The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1898-06-26

tlves. destroying tho hoy and eivilizing
work OF Spain"
The address is sined: by order OF my
Prelate. FIR. Zacarius Llzarraga.
SPANISH HONOR AT MANILA.
Il must not be thought that such Ian
guage is ineffective. one OF the officers
Of the McCuloch. In speaking OF his own
experiences Immediately at.er the battle
said:
In the evening 'hs Hugh McCulloch
anchored right under the guns OF the
battery ct Cavite.
Yes. II was rather n risky business
but you see the Commodore had inti-
mated to the Spanish that II they fired
a single shot he would lay the whole city
city in ashes-a threat which had the
desired cffeCt
"The inhabitants seemed TO have got II
into their heads that when we got In We
. should kill everybody, and In consequence
when a boats crew from the Petrol went
ashore to see IL they would surrender,
they were met by 4 procession headed by
n large cross and composed OF priests,
sisters OF mercy etc, who begged or
them 10 leave the wounded in the hos
pltals alone OF course, they were soon
treasured on that point. As a matter oil
fact. we treated them In the best possi-
BILE manner and offered them every aid
in our power. We got every little tug
boat we could find In the bay and sent
some two hundred wounded 10 Manila.
This had a great effect upon the IN
habitants. one OF them protested 10 be
so much impressed by IL that he said:
When you go out take the narrow chan
mel, as the' broad one Is full OF mines.
while that IS free. / would not tell you
this under ordinary circumstances. but
you have behaved 50 well that I thought
l would warn you We subsequently
found that this sOlicitude tor our safety
was not sincere the narrow channel be-
ing discovered. before any harm was
done. q be full of mines"
This gives a fair idea Of the feeling to-
ward us. while It illustrates such Spanish
honor which we designate az treachery.
THEY CALL Us PIRATES.
7 am afraid that the war With Spain
may. after all. set other nations by the
ears. The Far East is a cauldron, In
which number OF antagonistic forces
are bubbling. England excepted. there
f. not a nation that Is friendly 10 us.
The French especially are mad. one OF
tho leading II not the leading, French
paper on this coast. the Independence
Tonkinoise or Tonquin Independence, has
70 In for US in good old style. It looks
to me more funny than aggravating for.
deprived Of all French nonsense, 10 is
really a whine for fear that the United
States may demand u share OF China.
Tho editor compliments us with The head
ing: COrsairs (pirates).
Reading tO-day's Havas kilograms II
IS impossible to believe that this T. the
end Of the nineteenth century-a century
Of light and civilization. The ancient
nations OF Europe must have been weak
not 20 raise their voice and prevent the
commission of this act Of brigandage by
the Yankees Covering themselves with
a hypocritical mask the United states
undertake a war ostonsibly I'm defence Of
the principles Of humanity and ciyiliZa-
tion. In face OF the British Russian,
German and French fleets they 90 and
seize tho Philippines. and no nation tries
20 bring Mossiours les Americans TO rea-
son. II IS well TO be diplomats. but this
may cost us dear II carried too far. The
partition OF China Is coveted by four ma
tons The ACKNOWLEDGMENT is all traced
out on paper. and this Is the motive ~
our status quo az this moment. We are
wrong. When tho Americans have taken
Manila they viii want their share OF the
Celestial Empire cake, and as appetite
comes by eating we may find we have
messmates n little too greedy The
Americans are too practical people not
20 try TO seize within a short time an the
colonies OF the Antilles. And they would
be right since no nation tries to stop
their acts of piracy"
For frank brutality i'm the reference
to tho partitions Of China, and in hope
less stupidity as 10 the impulse and de-
sign OF the Anne rican people, this French
man need not be satisfied with the cake
of the flour mill he takes the whole
wheat field