The Anderson intelligencer. [volume] (Anderson Court House, S.C.) 1860-1914, 1898-01-26

expense Of the grower In another
column wc print u letter from Ncssrs.
Latham. .tlcxandcr y TO- in which
the :'ubicc; of Il large crop j., cXhana
lively discussed. In this letter it is
shown that the world has about 500,
600, 900 which it is willing to spend
for cotton. and if the crop is as low as
| seven t. eight million bales it draws
this $500, ,U0!j 900 with ab out the same
regularity as Il crop nlanfeStly larger
The figures in this letter are very
plain and convincing, and we can add
nothing more forciblc in urging the
planting Of Il smaller crop. We invite
Il careful pcrusal of tllis letter
--~ o
Within the last few days the situa-
ton in Cuba has become so critical as
TO brin" about Il very active state Of
affairs in the war, state and navy dc.
partmcmts Of the United States and to
fix the attention of at least one half
the world upon this unhappy little is
land. ManDcuvcring within few
miles of Cuba is the most formidable
fleet assembled in Southern waters
since the close Of tho civil war, and
the question new on The lips Of every
one is. ''S the United States govern
mcnt preparing to interfere in tue Gu
ban situatinn?' Notwithstanding il
has been custom time ont Of mind
| for the nitcd States Senate to take
| Saturday recess, ~ critical was the
situation regarded in high circles that
when the question Of adjournment
came up Saturday last Senator Davis
and others thought that owing to the
seriousacss of the situation the Senate
had best remain i'll session There is
| considerable excitement in Washing
TON and the public men show great
| cagcrncss for news. The entire North
Atlantic squadron were expected to
reach the Gulf waters last Saturday,
The cruisers already there were the
| Marblchead, the Detroit and the
sccond-class battlcsllip Maine The
flotilla Of torpedo boats stationed ut
Key West arc the dupont, tho Erie
son, the Gushing and the Porter. and
the following battlcships and cruisers
probably reached there Saturday: the
Massachusetts, the Iowa. the Texas,
the Indiana, the New York and the
Montgomery. The Atlanta is out of
commission, but will he sent down to
| join the fleet rs soon us it is rcfittcd.
The navy department has put the flo
tilla of torpedo boats under cipher or
dcrs from General Ice. Should the
cables be cut, Or messages stopped,
| owing to accident or to any other
! cause, the torpedo boats are under or
| ders to proceed ut once to Havana to
learn the cause. \ cipher system has
been established between Havana and
Key West by which the authorities in
| Key West hear every hour Or go from
General Ice. Should his cipher fail
to come at any time one or more tor
pedo boats are under Instructions to
hasten to Havana without waiting
for other orders, either from Lee or
from Washingto,. Dispatches from
Washington say the government is
preparing to strike = decisive blow,
but what that blow will bc people can
only guess. 1t may rot mean Cuban
independence. There is very strong
party i'll Cuba who are very deeply
concerned iii her Welfare, bit who
would take no part in reorganization
by the insurgents. These people are
looking to the United States for re-
lief of different sort and their hopes
may not be in vain. The United
States may force the acceptance of the
civil reforms proposed by Spain, and
the interference of this government
may be ut the instance of Spain.
autonomy as it is proposed by Spain
would give Cuba such government as
that of Canada, but Spain is unable to
force its acceptance and the interior
cncc of this government may by no
means signify the independence of
Cuba. With our limited knowledge
OF Cuba, particularly of her mixed
population, We cannot form correct
opinion as to whether independence,
annexation or autonomy as proposed
by Spain would be best for the is
land. We do know, however, that
this unmilitary war has been one of
continual horrors, where loss OF life
and destruction Of property has been
unparal lclcd and it matters little what
policy this government may pursue so
long as it terminates the fearful
'butchery which has been going on in
Cuba for the past three years.