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Washington sentinel., 1898-05-07
IVES, Pointers Take Back is.

west Pointers rake Back idS.
Dissatisfaction to no SEA! deg,
rec prevails 1T the present moment
throughout the ranks of the West
Pointers on the army roster. 1t is
an open secret and open talk thai
in the appointment of officers or
dered 20 the front, those in com
mand ofregiments and to all prom
inent places, the West Pointers
have been completely set aside
Every officer Of the army now in
prominence is an appointment from
civil life.
In correlation OF this fact the
following list is given: Gen. Mel
son A. Miles, Comma nder in Chief
OF the army, is a civil appointment;
Colonel Humphrey, Quartermas.
ter General. is civil appointment;
Inspector General BreckinbridPe,
Adjutant General Corbin, Adju
tant Ge neral Sang er. are all civil
appointments. Major Generals
Shafter. Otis, Wade and Merriam
are civil appointments.
AS an Offset to this il will be
borne in mind that at the close OF
the rebellion. every offic r of
prominence was a West Pointer;
witness the roll call Of Grant,
Sherman. Sheridan, Thomas,
Meade, Ayres and a long list of
names familiar to the American
people.
On the Confederate side were
General Joseph E. Johnston, Cen
eral Robert E. Lee, General Jack
son, General Wheeler and General
Longstreet, all West Pointers.
Another cause ofcomment is the
treatment OF General Merritt,
whose unpopularitY with the pres
ent Administration is well known
to be due to the fact that during the
war OF the rebellion he was the. man
to approve the findings OF the court
I~artial against Hon. Russell A.
Alger, now Secretary OF War.
General Merritt is the ranking
cavalry officer and to him should
have been given the command at
Chickamaugua. Instead Of this
General Brooke is the man-Gen-
eral Brooke. of the infantry-while
to General Shafter another civil ap-
pointment, has been given COM
mand of the army OF invasion in
Cuba.
Washington sentinel., 1898-05-07
The Causes at Manila.

The Liberal newspaper at Mad
rid demands of the Cortes that it
"insist on having light thrown
upon the causes Of the Manila lis
aster." 1t. it says, it "were certain
that the destruction Of our Philip
pine squadron and the glorious
death OF its crews were attributable
solely to wars vicIssitudes," it
would weep but not despair. "Un-
fortunately" it continues, "we
have not this consoling certitude.
Unfortunately we are all depressed
with a presentiment that the dis
aster OF last Sunday will be re-
peated in other places owing to the
same causes.
A consideration of the causes,
obvious in this country, in England
and wherever else the facts are
known and recognized, justiies the
presentiment.
The Spanish feet was destroyed
by reason Of the superior knowl-
edge and skill oi the American
commander, the greater intelli
gence and better training Of the
American officers and crews, and
the superior ruction, arpa
ment and equipment OF the Amer
ican ships.
We had not only better ships
and better guns, but better men
behind the guns.
And this superiority will be man
ilest whenever and wherever the
ships oi the two nations meet in
battle-not to so great an extent
as at Manila, perhaps. but yet suffi.
cient to decide the issue. Il is the
twentieth century (the Americans
are always little ahead Of the
times) against the eighteenth cen
tury. Progress will beat decad-
ence IN every field.
The iOrebOding of the Madrid
paper that "the disaster Of Sunday
will be repeated in other places
owing 70 the same causes" is quite
certain to be justified by svents.
Washington sentinel., 1898-05-07
Virtue rhat is Worse tn an vice

