The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1898-05-27
No Invasion of Cuba.

of Cuba is about to be indefinitely post
poned, or notninally till October, which
means, or would be indefinitely. In order
to prepare the public for this announce
ment word has been sent out by cores
pondeuts from Washington that Secretary
Alger has been informed by Lieutenant
Rowan that the rainy season will com
mence the first of June and the roads in
Cuba will be impossible by June 10th.
This was known long ago by everybody,
but needed to be repeated as the advanced
guard of reason for postponing the in
vasion of Cuba till fall This warning
for further delay was put out week ago.
1t was then too late to get an army into
Cuba before the rainy season.
The postponemeEt of the invasion of
Cuba has been premeditated thing from
the first, and in order to bring it about,
and make it next thing to impossible one
delay after another has. been planned.
With this object i'll view Admiral Samp-
son was sent with his fleet to Porto Rico.
There was no other object in this move
ment but postponement. Commodore
Schley was held at Hampton Roads for
the purpose of watching the coast lest the
Spanish fleet should lombard some Of
our cities. Every one who had kept
track of events knew that was all gam
mon. Then Schley and Sampson were
ordered to hunt round the West Indias
and try and come up with the Spanish
fleet as it would be dangerous to attempt
to invade Cuba while the formidable
Spanish fleet was loose, Notwithstanding
the American fleets were four times as
strong as the Spanish which was said to
be keeping out of the way, and could sail
four or five miles all hour faster than the
American fleets. All this sailing was
only systematic wasting of time until
the rainy season set in in Cuba. That
season has set in and it's too late to
invade Cuba. The purpose has been
accomplished that was planned by the
gold crowd which is running Mckinley.
Dewey has been left to wait for weeks
for reinforcement and supplies at Manila.
Spain and the international gold ring
are manoeuvring for time, and have
made their play. When October is fixed
upon for the invasion of Cuba, and the
American people have been formally
notified of the fact, negotiations will
begin by the same gold ring. The Amer
lean people will be disguised with the
Administration and .the war and them
selves, Spain will be ordered by the gold
crowd to let Cuba slide, the Philippine
Islands will be handed back to Spain,
and everything will be settled as near
satisfactory to the gold trust as it is pos
sible for the gang to have it. As much
debt as possible will be piled upon the
United States and big fight will have
been made for the passage of a bond sale
law. The bond business is the central
object of the war on the part of the gold
ring. They have lost the Cuban bonds,
they have about concluded but the new
tax law will afford revenue enough to give
surplus which will be used to empound
the greenbacks, which will contract the
currency and make gold dearer than ever.
The national banks will then have a
clear field to issue more of their bills if
they want to and loan all the credit that
the business class will borrow.
ha1t I'D fro,t, tho
which show up, that this is to be the
program for the summer. The object of
the gold ring which is running Mr.
Mckinley and his administration, is to
get law passed to issue bonds osten-
sibly to prosecute the war, but really in
which to invest their surplus money,
which low prices have made it impossible
for business to borrow. If they can invest
their money III United States bonds, it
will draw 3 per cent interest and be
safe from the tax collector. At the low
range of prices 3 per cent will purchase
more property and more ofthe necessaries
and pleasures of life than per cent will
buy when prices are normal and business
brisk The rich are growing richer and
the poor poorer under such condition Of
affairs. The property of the rich is largely
exempt from paying tax under unjust
laws and unjust construction of law. The
money syndicates have bought up pretty
nearly all of the newspapers which are
compelled to work for their interest
blind and deceive the people with all the
sophistry they can command.