Gulf Coast breeze. [volume] (Crawfordville, Fla.) 1897-19??, 1898-03-11
MADRID PAPERS RAMPANT.
MAJORITY OF THEM SEEM ANx-
IOUs FOR TROUBLE.
ADVOCATE WAR WITHOUT DELAY,
The DeLome AFFAIR Offers Spanish Edi-
tors an Opportunity to Express
Their Convictions.

A fierce indignation characterizes
the Spanish newspapers that are not
supporters Of the government at its
alleged weakness in replying in gentle
terms to the American demand for ex-
plantations about the Dupuy DeLome
letter.
The impartial says: 'It is the
height Of weakness to suppose we are
going TO disarm the yankees by means
of patience. From them we shall
gain nothing by it, and on the other
hand, we shall lose the esteem for the
dignity and bravery Of Spain obtained
from other nations. Paraphrasing the
never-to-be-forgotten Spartan words Of
Mendez Nunez at Callan, Sufficient to
to say Spain loves honor more without
Cuba than Cuba without honor We
have sacrificed our youth, we have
sacrificed our millions; must we also
sacrifice our national honor? Not the
great Antilla, not hundred Antilles
would be worth so great sacrifice. I"
The impartial then proceeds to
argue that all SPANS concessions
would be useless II America seeks to
break off friendly relations, adding:
'Tf pretext is sought, it will be
found; for instance, q hostile demon
stration against the Spanish warship
visiting American ports or demand
for pension for the widow Of the
dentist Ruiz.
SIN Europe" the article continues,
"every one has already perceived this.
The universal conscience is with us
and it is really shameful fact that
the action of the United States rouses
more indignation in foreign minds
than in some Spanish. We believe
we can interpret better the spirit OF
the Spanish people, and we energeti-
cally protest against what has been
done in order that outside Spain it
may be known that her rulers do not
reflect the feelings of the Spanish peo-
pie in such acts as the explation to
Mckinley, and also that this nation OF
brave men has not becoms a flock OF
lambs"
The Pals is not 80 moderate, for it
declares that war is already raging,
saying:
.The North Americans have not the
soldiers, their ships, IN Cuba, but
among the insurgents they have what
is better--they have their money turn.
ed into ammunition, guns, cannon and
dynamite.
"Why," asks the Pals, "should an
official declaration be made, when. war
already exists, and exists under the
most favorable terms for the United
Statesp
"Instead of exposing their soldiers
or their own soil, they send them in
the guise of insurgents to Cuba. To
avoid a catastrophe to their warships,
they send men and ammunition to the
insurgents in merchant vessels. Amer
lean politicians would indeed be most
foolish if they abandoned by declar-
alton Of war the favorable position
they have taken up in Cuba against
Spain.
mo" the paper continues, eve
cannot hope for declaration OF war.
Cautious or bold, humble or active,
our government need not fear that
Washington will declare war. 1t is
already declared Already it has
caused havoc in Spain, and in the
United States they laugh at the idea
that they are capable of the folly OF
declaring war against us, war already
ahame through them-a warfare by
them-a warfare in which they run
none of the risks and have all the
advantages that would accrue from an
open warfare between the two coun'
tries"
CUDaNS DAI'TC SDANTARnS