That sort OF virtue which is m ore
revolving than the vice which it
seeks to correct had a shocking
manifestation at East Hampton,
Conn, on Sunday night. A mar
ried woman who is said to have
neglected her husband and chill
dren and whose conjugal morals
were believed to be below the
East Hampton standard, was
seized by party Of men while she
strolled abroad in her best raj
ment with a male companion. The
regulators Of conduct tied the es-
cort to tree and made him an
enforced spectator of the improv-
ing ceremonies that ensued. The
woman was stripped naked and
tarred anil feathered. Then per-
mission was given her to make
frenzied run to her home, a mile
distant, her only covering being
such garments as she could carry
in her hands.
Were this woman, put to such
shame and torture, twenty times as
guilty as that other woman brought
before plying Judge more than
eighteen centuries ago, she would
still be incomparably the moral
superior of the male things Of East
Hampton who so maltreated her
and imputed their barbarity unto
themselves as righteousness. Cru
city. brutality and cowardice de-
serve a heavier penalty than the
law will provide should these vir-
tuous miscreants be detected and
arrested. Cato mine tails is
needed for such backs as theirs, Tor
with each welt raised by the en-
tightening thongs there might pen
citrate to the East Hampton con-
sciousness a perception Of the USE
full truth that there are more kinds
Of sin, more kinds of depravity,
more kinds OF baseness than one.
Let us hope that these loathsome
Connecticut brutes will be hunted
down and exposed and jailed.
They are Weylers in little, and un-
fit for civilized society and normal
human association.
Washington sentinel., 1898-05-07
Making a New Precedent.

The question what we shall do
with the Philippines is one that
does NOT urgently demand a pres
ent solution. One thing is certain.
We must notrestore them to Spain.
Any people once torn from the
grasp of that brutal and Bloody
nation must never be returned to
them.
We shall settle the future Of the
Philippines according to our ma
ture view of the general welfare,
especially Of our own, and most
especially OF that OF our Pacific
coast, long neglected, but now
rising to tremendous importance
in the affairs of the world. We
have vast Pacific empire. which
in time will be the greatest domain
upon the worlds greatest ocean.
We must safeguard It by every
means in our power. The dispo-
sition we make of the Philippines
will be matter ofvital importance
to that mighty Western domain OF
ours, and it demands careful and
leisurely consideration.
Washington sentinel., 1898-05-07

without any animating spirit of
national enthusiasm. Spain is
ready to do all and care all il de-
fense Oi national honor. This and
more to the same effect the hap
less Queen who guards the baby
occupant of a tottering throne says
in the face ofsweeping national dis
aster.
On the day the Bastile tell King
Louis could think of nothing of
Importance to note in his diary ex-
cept the fruits of his days hu nting
OF the stag. Perhaps the interview
with the Queen Regent will go
down to history with that famous
illustration Of the blindness OF
monarchs to the vital facts oil the
hour.
Washington sentinel., 1898-05-07
The CaIIbre of Can ION.

All modern armies have reduced
the calibre of their rifles and their
field cannon. 1t looks now as il
all modern navies have equal
reason for reducing the extreme
calibre of their cannon.
Commodore Schley calls atten-
tion 70 the fact, demonstrated at
Manila, that in action the inch
gun is more effective than guns OF
greater calIbre. 1t does all the
damage desired. 1t pierces any
armor that any ship can float
under. 1t can be fired much more
rapidly than any 10, IL or I3 inch
gun. Ii requires fewer men and
less machinery to operate it. And
finally it costs less to make and less
to FIRE, while its endurance is
greater.
Even the 6 inch gun does its
work. We have guns OF that cal
ibre in the deiences Of New York
harbor that have penetrated twice
or thrice the thickness OF aTmor
that any ship carries. And the
gun that sends a shell inside ship
and explodes it there is amply suf-
ficient for all purposes Of war
In great fortihcations and even
on naval vessels the IL and 3 inch
guns will doubtless continue to be
used somewhat. Bat the S and 6
and 8 inch guns seem destined to
be the main reliance.
In the long struggle between
ordnance and armament the guns
have clearly had the best Of it.
Washington sentinel., 1898-05-07

