Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1898-07-21
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General Miles h slow In moving on
Porto Rico. but probably This part of
tho campaign II 60 be marked with
the famc dollbcrntiun az that which
has characterized the movements ~
the navy aud army va far and aH long
au the results are equal 30 those Gle
ready attained. there can De no reason
Tor Impotence at delays which. when
the nnhl accounts are balanced, may
prove 10 be- important factors IN the
desirable sum total
The capital N Porto Rico has in lis
early history proved itself "a ycrlinhlr
stronghold The chicago Record
quotes q London chr1uIolgr who, Wilt
ms In iiii. Hays'
There IL very utrong cltllel huIlt
on the southwest side OF tho place,
which commands nnd defends lU ana
besides. this o. "a very strong castle
which prltrcts tho port Ia 1895 Slr
Francis Drake was hero ana burnt ull
the ships hut flrUHtrlnE that De-
should not hr nhlp 90 keen thu place
without abandoning nil h.H nihrr de-
signs be- ltn %. Three ycau after.
ward tho earl NJ Cumberland reduced
90. ana had some thoughts NJ keeping
n. hut losing 800 men Doe thH space or
q month hy "a contagious disease Doc
was Glad 90 drputt, carrying with him
seventy pieces uf cannon and AN lfus
mtuHo booty In plate. In l0ih me Dutch
sent strnnr nrrt hlihuU but with ny
great success for they only took ana
plunder,1 tho city, not being able 90
reduce tho castle, which. Win tho
other forts, urr now Ia better cnndl7
tl0n than ever, thlH hnrhof having been
found nf vast use since the Splnlnrdr
have thought q IN their Interest 10
disturb our commerce
Since that time the art ~ warfare
has undergone complete revolutions and
many places formerly imprernnblc are
now about drfgnrolrHH, but thUro arc
natural positions which even modern
engines W war will mud difficult 90
carry. A. an events San Juan and thg
entirc island will soon become thr
property eff the United States Il win
probably bo hsld 1870 a security per-
hius until thr war Indemnity Dr. paid.
which may bs equivalent tl forever
Porto Rico hasa population ~ about
"a million Inhabitants sugar and vunHH
are tho principal products OF ths
island. The soil b. said Co be- f.rt.le
ana the climate DO described aa Hlu-
brluus n cuba lH the pearl ut One
Antilles. Porto Rico may b. called its
diamond. % glowing descriptions
come somewhere near the TRUTH
ConryfnlnH ths inhabitants % con-
u.butor 90 the Chicago Times Herald
says'
AS class lls people are Ear superior
90 ihu CuhluH They are EoHlaIHNh.nE
harry ana prosperous. They have bad
The time, ANA have taken the palms
30 obtain some education. The u.gr"r
arc an inc1nsilgrahle part OF thv
population, being heavily 100 tho minor.
ity. Missed hlnNuH urr lHaH common
than boo other SplulHhsAmUrIclu lands.
Thtr1 aTa many SpanllrdH. but thor
assertion hua boon that they belong 90
Porto l,lOl ana not Go Spain, just aH
many uf the Immigrant EuE.Hhmyu
fought Cor the American colony Boa the
revolution. Porto Rico De- thH only We.
Indian island uf which thH Ia true.
ana this fact speaks loudly ult only
tur thH virtues OF thH land and climate
hut Tor One character uf 'hu nuiiNaH.
who H00m Go have absorbed One Spuus
lnrds ana made good WUTiUuurs NJ
thcm. The dominant population is tho
Creole, hy which IA meant, of course,
white persons " spanish or French
blood. They nro clcpn, healthy lntgi'i-
gent, honorable aud brave, utterly dll.
allies which ate the American army
out Of bacon and bareback bef1rr
Santiago, then rolled evgn-shuck