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The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1898-08-17
THE SOBER THOUGHT OF GERMANY.
Regret at the Hl-Mannered Splurge
Against us sat Manila.
Frankfurter Zeitung.

FTanKTurter ZeltunS.
And Germany? Unfortunately we must
say that again among our people no one
has had the sense to take advantage of an
incomparably favorable position. The Ger
comprehension of the historical develop
ment and of the inventions of the American
people, and IN order TO explain It's nn1us SUI.
fable and politically stupid partisanship for
Spain it has connected the great majority
of the American people with the excesses
fiuentiai press. and has made the former
responsible for the latter. In doing this.
newspapers which have the reputation or
being official have steadily insulted the
Americans and imputed TO them the most
contemplate motives. No one need wonder,
under these circumstances, that the re-
peated assurances of the German ambassa--
dor in Washington as to the neutrality and
unselfishness of Germany have not been
able to do away with the general distrust IN
America, especially when not single word
of blame has been heard from any German
authority against these a attacks While only
warning was sent out against the stirring
of i'll feeling against England in certain ex-
portation journals, nothing of the kind was
done with regard to the United States of
America, and yet our extensive business in
terests with the great republic were more
threatened by these attacks than was the
case with England.
The American mistrust, however, was
mo Strongly o ba bR ny eur TSey Rav IN
America that if the German governments
anxiety was merely to protect its subjects
presence of one war ship or of two ships at
most, would have sufficed, as it did for the
other powers. By sending five vessels to
Manila Germany gave the whole proceeding
the character of a demonstration against
the Americans. The suspicion of the Ameri-
cans may be entirely gronndless, but It is
not difficult to understand, especially since
it is known even in America through the
story of Kiaochou, that at times two souls
dwell in the breast of our government, one
statesmanlike and trained in diplomacy, the
other impulsive We do not know whether
the Foreign Office was consulted beforehand
about the advisa hility or the necessity OF
collecting the fleet before Manila. What. we
do know is, that this measure has made a
very bad impression in the United States.
1t would cause us a real pleasure to learn
that these MISUNDERSTANDING belong to a
period that has gone by. and that, as our
special correspondent in Shanghai cables to-
day. there exist now thoroughly friendly re-
lations between Americans and Germans in
front of Manila. This object will be attained
most surely and a certain steadiness will he
assured for the future If our Foreign Office,
which enjoys general confidence, shall alone
have the management of the details of our
foreign policy, including whatever doings or
the navy may touch upon them.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1898-08-17
Better than AnglO-Sa xOn.
IovU York Times