SUGAR EATING NATIONS. The sugar
crop OF the world amounts in normal
year to about 5000, 900 t0ns, OF which
the larger part. about 4,Soo. 900 tons,
comes from beets and the balance.
3,5oo'Ooo tons, from sugar cane. OF the
latter, the largest proportion come from
the West Indies and large amount
from the island OF Java. Among the
countries producing beet sugar. Ger.
many comes frat, with about one-third
OF the worlds crops then Austrii with
almost as much; and then France, Rus
sia, and Belgium and Holland together,
with substantially the same quantity.
In respect Of the production Object sugar
in the United States, there has been
vast increase since the establishment Of
the Mckinley tariff in 1890. The year
previous the American product was
2,Soo tons. Two years later it was
I2,ooo tons. Four years later it was
10000 tons. Last year it was $1,000
tons, and the product is on the increase.
The Mckinley tariff established between
July 1, 1891, and July I, 1905, bounty
to be paid by the United States Govern
ment to sugar producers, with a view OF
stimulating the industry and compensat-
ing those engaged in it for the changes
made in the duty upon imported sugar.
Among scientists the opinion has been
general that a moderate amount OF
sugar, like a moderate amount OF salt,
should enter into the dietary Of the peo.
pie Of each nation; but 1t Is only when
the figures of the consumption OF sugar
are examined that it is seen that the
quantity consumed varies radically, and
il is curious fact that ia those coun-
tries in which the maritime spiTit-the
spirit of navigation, commerce, travel
and colOnizatIon-is strong there is a
very considerable consumption ofsugar
per cabita; whereas in those countries
in which these qualities are not predoIa-
inant among the inhabitants the con.
sumption is smaller. In England, first
among the maritime nations Of the
world, the consumption of sugar is S6 lbs.
a year Tor each inhabitant, In Denmark
il Is Is, in Holland 81. in France 80, and
in Norway and Sweden as. whereas in
Russia it is only 10, in Italy 2. in Turkey
7, in Greece 6, shd in Servia A. The
consumption Of sugar seems to have
very little connection with or relation to
the production OF sugar; for in Austria,
the sugar product OF which is large, the
average consumption is only 10 pounds,
while in Switzerland. in which there il
no production to speak OF. it is "a. And
another curious phase Of the matter is
that there is a great disparity in the
consumptionof Of sugar IN the tea drinking
countries, England and Russia. The
large amount of sugar consumed in
France is attributed in part to the fact
that the French coniectioners and candy
makers, and more especially those doing
business IN the cisJ of Paris, use in their
trade enormous quantities of sugar in a
year, adding abnormally TO the average
consumption OF sugar in the French
Republic.
Washington sentinel., 1898-05-07
A Popular Loan.

II the Senate agrees to that feat
ure OF the war revenue bill, says
the Boston Post, providing for a
new loan, as passed by the House,
it will be the most distinctly popu-
lar loan ever offered in this coun-
try.
BY issuing bonds of as low de-
nomination as S25, subscription
will be within the reach of the
great mass Of the people, and the
money for national defense will be
furnished, not as speculation by
syndicates and bankers, but as a
patriotic loan from the people
themselves.
For a great many reasons, this
would be the most desirable way Of
placing war loan. The majority
Of our people undoubtedly would
become bondholders, and the gov
ernment would be so much
strengthened on the financial side
by the direct personal interest OF
its creditors, the people. And as
United States bonds have a way Of
aPpreciating in value, the profit
from the inevitable advance would
go where it would do the most
good, directly into the pockets Of
the people.
Washington sentinel., 1898-05-07

