The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1898-02-18
YANKEES AND DON oU1xoTEs.

There have been many correspondents
in Cuba, at least, they say they have
been there, but one of the most observ-
ing and reliable that has been there is
Charles NJ. Pepper of the ST. Louis
Globe-Democrat Mr.. Pepper is still
there, and his letters are delightful to
read. In one dated the 18th inst he
tells of Spanish feeling towards Amer
leans. He says the Spaniards call all
Americans Yankees, and chiefly for the
reason that they think there is a re-
proach in the world, and regard them
as poor trash, while they look upon
themselves as a nation of Don Quixotes.
Mr.. Pepper pays a good deal of atten-
ton to the pamphlets that circulate
freely in Havana, for pamphlets there
have force and influence they do not
in this country. He says:
A collateral delusion seems to be that
in the event of trouble with the United
States Europe would come to the rescue
OF Spain From these documents 1 learn
that SPANS history ever constitutes
the grandest and most glorious pages
OF universal history" Spanish patriot
ism is invincible. She only understands
TO wash out in blood affronts received
On the other hand, it is "a fact well
known" that the North Americans. the
Yankees, love dollars more than coun-
try. When they seek to NEEDLE in
the affairs Of Cuba, Spain, the irwin
chile, VIII teach them lesson in inter-
national manners. Our heroic troops. >"
our illustrious soldiers" '.our valiant
army Will then have the opportunity
TO distinguish themselves, which they
have been so long denied. Meantime. the
money-graSping Yankees are reminded
that when it comes to war; Valor is a
necessary element. They must not
think they can fight with dollars alone.
and they had better have an eye TO
their own turbid populaces."
one OF these pamphlets. patterned af-
ter q. famous English book, describes
the invasion of Cuba by American
troops. It recounts battle after bat
tie, in which the immense superiority
or the Americans in numbers gives
them the victory. An unbroken chain
of military triumphs extends through a
series of months. Then. after these
are eliminated by a stunning defeat by
the Spanish troops, the United States
Unexpectedly sues for peace pays Spain
a heavy indemnity. and withdraws from
the island The reason is simple The
Yankees nave learned that Spain is
unconquerable. They may win battles
because they have an immeasurabIv
larger army, but they can never van
quish Spanish patriotism So. being a
people in whom the commercial in
stinct is strong. they get out OF the
scrape as best they may. They apollo
gize to Spain for the inconvenience they
have caused her. pay for the damage
they have done. and retire with a lean
pocketbock. This is what might be
called a vies- of the power of resist
ance which Spanish valor is able to
show.
Poor. decadent Spain, Poor, proud.
benighted Spaniardsi Your country
once stood FIRST among the nations of
the earth, and her history is one Of
which her people may be proud. for ii
has been grand and glorious. The dis
covery of q new world stands to its
credit, an event before which all others
in history pale. And to all mankind
il is a sorrowful thought that Spain is
no more what she has been, that the
day Of her greatness. and glory is gone
forever. Her people live in her past,
but do not measure up to it, while IN