The Houston daily post. [volume] (Houston, Tex.) 1886-1903, 1898-05-12
FRIENDLY TO AMERICA.
Attitude Of the British Press.

BY an English Journalist.
Sympathy in this country is all one way
and 1t would run still more strongly in
that direction II the people OF this country
had only been kept we'll informed OF the
horrors which have accompanied Spanish
rule In Cuba during the' last few years.
There Is general sense that Cuba ha5
been oppressed, but find that few pecpo
have the least conception OF the hiieous
magnitude of the wrongs and the suleting
The other day | was looking at some IL
Illustrations In London journal which had
evidently been taken from au American
newspaper. They were pictures of starving
women and cs.ldren. and 1t made ont'S
blood run cold TO think that such thlnls
cou.d be in this century. The assertion is
made that no fewer than 100000 people
have been starved to death by the span
iards within the last few years In Cuba.
The Illustrations ! saw We're OF some three
or four people, but the sight OF this small
number was siokening enough. The bones
OF the poor creatures protrudtd through
their skin; some of them had the swollen
stomach which you will see in all pictures
Of people who are dying; the faces OF the
children looked as II they belonged to
worn old men aud women, Just think thai
this awful picture Of human suffering could
be repeated 1000 times. and you begin
to realize what are the maddoning forces
which have been at work on the American
mind for long time past.
| put II to any Englishman how we
should feel II there were any such atrocities
going on in any part OF the world and
brought to our knowledge Everybody
Knows what took place In England when ths
| ps,.
he told Nobody can ever forget the cyclone
OF demands for immediate and IL needs
be, bloody redress which swept through
TINS land when that terrible story was tod,
1t was vain at TINT moment to point out
to any Engllshman that his expressions of
fierce anger might have the dreadful con-
sequence Of leading to bloody pro-
longed, terrible war AS matter OF fact
the warning would have been only too
justified; for II was undoubtedly the agi-
tation IN England over the Bulgarian afro
cities which was one OF the main fattorl
In producing the war between Russia and
Turkey
Again, when the horrors took place In
Armenia, did any Englishman worth his
salt stop TO consider what might be the
consequences TO the interests even OF his
own country Il he raised his voice in pro-
test and horror at these iniquities9 We had
plenty of cynical gentlemen to ten us that
the cruelties in Armenia in no way con-
cerned US; that they were not our dolng or
our business, and that II Was either impor-
tinent or silly on our part to take any no.
tice of them. Englishmen would not he tho
men they are II they did not disregard
such warnings and if they did not continue
their agitation against Turkey until they
found that the wicked concert OF Europc
lptprminpd ON
uhaVehseu and turkey unpunlshed
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tho A,,or,car nos,,,o, ~ ,ho rng,,sh ,,,ina
wont Ep,1,sbmc, % ,oo,,ne what thay
wonId ,ea, ~ ,,n r,rdera 4, pr,sorto and
ortr,oos II, nui,or,n ,oot ,,,co ma,
vast DISTANCES fro,, ,botr shoros I'm, With
In six hours of nortion -, tba,r so,c,oe,
Nvbv rngiiabnan would ro,,ard tto,,,9,,,,,@
as ,Inwortbv ~ moi, nam, rd 1,n," ,,.',,
lions If thev ala MOT domond ina, thrir
novornn,ent yvh,toyor 4, uos. sho,la ,,,
nm ond "a tbngn o,rncIttos u,h,Iovos 10
rlsl ,hotovor mn cost Ava MI, 90 ~
American nnsition cnho is ", thntr .,dn,
In borro>v Tho crn,, ,hraoo ~ rob, nr,,,h,
| thpv have mn tn lieton n,,1 nv oo,, "a -
the heating NJ tho wings nr tbn nnp,I or
death throuph mo tort,t,d i.iard 1h,o
> star,ed rror o,,d ,ro,, ~, ia, -. NV.
IN accenta tbot reoch tbcir onre.' thcse on,
RACED women anne ol,nost hpforo mir
vorv oves. tbryo uborts ~ hc,.ro,.,, .o ~,
conttnopta ana ocoors n,yay h,, ~ ~
very naxt street almost In tbe verv ,cSt
room. | do protest whom think of these
rontrcl ,tan ~, tho ,,a,roeo 90 ho"rnr
pity and rage which has come over the
: American mind and heart