So far little has been done to develop
the mineral resources Of Cuba, though
II abounds in them. Gold is to be found
ia small quantities in many OF the rivers
and silver. iron, copper and quicksilver
have been mined, though not profitably.
Asphalt. in all its various forms, from
the liquid to the crystal, can be found in
many parts of the island. This will be
one ofthe largest industries there within
short time. In some places petroleum
runs out Of the rents in the rocks, and
abundant springs OF ii are to be found in
the eastern part. Mineral springs,
scattered all over the island, possess
splendid medicinal qualities.
The iUture OF the lumber trade is
particularly bright. Some OF the finest
hard woods are to be found in the forests,
such as the quiebra hacha (the axe
breakerl. which, for the manufacture Of
hne furniture, is unexcelled. Il was
from the lumber OF the forests Of Cuba
that the famous marquetrY work in the
apartments of the Escurial was made
oY Philip II. The accessibility OF the
forests from the shipping ports will give
a decided advantage over countries like
San Domingo.
About 400 harbors can be developed
on the coast OF Cuba and this will give
1t an advantage for shipping facilities
that no other country possesses.
Although production oil sugar from
the cane is not so profitable as IN the
past, and many doubt whether it will be
able to compete with the low prices of
beet root sugar, there will always be
certain productions ol the sugar cane
that can never be substituted. The
peculiar soil OF Cuba is specially adapted
for growing sugar cane. and it does not
require anything like the amount OF
cultivation there that 1t does IN other
countries.
Almost everything that the planter
needs in the way OF food can be raised
on his plantation. Coffee, another
product that has not been grown much
for some years, will doubtless be made
profitable under civilization. The guam
tity Of cocoa that can be grown on an
acre OF ground is something wonderful.
The lowlands are particularly adapted
to the production OF rice. Corn, sagoD
yucca, indigo and cotton are amonR some
OF the other products. All of the fruits
to be found in tropical climates grow in
Cuba and furnish the inhabitants with
every delicacy in this line
Washington sentinel., 1898-05-07

This story Is told in Boston OF Col T.
w. HigGlnson. He was travelling in the
South lew years after the war, and
chanced 20 fall into talk with an old
farmer who had engaged a number Of
old soldiers to help in the haying "You
see over there where those four men are
workingF" asked the farmer. -"Well,
all Of 'em fought in the war One Of
'em was private, one OF 'em was a
corporal, one Of EN- was a major, and
that man way over there in the corner
was a colonel" "Are they good menl''
asked HiRginson. WELL" said the
farmer, ''that private's first class man.
and the corporars pretty good. too. p
''But how about the major and the
colonel" The majors $685." said
the farmer. "But the colonel" well.
I don't want to say nothin' against any
man who was a colonel in the war, %
said the farmer, 'but I've made Wp my
mind l won't hire NO brigadier gensr-
ais"
Washington sentinel., 1898-05-07
ENGLAND.
UNITED STATES AND SPAIN
It1asS-London, April 10.

In view OF the recent development Of
warlike feeling at Madrid. il cannot be
supposed that delay on the American
side would do any good, hence it is
better that what the President has TO do
should be done quickly. II is, however,
surprising to learn that he alone in
Washington, with the possible exception
OF Archbishop Ireland, still believes in
the possibility OF peace. A peaceful
solution would doubtless still be possible
If both Governments were sincerely
desirous TO avoid war. But, however
rightly Mr.. Goldwin Smith my have
gagged the feelings of The American
people when he says that they have been
hurried into a situation which they had
no real wish to occupy, 1t is quite plain
that Congress means war, and it is no
less evident that the Spanish people too
m the mood to which they have been
wrought up, are quite unable to give
dispassIonate consideration to any issue
but war. 1t is quite conceivable that
both nations will in the long run have
reason to regret the decision at which
both have arrived. Had Spain been
able to consider her real interests with
GOODNESS a few months, or even a few
weeks, ago, she could have found a way
out Of her difficulties which would not
have derogated at all from her dignity,
however il might have offended vested
interests. Had the American people
enjoyed the advantage Of more calm and
statesmaniike guidance than has been
found in Congress they might with
patience and courtesy have secured for
the Cubans an emancipation much more
to the Cuban mind than any that is likely
to result from the defeat Of Spain.
That regret is none the less keen be-
cause this country and its Government
have been alike pOwerless TO avert the
mischief which both deplore. II is rarely
useful, and it is always serious, to inter.
fere in other peoples quarrels, while in
this case both parties are particularly
sensitive. Mr.. Bafour last night ex
planned the very modest part played by
Her MajeSty's Government in Joining
with other Powers to make friendly
representation in favor of peace
That the sympathy with the
United States which is the general at
titude ofthis country is fully appreciated
in America is proved by the gratifying
change Of tone in treating OF English
affairs, as well as by SUCH striking Incl
dents IS the proposal to pay the sum due
under the Behring arbitration made by
none other than Mr. Lodge, hitherto
found among our detractors.
Washington sentinel., 1898-05-07
Cuha,s Riohes and Resouroes


