Arizona republican., 1898-05-04
HOW THEY DO TALK,
The Enormous Baby Whales Figh. for
 Right and Justice.

Key West, Fla, May 3-Ths follow
 ing is a translation of all the import.
 ant news printed in La Lucha of Ha
 vana on Monday afternoon:
 False News.-All rumors that have been recently circulated in regard te possible bombardment of this city are without foundation. We will ad- wise our readers promptly when a bombardment is likely to occur. Tbe enemy is in sight. They are within range of our batteries These mon- strous battleships, these monstrous baby whales, which Mckinley has sent to us in order to inspire us to panic and to deprive us of sustenance, give us courage. Their presence here fills us with enthusiasm, and incites us to the combat. If they have not done us violence it is only because the de- sired instant has not arrived, because they have not put themselves in posi- tion to start the ball rolling They have decided for once to please us. These satellites of Uncle Sam may shoot over our fortresses, where there are 15O cannon and 100000 old mus kets to confound the foreign invader. Under the title of conquerors, as if we were living in the fifth century. the Yankees pretend to grab this pos session to which we hold with so good title.''
 Following is the leading editorial on Monday afternoon in La Lucha of Havana:
 'The grand problem of war Is to be decided. It is impossible to make a step backward. It is at every point necessary, as is regularly said, to measure all of the body in the contest which Spain has undertaken with this colossus of America, drunk with pride, this naughty provoker, which cOnfides all to the enormous weight of its material possessions.
 Tt is not worth while to consider our actual situation now. We must have confidence in the result and in our own forces and must bear the consequences of our conditions firmly and with animated spirit. Already there is gathered in this region all that might turn us from the road. Much time is uselessly wasted. This IS not the hour for retrospective re- grets nor Is it proper to lament over the solemnity of the moment. We say this because of the perseverance, with which some are spouting rhet- or1c in order to deduce results favor able to certain premises. There is endless talk and controversy in the cabinet when there should be action befitting the abnormal situation. Dis cussions of phases of contempora- neous history are not relevant to the actual state of affairs today. What must be done above all is to organize resistance, concentrate energy. spread an animated spirit, and dispose our power so as to carry to the utmost extreme the defense of all our threat ened territory. Spain is sufficiently prepared to sustain war with the United States, and it is necessary only to carry it to the end, and the results will correspond once more with the traditions of her name and her race. Spain cannot, moreover she ought not to. allow to pass the opportunity to demonstrate to the world that, al- though impoverished by such wars, she continues to be the heroic nation that has filled the pages of history with immortal achievements.
 "The supreme moment has arrived when it must be shown that energy and valor do not consist of oratory. It is necessary that all the people respond as they should under these circumstances, and that they go out to fight for right and justice'