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The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1898-05-16
Drawing Nearer Together.

The recent speech of Joseph Cham
bcrlain, the British colonial secretary,
in favor of an Anglo American alli-
ance, notable because its author is
generally regarded as. next to Lord
Salisbury, the most influential and
potential of living English statesmen,
has attracted world wide attention. 1t
is the speech of a man who has power
to make his words in large degree eff
feCtivo, While neither Mr.. Chamber
lain nor any other Englishman can
expect an immediate coalition between
the United Kingdom and the United
states it is obvious that he, as the
in the salisbury cabinet, can so shape
British official conduct toward the
American republic as to put the latter
under a sense of obligation and in
cline it far in the direction of a de
facto alliance.
For such joining of sympathies
ana reinforcement Of mutual purposes
the more intelligent portion of the
American people are already prepared.
Some opposition is to be expected from
the small class of adopted Americans
whose chief capital has long been dis
trust and abuse of England. No sur
prise will he felt that Mr.. Patrick
Ford and his followers in American
politics are in arms at the very men,
ton Of better understanding be-
tween Washington and Westmin-
st"r These gentlemen are doubtless
sincere in their emphatic expressions
~ belief that England is trying to sell
us a diplomatic gold brick. Suspicion
of British politics and politicians has
become fundamental Of their nature.
Vet their strident warnings fall on
unusually deaf ears Whatever may be
true as between Irishmen and English
men, the prevalent belief on this side
is that as between Yankees and Eng
lishmen the former can be trusted to
take care of themselves. be the COM
petition one Of war or diplomacy So
that the fear that England is trying
to fool us does not take broad hold.
on the contrary, the knowledge that
in our present trouble the English peo-
pie and government. on their own
prompting have stood by us nobly,
showing precisely the characteristics
that we ourselves would have shown
had the conditions been reversed, has
developed a sense Of gratitude not at
all likely to wane
The greatest single obstacle to an
Anglo-AmeTican alliance in fact
II not on parchment is not distrust of
England nor fear that the United
States might be buncoed in that kind
Of a combination, but the effect which
such a moral union of English-speak-
ing forces might have in interrupting
our traditional friendship for Russia.
This friendship on our part at least
has been genuine. 1t has rested upon
cordial and grateful recognition Of the
fact that Russia has invariably treated
us well. So long as Russia keeps up
her record in this respect the ministers
Of the cZar can count upon American
neutrality touching Anglo
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rivalries which do not involve the GER
ious menacing of American prospects.
In others words, we shall never be the
aggressor in n movement inimical to
Russia. But If without fault or invi-
tation on our part a time shall ever
come when the cause of constitutional
liberty and international fair play shall
force us to choose between st. Peters
burg and London; between absolutism
and political principles akin to our
own; between strangers in race and
creed, and kinsmen but a few genera
tions apart, joint heirs with us to the
glories Of a common history, literature
and speech, we cannot doubt what that
choice will be.
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demonstration is It's general unselhsh-
ness, except so far as there is in 1t a man
Hesitation of a youthful craving for ad-
venture. Naturally enough, there is
much eagerness on the part of individ-
uals to obtain the distinction of COM
missions as officers and escape from the
harsh suburdination of enlistment. even
at the expense of greater liability to dam
ger; but relatively the amount of such
self-seeking is small Purely personal
and political Influences eXerted In disre-
gard of military requirements have been
comparatively unavailing, and the or
ganization of the volunteers has proceeded
generally on lines approved by the mill
tary judgment which seeks only the &c
| complishment of the highest attainable
efficiency. No purely political generals
| have yet appeared. No distinctions in
favor of any class OF the volunteers nave
| been made The great mass of the young
| men enlisting have neither made nor
| thought of making any efforts to obtain
| discrimination i'm their behalf or any
mitigation of the hardships of service
| because of any artificial social distinc-
| ton arrogated to themselves. They are
ready to take their luck along with the
rest as comrades in arms, and ask and
expect no special consideration. They
know that only by surrendering thelr IN
dviduality for the good of the whole can
| they be useful to the republic in war, aud
| that only on the condition that they rem
der themselves absolutely amenable to
military discipline will they be entitled
| to the name of soldiers. They must be
at command for whatever duty is com
mitted to them by their officers. The
military law can recognize no distinctions
| between them, and the more Intelligent
| they are the more complete is their un-
derstanding that by the oath of their en-
| lstment they are compelled to an obed-
! ience which is binding on all and is en-
| forced equally on all under the most
| painful penalties. But such knowledge
has not restrained in any degree the
youthful impulse to enlistment.
The American military spirit Is now
more ardent more aggressive, and more
general than ever before in the history
of this republic, and its manifestation in
every condition of our society," uniting
| the whole by a common enthusiasm, is
proof of increasing Vigor in the race ana
| affords assurance that America Is well
| fitted to go forward in the larger career
to which it's destiny is leading 1t.
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ENGLISH POSTAL ODDITIES.
Puzzles Found in the Mails ana
Turned Over to Experts.

