Emmons County record. [volume] (Williamsport, D.T. [i.e. N.D.]) 1884-current, 1898-06-17
forts to the ground. We now see that /,
was but cowardly boast, for not one
daatardlY Yankea has set fnnt on Cnhan

1OrtS 10 the grOunu. we now see that 1t
was but a cowardly boast, for not one
dastardly Yankee has set foot on Cuban
soil. They dare not for our brave sol.
diers will repulse them and drive them
lack to their own shores. Have they
fired upon our ports, and their ships,
which pretend to maintain blockade,
fear to come within the range of the
noble guns Of Moro castle. 1t would
mean their destruction. Yankees are
towards. and can do nothing but boast
of what they can do. and then do
nothing. Every good and true soldier of
Spain is anxiously awaiting the appear.
ance of the Yankees, and we will then
show them how well Spaniard can
fight. and that we can do more than
boast
Whenever the ships Of the enemy
have approached our shores they have
been driven back with disastrous loss,
and their attempts to destroy our forts
have resulted instead in the destruction
of their ships. Our brave soldiers have
poured shot and shell into the enemy and
nobly stood by their guns, and upon
every occasion achieved gallant victory.
we have heard reports of the enor.
nous army which was to invade our
has become of itS Thev do MT dsre IT,, fo
come and meet the brave Snanisrds
Iknowine full well that death wonId s' he cer'
tain TO await them. Thev tried tn starva
us, but on the contrary thew were starv.
ing themselyes. for bread and mest ore
higher in New York than thew ara in
Havana. We have plenty to eat. while
the Yankees have been compelled to open
free soup-houses in eli the bio cities tn
feed their hungry. and the neonle die
from starvation. No dog even goes
without good food in this capital. hnt
dogs are better than the dirtv Yankees'
Beef costs so cents in New York. and a
loaf Of bread Is cents. How LONG car
the shop.keeping Yankees, who think Of
nothing but dollars, stand thst9
| ''They are already sorry that they have
begun war against Spain: but We will
give them cause for deener regret II
will not be long before our victorions
army VIII cross over into their tsrritorv
and do to them a thew would like -
have done to 10. We will give them
some Of their own medicine.
"Already our gallant feet has hom.
barded their city Of Boston and driven
the inhabitants Of that place into the in.
terror. compellinu lhem To flee for their
lives. Next we will move nnon New
York. and no Yankee shins dare attsck
us, knowing we'll their inabilitv tn c,,ne
with the formidable Spanish navy.
Already there is tumult and inaurrec.
tion among the Yankees because Of the
failure of their arms. and the peonle are
blaming President Mckinley. A military
guard Of 1000 soldiers surrounds his
palace to prevent an assassin from
reaching him. He never goes out. and il
is expected daily that news viii be re-.
ceived Of his death, 80 intensely enrseed
are the people because thew see nothine
but defeat in their war apainst Snain'
Civil war is threatened among the people
of the United States. and It NAV Sfe he
looked for at any moment. The wealthy
Yankees of New York and Philadelnhia
have barricaded their houses and armed
their servants, fearing both the M attscks Of
our forces and the mobs Of their own
people.
"Such is the condition which exists
in America to-day, while our noble army
and our government, under the brave
Captain General Blanco. has succeeded in