else in the
shade. It just by one day missed being
one system of reckoning, II did take place
on what in America, was the last day of
April. But there is no doubt that wheth-
er it was an April or May joke, it was a
huge surprise. II surprised the Spanish, ,un-
less they have been very much less con-
fident in their own good luck than they
have led US to believe; It shook up all
Europe to an extent that has not been
equaled since the time of Napoleon. and
it surprised the American nation, be-
cause, in the first place. no such move
was expected, and, more than that, 1t
could not have been predicted by the
fondest patriot that the victory would be
so sweeping and so complete. The Lon
don Review did hit the nail on the head
but fits thumb seems to have been badly
pounded in the operation.
The times., 1898-05-18
The Sea Situation

The principal feature of the naval
situation today is the unstinted con-
demnation OF the -the-manger
policy which has marked the past con-
duct Of the Naval Strategy Board. In
the Atlantic it has accomplished moth
ing and has allowed the Army to ac-
complish nothing. It has permitted
Admiral Ceryera TO make il the butt
of European ridicule; has wasted time
and ammunition in peppering stone
walls and sand banks without tangible
results, and has succeeded in postpon-
ing a movement against Havana, which
could have been easily reduced three
weeks ago, but which it may cost hun
dreds of American lives to take now.
From the fourth of March, 1897, to the
present time Mr.. Mckinley has shown
himself TO be about the most unfor-
tunate man in the matter of advisers
that the history OF the country can pro-
duce. Let him look at the consequences
Of his pacific bIockade!" Practically
all the reconcentrados whom he wished
to succor are dead of starvation; Blan-
90 is thoroughly fortified and has been
Slowed time and opportunity to man
his principal works with expert for
eign artillerists. Grass foolishness has
marked the conduct of the war to this
moment. Now, let us see a change
If the President wants continuation
Of national confidence in his good faith
and ability to lead the American peo-
pie in time Of danger he should lose
not an hour in getting rid of the bar
nacles who reduce the speed of his war
policy to less than a knot month
Thanks to that same War
Board, Admiral Cervera has a fine,
large stock of coal in British vessels,
which sailed before the neutrality dec
laration, and from which he is filing
his bunkers off the coast of Venezuela.
Our authorities had ample notice of
the movement and destination of these
Golfers. but not common sense enough
to send a gunboat to take them in tow
for Key West. If that had been done
Cervera would have been helpless un-
less he had gone straight to San Juan,
Cienfuegos or Havana. and then the
battle would have been fought and won
days ago.
AS it is. he is in a position to keep
our fleet chasing all over the Caribbean
Sea, barring some accident by which
he might run straight into Sampson
or Schley. No such accident will hap
pen unless the Board is shut UP In a
guard room and deprived of writing
materials and telegraph instruments,
and We seriously suggest that course to
the President if he expects anything of
a satisfactory nature to be
The fighting sHu~
reported
West
The times., 1898-05-18
Hn,v allan Annexation.

