The record-union., 1898-04-20
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EXPRESSION.
state and Coast Opinions on Sub
jects of Living News
Interest.

our Trends, the enemy" to keep away
from the military Department of the
Gulf, where General William NJ Gra-
ham is in command. When he draws
dead line around d Sacramento riot
or Spanish army, it is suppressed.
THE CASE OF CUBA.
San Jose Mercury: The case of Cuba,
says "Gunton's Magazine" is fan
worse than that of the Armenians
Spain has demonstrated her utter in
capacity to suppress the Cuban REBEL
ion. She has practically abandoned
any attempt to govern Cuba. even by
war methods, and has resorted simply
to an indescribably brutal and heart
less method of starving the population.
Not merely starving the insurgents, but
starving the loyal population for fear
in their very industry they might per-
chance involuntarily furnish support to
the insurgents The trocha method is
neither more or less than converting
peaceful, loyal towns into Anderson
vile and Libbey prisons Hundreds of
thousands of these innocent, Well-mean-
ing, loyal peasants are thus being made
into prisoners of war and starved to
death without a blow being struck or
a creditable effort of any kind being
made either to suppress the rebellion
or govern the country independently
of it. This is not war; it is a sys-
tematized effort to destroy the re-
sources and starve off the population
of the island, with a fiendish malignity
never equaled by the lowest savage
tribes 1t has no justification on polit-
|ical, moral, industrial. religious or any
other grounds 1t is a performance
that should not be tolerated in Chris
tendon. For a powerful, free nation
to look on and permit this cowardly
and unmitigated barbarism to continue
is in reality to be a party to it. The
United States Government can no long
er honorably withhold its hand. To
Spanish cruelty in Cuba has been add
ed Spanish treachery toward the Unit
ed States.
COST OF SPANISH MISRULE.
Los Angeles Express: In estimating
the cost of Spanish misrule in Cuba to
the United States one must not forget
that this is the second struggle dur
ing the present generation of the Gu
bans to free themselves from the cru
Eelty and rapacity of the mother coun-
try. The former insurrection lasted ten
Years, and during it all we stood aloof,
pocketed our loss with patience and
looked on while a brave people bled at
every pore in their heroic effort to
throw off a bondage imposed by an un-
natural mother By 1888, ten years
ago, the island had in a measure re-
covered from the devastation wrought
by ten years of war. That year Cuba
sent us products of her soil worth $50
100000, and took of our goods to the
VALUE of 81 100000 In 1892 the trade
of the island with us reached high
water mark when the imports thence
Ireached a valuation of S7S,O00,00 and
our exports to the island were worth
So, 100000 In 1894 the figures were
$4,000, 000 and ST. ,000,0 600. Last year
these totals had fallen to $4,000 600
for imports from Cuba and $4,000, 600
for exports to Cuba The difference be-
tween the value of the total trade in
1892, S100000,000, and last year, S25,-
100000. is S75,000,000
NO TINE TO QUIBBLE.
San Jose Mercury: This is no time
to quibble over recognition of Cuban
independence. That question is now a
secondary matter. Drive the Spaniards
out of Cuba and revenge the murder of
1866 American seamen, and Cuban indie
Ependence will take care of itself. The
House resolutions cover the whole
ground They reeite that Spain has
shown her inability to put down the
rebellion in Cuba; that her inhuman
method of warfare has caused the death
by starvation of 100000 non-combat-
ants. mostly women and children; that
the war has inflicted intolerable injury
to the commercial interests Of the Unit
led States. and that this long series Of
Ilosses, injuries and burdens for which
Spain is responsible has eliminated in
the destruction of the United States
battleship Maine in the harbor of Ha-
vana and in the death of 266 of our
seamen. The President, therefore, is
authorized and directed to intervene
at once to stop the war in Cuba to the
end and the purpose of securing per
manent peace and order there and es-
tablishing a stable and independent
Government of their own in the island
Of Cuba; and the President is author
lized and empowered to use the land and
naval forces of the United States to ex-
ecute the purposes of the resolution.
BAILEY.
Alameda Argus: If Congressman
Bailey of Texas remains the leader OF
the Democrats in the House it will be
because some crisis is reached that vii
make his daily airing" as Dalzel
called it, impossible The spectacle he
has made of himself is enough to alien
ate all but the worst jingoes of his fol-
lowers. The man has native force. No
man can be a leader in the House with
out it. but recently his has been badly
perverted. Vituperation of .Pitchfork'
Tillman's style. in which Bailey has
been indulging daily of late, will MOI
endear him to the Democratic minority
especially at a time like this when grave
Interests are at stake ana CAIN conSlo
Grafton is requisite.
WHY NOT THE GIRL?
Los. Angeles Herald: The school chill
dren of Los Angeles are to be accorded
the privilege of contributing to the funt
for the purchase of a battleship to take
the place of the Maine and to be called
the American Boy the Board of Edu
cation wisely suspending the standing
rule prohibiting participation in pubic
movements of that nature. 1t is a goo(
| way to make patriots of the little chaps
The only criticism upon the proposed
action is that it does not comprehend al
American Girr' also.
HOME INDUSTRIES.
Tacoma Ledger: California is max
ing an organized effort for the protec
tion of home industries and home pro
ducts. to purchase nothing outside of th'
State that is grown or manufactured IL
! California. In addition to the voluntary
action to this end a law has been passed
by the State Legislature requiring tha