From the Youths Companion.
Some of the anecdotes of the English
postoffice recently related BY Mr.. Franz
ley Steelcroft are very amusing Ihe
British public, one must infer, is no less
apt to perpetrate cpistcs than is our
own; but the Lcndon mail clerks seem to
be quite as clever in the Interpretation OF
such puzzles as are the ingenious SER
wants of Uncle Sam in the dead letter Of
flee at Washington.
Here Is one little anecdote which ought
to prove encouraging to such OF our reai-
ers as are beginning the study OF French,
iuasmuch as it proves that very slight
smattering indeed Of that elegant tongue
may occasionally be of use. Any hlSh
school student will perceive why the let
| ter of a certain anxious servant, left IN
charge of the house while her mistress
was visiting at AiX-lcs-B -Bains, France
was returned with the postoihce stamp
mot known across its face.
The mistress had written home certain
instructions, using the letter paper OF
the hotel where she stayed; the maid mad
replied having, as she supposed, care
fully copied the address from the printed
letterhead. But unfortunately the hotel
employed that conveniently conspicuous
corner to mention a few of its advan-
tages, with the result that she mailed an
Miss Blank, Hotel Brtannique, Ouvcrt
toute Tannee, AsCenscur Hydraulique."
The number of hotels kept open ali the
year round and supplied with elevators
proved sufficiently large to discourage
the French officials, and the letter found
its way back to London. 1t was returned
to the sender, who was much perturbed,
until q friend of the lady of the mansion
CHANGED to call, to whom the showed it.,
when an explanation cnsued and she OBJ
taned a more definite address.
Perhaps this incident is fairly offset by
another in which it was the postoffice
official whose knowledge of foreign
tongues was deficient. a French lady iiv-
ing in England had lost many newspa-
pers in the mail, and went to the village
pOstoffice to complain, The sub-post-
master, after her departure, received in
structions from his chief to ask her the
next time she came for the titles of the
papers which had gone astray. He did
so, and soon ccmpacently reported that
she subscribed to three-the II me manque
and Pluseurs and JournauX! C'I fail to
receive" and many" and newspapers y
Pasted in one of the curious address
books kept at the Postal Museum in Lon
don is Il letter which was never delivered
though plainly enough addressed to Job
David Llandough The reason is made
obvious by a struggling Endorsement in
red ink from the pen of some village
friend of the addressee, Job Davis is ded
and berid." Near 1t is one of the most
curious of recorded addresses: Mrs. B.
Wearing a Large Bear Boa. Violet Flow
ers in Bonnet, Promenade (mornings).
Aberystwith."
This letter was from lady's son, who
had mislaid his mothers seaside address.
The letter was duly and promptly deliv-
cred.
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The var Situation.

