The Republican journal. [volume] (Belfast, Me.) 1829-current, 1898-04-14
That from the Cuban Capital.

Aaa II Tension Between the United states
AuH -paiu Affects American Residents of
F.ftut- All Ready for Sudden Fitting.
appearance of the Spanish Soldiers. Go
aei- Forces.
,n- d. -orrespondence of The Journal
f.HANA, Cuba, March 9th. Returning
tsH4us from 300-mile quest for informa-
ming the culture of sugar cane, l
u sa unous quiet brooding over the
-. IS the stiffness that presages
.as-l- when West India cyclone is at
1 a.,s and birds flee to their coverts
.M Htlre seems in swoon, so unnatu-
-i-nce. One alarming fact is the
ssatlon of insults to Americans.
''- race are no longer tlouted in pub
md the familiar shouts of "mu-
Americano!" is no more heard
>t residents, from the highest
The government to the new
rlJous from Spain at all
-uess personifed-are now al
4ous IN their department toward
Fl. ol Uncle Sam. Not that they
better; Oh MOI The true Span
dangerous when most polite.
-ll't when he gives or accepts
s0 was Weyler in his boodiest
Spanish brigand says, Par
S-nor, with utmost courtesy.
.ng a dagger between your ribs,
tly Hidalgo, like Snakespeare's
lr -.4ile When he murders and MUIR
l- smiles.
afr atioat in Havana that Con-
gees king up his mind for President
he line of doing something at
@' trring Cuba, and that History
'i- Nt- iplifted pen, about to record
Is u gravest consequence; but we
title of what is going on ia the
e'rd, and least of all in Washing
-s The 0cal papers, under the pres
rnsorship, publish nothing ad
TH ~laln. 1t is no longer possible to
States journals in the regular
sh the post office; they are SIM
-d N the lump, or dumped into
tal mat is the last of them, so far
-- an subscribers are concerned
.4nee of seeing American news
II all IS through private means
SUM- f al eeasional copy, brought by some
-al aud given to friends ashore, to be
liated from house to house and
'.- Nti 10 hand as a precious but danger
session. | fancy / hear one exclaim,
.o Aean to say that it is actually dam
4''l' Lave newspaper in the house ?''
'L'-7o 1o A copy of The journal, for
-''l with the war-lke matters in it,
~u Ire asst issue l saw contained, if
'1l as ug Today OIL ones table in Havana
0e sltlcent to send the whole fam
H"A ID # not to darker fate. Span
''e- 4rr eyerywhere, in all manners of
n the servant i'll the kitchen, the
s-'' ~ the window. the huckster at the
g. ir priest in the confessional, and
"lessed bosom friend. Now a-days
's' Jaikatve people have little to say
'i'-ret Families DISCUSS their plans
behind locked doors, and admit
''7'fr> 10 the smallest confidence. The
' afHash Mail S S. on her last trip
er country carried nine hapless
state, designed for that terri
3t*7 'n Barcelona which has been
A'ns in recent years by the cruel
"i4l'ted within its walls In Wey-
Jhat same Royal Mail seldom
N without conveying Cubans to
mprlsonment in the penal settle
t'Ircai or condemned to chains for
'H'sh prisons. The cause of their
was the alleged crime of rebel
t. most of them We're at least put
a laTciai trial. The victims of the
a,, "7A under the new regime of
M ' with its promise that the rights
t'ISons should be sacredly respected
NY' even the form of trial With.
r tI Of warning, or chance to arrange
'"8fs, or say farewell to their fami-
'S were dragged from their homes or
ar. onSiness hurried aboard ship and
r "'Ae mysterious punishment. Peo-
mu., 'er at the mention of the Barcelona
wb,.s pHson. Blood-curdling tales are
is. OF tortures that would shame the
and OF the lash, the branding iron
sra a Starvation; of dungeon cells which
VIII. 'o with water at regular intervals,
sUi,,. Nfetched prisoner is compelled to
td4,,, s' MS llfe and cling to projections in
Ian, NAILS until the tide recedes and at
out with suffering, his strength