We are glad TO know that the ques
ton of Hawaiian annexation has been
finally brought to an issue in the
House of Representatives. Chairman
Hit, yesterday morning. presented a
majority report from the Committee on
Foreign Affairs. favoring the PROPOSE
ton, and an adverse Democratic mi
rority report was also submitted.
The argument for annexation offered
by the majority of the committee, while
not new, is an able resume of what the
country is already familiar with. and
is as directly convincing to the judg-
ment of every disinterested and patri-
otic mind on the continent as it is in
the power of the English language to
state a case. The native population of
the islands has dwindled to q little
over thirty thousand souls, of whom
not TO exceed eight thousand are male
adults. The Japanese population, on
the other hand, numbers 24,407, of
vhom 1922 are grown men. Many,
perhaps most of these, have seen sery-
ice in the Japanese army, and are ag-
gressive in their tendencies, intensely
loyal to their home government, and
firmly determined TO make Hawaii Jap
anese if they can. Neither the commit
tee nor the American public entertain
the least doubt that, IL the present
Congress refuses to annex the group,
the japanese inhabitants will demand
and secure a full franchise, quickly
dominate the Hawaiian government.
and speedily transfer the country TO
the flag of Japan.
Considering the vital necessity of the
islands to this country as naval ana
coaling base, and an outpost for the
protection of our Pacific coast and the
future Nicaragua Canal, 1t is a con-
servative statement that no senator or
member of Congress with normally pa
triotic instincts and principles will be
found in opposition, unless he has local
commercial or financial interests which
he is willing to serve at the expense Of
American national welfare and safety.
On this account we are bitterly sorry
and mortified to think that there are
men who confess and call themselves
Democrats, who yet lend their influ-
a measure notoriously vital to our po-
sition as naval and commercial power
in the Pacific Ocean. 1t is either an
indication of Toryism or a. cheap sort
of sordid provincialism which must ac-
tuate such persons. Is 1t that they re-
sent the idea that the United States
should take its place in the front rank
of trading nations. furnishing its peo-
/ pie with facilities to extend American
1 business operations to the rich markets
/ of the Far East, or is it that they
/ v ould be glad TO see the whole popula-
ticn Of our continent hampered, shut
in, and rendered helpless to reach the
( outer world with our enormous sur
plus productions, so long as the imme-
diate assumed advantage Of a limited
class of cane or sugar beet growers, or
/ the interests of the Sugar Trust can be
subseTved?
Under existing conditions, antago-
I nism to Hawaiian annexation, from
I whatever source It arises, is not only
unpatriotic. and un-Amerlcan. it is
/ unreservedly and positively disgrace
ful to whoever is guilty of it.
The times., 1898-05-18


Mr.. Mckinley! Whether or not the
theory ascribed to Senator Chandler,
that the pacific blockade, do-nOthing,
wait-and-wonder policy is the result
Of influence exerted by the Spanish
bondholders. is correct, IL is certain
that the country is much astonished
and beginning to be angry. A little
more of this sort Of thing and you viii
hear from it.
AS happy incident, Admiral Dewey
cut the cable at Manila, and so placed
himself outside Of the influence Of the
War Board" at Washington Before
his orders could be countermanded, he
was able TO give the world an object
lesson of what Americans could do if
left alone by the peaceful kitchen cabl-
net, and all Europe was duly surprised
and shocked.
The effect OF that shock has been
nearly lost by the ridiculous placidity
which this Government has displayed
everywhere, except by chance at Ma
Mia. The pacific blockade of Havana
Is justly regarded abroad as a military
sentence Of death pronounced upon
hundreds Of American soldiers and
sailors whose lives could as well have
been saved by a prompt attack upon
that position, when it was lily fortified,
which it is not now.
Our purposeless bombardments of
Spanish towns in the West Indies
without any idea Of immediate occupa-
ton, and without notice to their inhab-
itants, has not added to our glory in
the eyes Of civilization. We have not
advanced a practical step beyond the
position we held a month ago in the
Antilles. We have had a different plan
Of campaign for our army of invasion.
so called, every forty-eight hours for
more than two weeks. The net result
is that both our military and naval
heroes are disheartened, discouraged,
and have lost confidence in the Gov
ernment in whose cause they have
gladly offered to risk their lives.
Mr.. President Every day that this
condition continues the interests and
honor Of our nation and our flag drop
on the stock exchange Of the worlds
opinion, Every day you permit it,
strengthens the price of Spanish bonds
on the bourses of Europe. We do not
mean to insinuate that you are not a
patriot. We do suspect that you have
been again listening to evil counselors.
We know. and you know, who they are.
and why they do not want you to make
real war or to occupy lately Spanish
territory.
1t is said for you, that once more You
have cleared the White House kitchen
stairs Of the Tories. If true, this is a
good thing. There is not an hour dur
ing which the laggard policy Of three
weeks is pursued that you do not bring
nearer TO us the hostile foreign inter
ventiOn which the American people
are ready to fight to the death, but for
which certain influences hitherto DOM
inant over the policy of your Admin
IN are continually plotting
Ow determined to lead
warlike task it has
If you ac-