The progressive farmer. [volume] (Winston, N.C.) 1886-1904, 1898-02-15
"WEDNESDAY. FEB 9.

Earthquake shocks continue to be
felt in Asia Minor. About 4 900 people
have been rendered homeless; some
9, 800 houses destroyed, and 100 people
been killed or injured.
Hawaiian annexation continues to be
the bone of contention in Congaess.
At the cabinet meeting it was decided
to send two companies Of troops imme-
diately to Dyea and Skaguay, Alaska,
for the purpose of preserving order
and protecting life and property. AID
vices to the government state that the
rush to gold fields has attracted hun
dreds of the lawless element, and that
troops are necessary at once to prevent
trouble.
In Congress there is a clamor for
war; especially so in the Senate. Can
mons are always used in war. Senator
Cannon, of Utah, has not been in war
q quite a while, but is anxious for a
Har with Spain. In a resolution offered
by him he says that the people of the
Republic Of Cuba are, and Of right
ought to be free and independent; and
that the continuance of the barbar-
GUS warfare of Spain in her attempt to
subjugate the patriots of that republic
ia in violation of the law of humanity,
is a menace to the freedom and progress
CT the people of the Western Hemis'
phere, and is full justification for a de-
mand by the Government of the United
States that Spain shall withdraw her
land and naval forces from Cuban
waters, and shall leave that republic
and her people to their enjoyment of
life, liberty and the pursuit of hsppi.
ness, therefore be it
"ResOlUed, by the Senate, That the
President of the United States is urged
to notify the Kingdom of Spain that if
Spain shall fail to recognize the indie
pendence of the republic of Cuba, on
or before the 45h day Of March, 1898,
the Government of the United States
will on that date recognize the bellig
erency Of the Cuban patriots, and
within 80 days thereafter assert the in
dependence of the republic of Cuba"
Mr.. Mason, Of Illinois, kept the Gu
ban ball rolling by offering another
resolution, which is as follows:
"ResoIUed, That the President of the
United States be, and he is hereby re
quested to notify Spain and the insur-
gents of Cuba that the var $50 called
must at once cease and be discontinued,
and that the United States of America
hereby decIars and will maintain peace
on the island of Cuba"
A letter signed by SPANS Minister to
the United States, Enrique Dupuy De
LONE, in which he refers to President
Mckinley as "weak and catering to
the rabble," and as a slow politician
who desires to stand well with the
jingoes of his party" This letter was
addressed to a representative OF Spain
in Cuba, and refers of course to the
Presidents Cuban policy. De LONE
denies writing the letter.
On the other hand, Horatio L. Ru
bens, counsel for the Cuban Junta,
SAYS: 1--WE know absolutely that this
letter is genuine. A man risked his
life to obtain it. We do not hesitate
to acknowledge that it was stolen from
Canalejas. It is written on the paper
of the legation. The handwriting is
DeLome's and the signature is his. He
may deny it until he is black in the
face, but it is genuine and everybody
who has seen it knows that it is. The
man who stole it distracted it from the
envelope and left the latter If he had
attempted to steal the envelope he