The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1898-06-20
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lard, Find the Moor" the New York
Press comments upon the fact that ever
since the war; began the least contact
with the epidermts OF western clvlliza-
tion that constitutional Spain has put
upon itself has disclosed the savage in
the rind. It was even so previous to the
war when. as our contemporary says,
General Blanco caused the declaration
OF war by failing 10 keep his promise to
''deconcsntrate the reconccntradoes, and
left them to starve."
There are numerous incidents which
so to show. the total disregard ut the
Span!ards for the rules and decencIes OF
civilized warfare. The Moorish faint
has cropped out frequently, and few
OF the instances are referred to by tho
Press as follows:
1t was so when. at Manila. the defend
ers of the arsenal at Cavite raised the
white flag and used thu time eaInei by
this manoeuyre to refit for fighting. 1t
was so and seen to Zoe so when the beat
AL tue Udy STUCK
their colorS and then fired upon the
boats crew which came to receive Their
surrender. Fish have long since fed
their fill upon the caballeros Espanols
who tried that trick. The Petrol lie, the
pirates have their well-carned finishing
stroke-their cnup. de grace SEE
1t was so and seen to be SO when Span
ish regular Neutrality-suspicious. sergeant
and two privates-mutilated the bodies
OF the two marines they killed in the
Guantanamo bush, and It Is now all the
more seen to be so since tho Madrid
ministry has seen At 10 deny the sact
against the ocular evidence Of American
officers and the confessions, practically,
of Its own soldiers. since taken prisoners
-shivering in the fear OF well-deservel
reprisals.
But 1t is all the more so and seer to be
SO since the Spanish government, after
having Issued through Admiral Cervnr:,
it's pledge for the considerable treatment
OF Lieutenant Hobson and his men,
should. In order to preserve the chief de-
Tense OF Santiago from the fire. of the
American fleet, lock them up In the Nor
70 and then refuse their exchange
1t was not to be expected, In vley of
the Spanish character and the history O:
other Spanish wars for centuries past,
and the fact that for several centuries
the name Spaniard has sIgnidcd all that
feyoclty and inhumanity means, that we
should witness war conducted upon
any other plan than those which have
characterized all others. This Is why 1t
is that the people Of the United States
should keep well in mind that the troops
which are being sent into Cuba, ami
which will be sent to Puerto Rico, arc
not going to meet warriors Of their own
kind, but treacherous foes more so; IL
fact, than the savages OF our. frontiers
In the early Indian vans OF this CONT
ncnt. This Is not drawing 1t TOO strong.
II Is remarked by our contemporary
above quoted that unlike the untutored
warrior that our. troops have met ar. ong
the aboriglnes of Arizona, they are arm
cd with the glib cant OF remunstranee
and Justification. which they have bor-
rowed-,about the only thing that they
have borrowed-from their nelghnors,
the really civilized nations OF western
Europe: It is all clinical, the fruit of Inc
one successful invasion OF Europe from
Africa, and the lingering there OF this
blood faint OF the cruelty OF the desert
tribes" 4 Y! a
The Press does not indulge In exar-
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sizing up the semi barbarlo nature with
which the American troops will have to
deal from now on. History OF past CEN.
turtles warrants the cstlma to OF wha. We
have to reckon With, aud recent history
confirms II. 1t is to swccp such d power,
with Its evil Influence on tho civilization
OF the western hemisphere from this
side OF tho Atlantic. that tho war was