Few persons have any conception of
the vast riches and resources OF Cuba
When the war is ended and good gov
ernment is established upon that island
many avenues will be opened for making
money, New industries will spring up,
and those that have been paralI zed for
the past two years will be resumed with
renewed vigor. No country presents
such variety Of promising opportuni-
ties,
The tobacco industry, which has been
stayed so long, will be resumed once
more, and smokers will again revel in
the fragrant weed OF Cuba. The famous
Havana tobacco is produced on the ex
treme west end Of the southern coast,
on a strip OF land called the Vuelta
Abaja. This strip is only about twenty
miles wide and eighty miles long, ex.
tending from Rio Hondo to CuyaRueteja
and the River Mantau. Next in value
to the Havana tobacco is that which IS
grown from an area of 81 miles, called
the MaYari. While these two tracts
produce the finest qualities OF tobacco,
that which is grown in other parts OF the
island equals, and in most instances
excels, tobacco grown IN any other
country.
The silk industry has a great future
before it in Cuba. While It has never
attained much prominence, authorities
claim that il is the ideal country in which
to grow the silkworm. The mulberry
tree, in which the silk worm Aourishes
so well, grows to perfection there For
several years silk has been produced
pro6ssbly IN certain parts Of Mexico,
whose climate Ia similar to that of Cuba,
Washington sentinel., 1898-05-07

The Spanish first class battleship
Pelayo will, should she have 80 face the
American wars ips. find herself IN the
unique and unpleasant predIcament Of
being the one and only first class battle
ship that the Spaniards can safely bring
into action. She was built at la Seyne
in 1887, and is. therefore, as battleships
go, none too modern. She has. how
ever, been rebollersd, but still retains
her old coa!eating compound engines.
which will leave little, ii any, coal IN her
500 ton bunkers after she has crossed
the Atlantic. She displaces 9. goo tons.
and is reputed capable OF I67 knots
under forced draught. She is heavily
armorsd with a steel belt, varying nom
II 8 inches to I7.7 inches. extending
along the whole water line, but afford
ing no protection to the base oil the
barbettes, which are thus open to demo
lition by well placed shells.
Washington sentinel., 1898-05-07

that the Sirdar sent back all the beer
from the front. THIS was his first warn
ing. When supply Of whiskey-made in
Germany at s.. a dozen-was sent TO
supply its place he simply offered il Tor
Teireshment to the sands of the desert.
and they drank it to the last drop. The
speaker seemed to think that this cir
cumstance had escaped the notice OF the
press. AS matter Of fact, it was mem
toned by our Special Correspondent,
and we drew attention to it at the time.
Whiskey a ss. a dozen, or, for that
matter, at any number Of shiIings, might
have led to very different result at the
Atbara, as IL matured to liquid fire in
Drains OF the consumers, under a tropical
sun. The men were so exhausted by
the long night march and the fierce
battle, hat they slept, in the full glare
OF the sun, Immediately after the victory.
The Sirdar let them have Ihe ir sleep out,
though he had ordered their immediate
withdrawal from the neighborhood OF
the psstllentiaI Camp. Ifihere had b. en-
any wbiskey at hand. il might have been
impossible to move the whole army,
without ihe aid of the London police
The battle was fought on Nile water.
puTIhed by the PasteuT filter, and then
converted into the cup that cheers. The
Publicans must feel but slight interest IN
this war.
Washington sentinel., 1898-05-07
Empty Hopes of ,ho Queen Regent.

Empty Hopes or the Queen Regent.
mot one foot OF our territory,
not one stone Of our iortresses, T"
said Thiers. with Characteristic
braggadocio, when treating with
Bismarck for a pea :e OF which the
Prussian had the absolute power to
dictate the conditions.
Everybody knows the sequel.
France had the oratorical fervor-
Germany took Alsace and Lor-
raine.
To-day the Queen Regent Of
Spain, in the face OF impending cal
amity to her nation which her Gov
ernment is powerless to avert.
sounds a note Of defiance. The
United States is not prepared for
war, she says. Our soldiers fight