The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1898-07-16
FOUNDED BY PYGMALION.
CadIz Is u Most Interesting Relic of
Antiquity.
From Golfers Weekly.

From Collier s Weekly.
The Presidents rumored intention of
carrying the war into Spain is inspiratng.
1t presents the triple advantage of being
practical popular and picturesque. One
does not need to be a prophet to assume
that unless there is a general smash-up in
the meantime It would also be productive
of peace. Cadiz once captured, war
would cease precisely as it did after the
French expedition in 1923 In that instance
the siege lasted three months. Previously
the city had been ineffectively blockaded
for a period which exceeded two years In
the last century again and again it was
unsuccessfully attacked. Cadiz is
stronghold. Founded by Pygmalion,
King Of Tyr, its arms still represent lions
strangled by Hercules. Under the lat
ter's care and protection the city was
placed But Cadiz is not merely strong
hold; it is a very beautiful place. 1t is
famous. too. II is there that as simple
quaester Caesar wept. At the time it
was renowned for the sheen of Its purple,
for wine smoother than Faernian, for
honey more aromatic than that of Hy-
mettus and for girls that had the orient
in their eyes and lips that said Drink
me-" But Cadz-or rather, to be exact,
Gladdir-had other charms. Known as
orial explorers. The presentment Of
land across the sea was hereditary. They
were in love with the sunset They sail
ed as near it as they could, returned for
more provisions and sailed again nearer
and even nearer this way. 1t viii be one
of the curiosities of history should our
guns lombard that port, should Hercules
and Sampson meet.
In Cadiz the presentment mentioned of
a land across the sea stalked the streets.
To antiquity the idea was a dream. To
prehistoric Europe II was a tradition, 10
presmeval humanity a fact. The disap
pearance of a world conceded with the
advent of man. AT that time Spain and
the United States were one. Biologists
have shown that In the nebulous days
that extend behind the beginning of time
a continent was engulfed. Catalogued in
mythography as Atlantis, 1t connected
this country with the Ibernian peninsula.
OF 1t the Azores, Madeira and the Cana
ries remain. Everything being possible,
it need be that there were those who stood
about and beheld the CONFUSION in which
1t disappeared. 1t must have startled
them. Even in the postpiocene epoch a
spectacle such as that could not have been
an ordinary event.
The circumstances, already sufficiently
quaint, becomes marvellous not merely
through the endurance of a memory so
archaic, but through scientific demonstra-
ton of its truth Concerning the lost At
lantis Plato told The country which
stretched beyond 1t. Theopompus describ-
ed According to Plato, information on
the subject was gathered by Scion when
rummaging In Memphian crypts. In con-
nection with which 1t may be noted that
il the inscriptions on the walls of UXmal
are not of Egyptian origin then Egyptian
civilization originated in Yucatan. But
that Is a detail. Soon's story was to the
~. II
cules In anterior days a continent great
er than Asia extended TO another remoter
stin. 1t was the other one-this country
which Theopompus described. According
to him, there were here immense cities
watered by two great streams, the River
of Pleasure and the River of Pain. He
added that the garments of the inhabi-
tants were the down of feathers and that
they lived on the scent of the rose. Theo-
pompus may have been right, yet in that
case how customs have changed. But no
matter about that. In the recitals of
these historians Is the account of the first
rupture we had with Spain.
CadiZ has been considered the KEY TO
Spain 1t Is one of three cities which
Chadles V recommended Philip to keep
an eye on. Once upon a time the latter
prepared a feet there. Its destinat ton
was England. Its object was to punish
Elizabeth for her wicked refusal to mar
fy. BUT the ldQN WAS AlShlS aSAtdAN5ics
She knew a trick worth two of that
Raleigh. Essex. other little dears gentle
men adventurers and choice persons were
sent In advance to argue. They took win
them over 1000 pikemen, more than 5000
caunoniers and a hundred and fifty sail
on Essex was enjoined the duty of not
exposing himself 10 danger For the rest
there were common prayers twice daily
and a general inhibition against swearing.
brawling and diceing, likewise against
picllng and stealing. When the fleet
reached Cadz the harbor was found fully
furnished with men-of-war. gaieys, gal
Icons. merchantmen ana caracks Then
the historic fight was pulled off. There
was the punching of the galleys, the hull
ing of the men-of-war, the scurrying, the
scuttling. the attack by land and sea, the
storming of the citadels, a fall which fol-
lowed. a sack which ensued and the re-
duction OF Cadiz to a heap of cinders on
a wreck-strewn shore. Many choice per
sons were knghted on Inc spot. Others
were allowed to ransom their prisoners
for all they were worth. Those were the
good old days. But not for Phillip His
part of the entertainment cost him 10000,
900 ducats and a great deal of his desire
TO punish the contumacious queen. If
| Cadiz is 10 be besieged again, there are
tactics which the war board may proflta-
| hIv consider