The failure of the Gussie to effect a
landing in cuba with arms and sup
plies for our insurgent allies, coming
on top of a number of other repulses
of American small ships operating near
the Cuban shore, will tend to eXasper-
ate public sentiment in this country
and provoke renewed criticism at the
apparent indecision of the war depart
ment.
our citizens, however, should try to
be patient. These minor reverses are
undoubtedly veXatious, but there will
be no halting when once the invasion
gets under way. on the contrary the
recollection of these preliminary checks
will serve as a stimulus and put the in
vadng troops on their mettlc.
1t is evidently the policy of the Span
ish admiral in command of the Cape
Verde fleet now in harbor at Curacao
TO play tag with Sampson and Schley
drawing them after him in a fruitless
chase and thus postponing our occu-
patton of cuba until the rainy season
impossible, 1t remains to be seen
whether the authorities at Washington
will consent to accommodate him.
In the meantime, moderate delay will
enable preparations to be brought to a
degree of perfection which will enable
the invasion when ultimately ordered
to be very greatly expedited. That is
the one consolation derivable from a
situation otherwise decidedly embar-
RAISING to American pride.
In these days the cultivation of ig-
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1898-05-16
TOLD BY THE STARS.
Daily Horoscope dawn by Al acc hus
The Tribune AstrOIoger.
Astrolabe Cast: 1.2! a. m, for Monday,
MAY l6 1858.

~ az: $
A child born on this day will notice that
persons who crave faxed war news
were given the real thing by some of the
jaundiced local sheets yesterday.
At the hour of goine; to press Admiral
SIMPSONS ships were all aiioat, but
there's no telling what the afternoon pa
pers may do to them.
Although there's always room at the
top a good many people seem to prefer
to stay down with the crowd.
1t might be an improvement if some of
the Scranton papers would consolidate
with the Christian Advocate or the War
Cry.
The "Gussie" by any other name might
have landed.
AiaCchus' Advice.
Let us hope that the war rumor editor
will not again escape from his keeper for
another month at least.
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Havana does not seem TO cost them n
thought They continue to call upon
him and expect in some mysterious
way that he with his fifty thousand
warriors will drop from the clouds.
The life of every private citizen of
Havana of foreign nationality is not
worth an hours purchase. The Brit
ish consul is tolerated, but seemingly
disregarded and disrespected as an
official agent of his government. The
insurgents are pressing in upon the
city and the Vento water works have
been attacked, though unsuccessfully.
Without light or food and the supply
of fresh water endangered Havana is
a pandemonum.
If this is the condition of affairs in
Havana, what must 1t be where the
recOncentrados are herded together?
Their condition must be appalling,
Without food, without sympathy, with
out hope, those of the miserables who
have not died of starvation or been
on in the most hapless and helpless
state to which it is possible to reduce
a human being-that of starvation by
inches. OF course the Unsuitable Span
ish soldiery have siezed upon the sup
plies which were sent by this country
to feed the starving reconcentrados.
The amount was not much, it is true,
as the time was short in which to send
it; but, little or much, the Spaniards
have made a meal of it. The women
and children appeal most TO our
humane and human sympathy. How
fares it with them? Heaven only
knows; we may only conjecture.
If it were possible to bring anything
like systematic relief to the reconcen-
trados, the continuance, of the block
ade would be regarded without much
perturbation. We owe the Havana
braggarts neither good will nor SYM
pathy. They are a crowd Of murder
Gus ruffians to whose political machin-
ations and military turbulence Spain
owes the greater part Of her misfor-
tunes. When we get to Havana the
so-called volunteers will receive our
most pressing and immediate consid-
Grafton. Revenge is foreign to our OBJ
ject in Havana or anywhere else, but
the military organization of which
these brigands formed a part must be
instantly disbanded, and the alterna-
tive offered the members of leaving the
country or returning to civil employ
ments. In the meantime, let us hope
the elusive Cape Verde fleet will not
long scare our government into post
poning the forward march" which
will liberate Cuba ere famine and
Spanish brutality shall have made it
an untenanted desert.
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1898-05-16

