The Prince George's enquirer and southern Maryland advertiser. (Upper Marlborough, Md.) 1882-1925, 1898-04-08
UPPER MARLBOROUGH, MARYLAND APRIL s. 1893
OUR WASHINGTON LETTER.
WASHINGTON. ID. c., April 18th

ASllINGTON, -. u, ApGI illl.
MIR. Acknowledgements is at hand.
There is to be no more dilly dallying with
i lying Spanish diplomats. Uncle sam is
going to take Spain across his knee and
give it thrashing it has so long deserved
at our hands, and the cowarilv and laS-
tardlv massacre of our sailors and the de-
struction of our hatlleship is to be avenged.
Even Mr.. Mex inlcy is now convinced that
Spain has been playing him automatically
for no other purpose than to gain time.
Mr.. Mckinley ackno wlcdgcd his failure to
secure the independence of Cuba by di-
plomacv and now it is the turn of Congress
which this week will either declare war
against Spain or adopt legislation that
will lie equivalent to declaration of war.
\ last frantic attempt is being made by
the bond. holding element to muZz'c Con-
"rcss, but there is no possibility of its sue
cecding. Congress knows that the end of
the patience of the people of the country
who place national honor and patriotism
above the stock ticker of Wall street has
been reached and that the time Of action
is at hand, and it will act; and its action
will mean War, which the country is in a
position to fight to a victorious end in
short order, if it only has Spain to con-
tend with, and is determined to win re-
gardless of what it has to contend with
Every man who believes in honest and
open and above board dealing between
nations as we'll as between individuals,
can appreciate the telling of the man who.
afterlistening to Il lot of round about rot
about how we could make the Spaniards
open hoStilities without our declaring war
against them, got excited and said: They
blew up our warship they murdered our
sailors. That is why we want to punish
them That is just exactly the truth
incidentally we shall he glad to- free CuEa
and to relieve the suffering on the unfor-
tunate island, but the word that is mir
rorcd upon the average American heart is
neither sympathy, nor humanitarianiSm,
hiI Revenge; for the trcacherous asSassi
nation of our sailors and the blowing up
of our battlcship.
There has been more or less speculation
concerning IA resolution offered in the
House by Representative Flemmcr, of
Georgia. directing the Secretary of the
Navy to inform the House if the document
printed by the Senate as the Presidents
message and evidence on the Maine Incl
dcht, contained all the evidence embraced
in the report of the naval court of inquiry
now on file in the Navy Department. and
if not, to transmit to the House a copy of
| the omitted evidence.
The French Ambassador to the United
States has asked the State Department Of
ticially whether there was any objection
to his looking after the interests of Span
iSh subjects in the United States after the
departure of the Spanish minister, and has
been informed that there would be none.
This action is regarded as being signitican,
of the intention of France to remain ncu-
trail in the war, notwithstanding many as
sertionS to the contrary. 1t was added to
by cablegram from Madrid saying that
both the French and British ambassadors
had rendered General Woodford, United
States Minister to Spain, offers to care for
American interests after his departure
from Madrid.
If hill, which has been favorably re-
ported to the House, becomes law, eN-
Confederate soldiers who may hereafter
serve ninety days in the United States
Amy or navy will be entitled to all the
benefits provided for eXUnitcd States
soldiers in the act of June eth, 1899, gen
orally known as the dependent pension
act. The bill as originally introduced
merely provided as an in,lucemcnt for the
Union veterans of the late war to enlist
for the war with Spain that enlistment
should not operate to stop pensions now
being drawn, but the committee thought the
| eX-Confcderatc veterans would also make
desirable recults. and it was amended as
above