The herald. [microfilm reel] (Los Angeles [Calif.]) 1893-1900, 1898-07-29
WAR NEWS FOR A FUNNY PAPER
It Is Printed in Good Faith by La
Epoca of Vera Cruz


The issues of the 18th and 10th inst. of
La Epoca, of Vera Cruz, are at hand, and
make interesting reading. The editor
translates or rather attempts to trans
late, those of his articles which he con-
siders calculated to destroy the peace OF
mind of Americans in Mexico, so that
ignorance of Spanish may be no reason
why they should remain in ignorance of
how near the ragged edge Columbia real
ly is. The following are examples OF La
Epoca's journalistic rabies:
A cartoon occupies the center of the
front page. In the background is
chapel, before which are lined UP mot
ley-looking set of tramps, representing
the American army, who face drill ser
geant. The cartoon is entitled 1.-THE
Army Jingo." and underneath is the fol-
lowing mysterious tumble of words and
attempts at words
1.-THE army republicaine of United
States we drank heald. Tose events GU
balm be fatal wills. You had foretold.
Do not forget it. This is my opinion.
You know better than anybody that mer-
it is not always rewarded. Heated
drank wed-Y will do 1t since wish it,
Under the display head, Buffalo Bill
Mckinley Enterprise" is represented a
bullfght in three vignettes. Mckinley
is the bull and Cervera is the picador on
horseback La Epoca says that they
will continue giving details of the fight
ing until the last scene, wherein, 1t prom
ises Buffalo Mckinley" will be killed.
La Epocas leading editorials and it's
English version of the same are given
great prominence and printed in parallel
columns. The following is the alleged
English, as copied verbatim from La
Epoca:
I'VE certainly admire the american
way to hide their losses.
"Of course they need 1t.
ITO boast so much of their great force.
to success; to be so wicked to intrigue;
to thre ten to make Spain surrender
In a week; and at the end Of two endless
month to have nothing done, is very
Shameful
"They tried to cut all cables, so that
nobody but them could send war mes
sages, and then say to the world what
ever they should please. Fortunately
they could not do ivan that.
$50 we have according to thern) no
news but those coming from them.
"Of course, they hide their losses in
Matanzas, Cienfuegos, st. Juan, Of Porto
Rico. Guantanamo and Santiago de
Cuba, and instead of this, they say they
have won a notorious victory in each
place.
1.-THE battle ships. Yowa, New York
the torpedo boat Winslow and some other
that went to the bottom of the sea, or
back home por repairs, those of course
have suffered nothing at ALL At Cavite,
they took possession of the Philippines
altogether, but the question Is, that the
commodore and his crew are still at Ca
wife starving until the Spaniards give
them a passport to the other world.
According to american messages. hey
have no yellow fever at Tampa, Chicka-
hauga, Henry and Cavite; not at all.
but in despite of their effrontery the
word knows, that their soldiers are dy-
ing by the hundred dagly of that disease.
"About twenty-five times they took
possession of Cuba but every body knows
that the troops are still unexercised at
their camps in the United States.
what looks more funny is the sinking
of the creusier Merrimac.
But at this they mstrustftheir baillty
and repeat every moment corious novels
about the heroicity Of Hobson and his
comrades. Poor Yankees! Do not mis-
trust your ability ty lie. We believe it..
Yes.
1--WE believe 1t and the wide word too.
1.-THE Merrimack was not sunk by an
Spanish; torpedo. 1t was an Spanish
toy. Poor Yankees!"
In its issue Of the 18th La Epoca de-
votes two columns to describing how
two thousand yankees" were executed.
1t also prints a picture of the steamer
Villaverde and announces that she is
ready to sail, loaded with a rich cargo,
from Vera Cruz for Cuba, and dares the
American squadron to seize her.-Mexi-
ran Herald