Possibly the prophets Of general
scrap are merely talking through their
apprehensions.
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This exhibition of martial and patri-
Otic spirit extends to young men gener-
ally. 1t is even more striking now than
1t was at the outbreak of our civil war.
The presidents call for volunteers was
for 10000 only, but six times that num-
Der responded, A million men might have
been obtained easily. The places Of
members of National Guard regiments
made vacant by the wise severity of the
medical examination are quickly filed
while in all parts OF the Union there is
grievous disappointment that the remain
ing opportunities to enter the services
are 50 few. If the HUI bill for the reor-
ganization of the army had passed i'm its
original form, as the eNigency of the NaI
required so imperatively the whole Of
the proposed regular force of l04 900 men
would have been filed rapidly and with
quality of recruits fully as high as that
which the call for volunteers brought out
The best blood of this republic would
have rushed to enlist I'm the ranks of the
regular army already made up of the
most desirable material 1t has contained
since its establishment.
O.
The most remarkable thing about this
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If we had a sufficient navy it would
not be necessary to hold up the entire
war while Sampson, Schley and the
Spanish admiral play hide and seek
among the West Indies.
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If the starving in Cuba can keep alive
until the Spanish fleet is chased into q
corner and annihilated then we may
do something for them. But until then
the peregrinations of that one measly
fleet are apparently sufficient to hold
president, cabinet, naval strategy
board, war strategy board and all the
departmental cooks and bottle washers
transfixed in fear. Our warships out
number spain's twoAto one and out
shoot them three or four to one, yet the
whole programme of invasion and res
cue is halted because four Spanish
cruisers are somewhere circling around
the rim of the Caribbean sea. DO we
need a Dewey at Washington?
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Don't forget tonight's meeting in the
board of trade rooms, called to organ
i2e relief work in behalf of the depend
ent families of Scranton soldiers at the
front.
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In buying brass Bedstead, be sure that
you get the best Our brass Bedsteads are
all made with seamless brass tubing and
frame work is all of steel.
They cost no more than many bedsteads
made OF the open seamless tubing. Every
bedstead is highly finished and lacquered
under peculiar method, nothing ever hav-
ing been produced to equal It, Our new
Spring Patterns are now on exhibition.
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God help the recOncentrados. 1t is
evident that the war board at Wash
iugton is too slow to.
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\ written alliance with England
would not be eXpedient at this time, if
it would ever be, bur John Bull ought at
least to be assured in a satisfactory
manner that his good behavior will not
lie forgotten. Uncle Sam is not an in
crate.
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Their spirit in thus responding to the
call for volunteers is not peculiar 10
them, but extends to the great body of
American young men; yet that they
should have it draw TO them sympathy
and admiration previously denied them,
en- the supposition that they were butter
flies of fashion, coXcombs, ana children
of wealth and luxury, removed from the
impulses swaying the hearts of the great
body Of youth. They are showing that
they are not made OF sugar or salt, and
that virie energy and generous manly
sentiment are not limited in this repub-
lie by any social conditions. They will
find in association with their comrades of
the. ranks that such differences are su-
perficial rather than radical, and that the
qualities of American character most de-
serving of respect are independent of
them.
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What Spain needs is a guardian and
receiver.
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The Oregon may yet come in handy.
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1898-05-16

In these days the cultivation of is
nOranCe is expensive.
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1898-05-16
Martial Spirit OF
AMERICA ArolSed
from the New York Sun.

+ rom the New ork sun.
CD HE eagerness with which young
men whose lives seemed to be
given up TO the pursuit of pleas
ure have enlisted in the ranks of
the volunteers, more particularly
the regiment of Theodore Roosevelt, at
fords evidence that ease and luxury have
not degenerated their manhood, Most Of
these young fellows go in as enlisted men
simply without having undertaken to
make use of any influence, possibly with
in their reach, to obtain commissions or
to soften for themselves the rigors Of
service as private soldiers. They ask
no discrimination in their favor, attempt
10 impose no conditions, and they will
get none. They have put themselves vol
UNFAIRLY under the severe military law
and will take their chances along with
the rest of the enlisted men.
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The most remarkable thing about this
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1898-05-16

dozen Cheviot Waists, handsome
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As our assortment of sizes will soon
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