"Anglo-Saxon" is a most convenient word,
and nobody is ignorant either of its literal
meaning or of that which it has acquired,
but really the amount of work imposed
nowadays upon the unresisting creature is
enough to make even phiologists shed tears.
And when philologists. who are dry by ma
ture and drier by profession. resort to this
device for expressing emotion the case is,
indeed, pathetic. AS a matter of fact, we
have come to call the qualities and the vir-
tues of which we approve "Anglo-Saxon,
and those of which we diSapprove by other
names. as Spanish" or French" or Ger
man." and as there is not even a little ex-
cuse for believing that the Angio-Saxons
were bit better or Drawer than many other
barbarous tribes of their remote time. It
does seem to be rather worse than absurd
to credit them with all of our own innu-
merable excellencies. This is a great day
for the Anglo-SaXon race" exclaimed
British brother as he watched the charge At
San Juan. If. after he Gained down. he
read the names on the list of killed and
wounded he must have felt like moving an
amendment to his exclamation. We know
as we'll as anybody that 'Anglo-Saxon, as
used to-day is not a racial designation at
all; that it includes such portions OF the
human race as speak English and believe
certain things concerning rights and gov
ernments: but il is just little irritating for
the Ceit say to lay all his laurels on the
altar OF his dearest foe. What is the OBJ
lection to american" for our good men?
It's not broad enough for all our present
needs. but it's good sight broader than
"AnglO-SaXOn."
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ground just out of the trenches before San
tiago for some hours before he was picked
" filled with blood which trickled from this
wound The surgeons thought that he
would be buried before the sun set. but he
is now IN hospital, cheered by the good
promise of recovery.
A seton now drains the chest. but the
diminishing quantity of secretion and of
wound is healing Men have been shot
through one lung and lived, apparently
gaining perfect health. But the cases where
a bullet has passed through both lungs and
not thereby carried the wounded to an inn
mediate grave are among the rarest cases
which the history OF gunshot wounds
In st. Peters Hospital there lies young
regular who also fell after Mauser bullet
had cut through both lungs: He, too, was
expected to die upon the field. He wanted
to get home. He seemed to have only one
wish, to see his sister, who was all of his
family left on earth. They put him aboard
the transport and he seemed to be able to
keep the spark of life in him, simply by the
all-absorbing strength of the desire to see
When she came aboard the transport after
ii was anchored off quarantine the boy
seemed for moment to have received from
her tender greeting some elixir which might
bring him to recovery as his comrade. who
was also shot through both lungs, seemed
to have turned the corner and entered upon
the road which leads to health.
But after moment he spoke with crifn-
son stain upon his lips revealing the enecs
which speech had caused him. and he said
that he was satisfied now that he had seen
his sister once more. She sat yesterday by
his bedside. tanning him, that she might
keep off both the insufferable odors OF the
hospital, the plague of flies and cool the
torrid heat which seemed to other soldiers.
more conscious of it than he was, like that
of the trenches in front of Santiago. The
young soldier was slowly dying:
Now and then he opened his eyes, but
there was no light in them nor any con-
seriousness. For him science and the unre-
hitting attention of the surgeons were un-
availing and he Is one Of those who con-
shot, wound through both lungs is almost
surely mortal.
The surgeons say that of all the wounded
and sick brought to New York only very
small number will die. The treatment In
the fever cases is well established. and has
been very successful There will be, how
ever some marvellous records of the tri-
umphs of surgery and the aseptic treat
ment as soon as the overworked surgeons
have opportunity to write their experience.
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our standing in the eyes Of other nations.
The value of this is beyond computation.
1t is not merely the display of fighting quail
tiles and our victories on sea and land that
have impressed the world. but the magnifi-
cent display of patriotism. of self-control.
of reserve power, of fortitude in war; of
magnanimity in peace, of elasticity and
strength in our government of statesman
ship in our rulers and of political unity and
social harmony in our people. 1t is the ex-
hibition on a large scale of these qualities,
in connection with the victories we have
achieved, that has brought us an increase
of national prestige such as no other ma
ton ever acquired in the same length of
time.
We have a right to count on the credit
side of the war the gain for humanity and
for free government. We began the war
to liber tie Cuba and we end it by liberat-
ing several other islands as well, and by
demonstrating to the world the superior
aggressiveness and immense superiority of
an intelligent. free people over an ignorant,
priest-ridden and monarchy-ridden one. In
expelling Spain from the western hemi-
sphere we have got rid of a bad neighbor.
overthrow vicious government and es
tabished the beginning of great advance
for republican principles The war is worth
all it has cost.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1898-08-17

October. 1850, three years before the war
closed. he said:
We have frequently heard the behavior
OF the militia extolled upon one and
another occasion by men who judge from
the surface. by men who had particular
views In incorporating. by visionary men
whose credulity easily swelled every vague
story in support of favorite hypothesis.
soiemnly declare / never was witness to
single instance that could countenance the
opinion of militia or raw troops being fit for
the real business of fighting. I have found
them useful as light parties to skirmish in
the woods, but incapable of making or sus-
tanning serious attack. This firmness is
only acquired by habit of discipline and
service. We may expect everything from
ours that militia is capable of. but we must
not expect from them any services for which
regulars alone are fit. The battle of Cam
den is melancholy comment upon this doc
trine. The militia fed at the first fire, and
left the continental troops, surrounded on
every side and overpowered by numbers, to
combat for safety instead of victory.
He would be brave general who should
express these, sentiments as plainly now,
yet they are as true now as they were in
Washington's time. There are no Drawer or
better men than American volunteers, and
they often fight magnifcently, but it takes
time and discipline to make them seasoned
troops.
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w. r. Stead, the London journalist. can
not see how we can manage colonial en-
pire under our system of party government.
You see," he says, 'in England we have
practically excluded these questions from
the sphere of party fight" There is much
in this suggestion for American statesmen
to think about. The strength of the British
colonial policy lies largely in the fact that
1t moves steadily along established lines 10
definite ends without reference to party
changes. When we get island colonies we
will find they cannot be governed on the
principle of making them footballs of poll
tics
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1898-08-17
THE GLOWING BUSINESS PROSPECT.

The trade reviews of Saturday report
marked increase in orders for various kinds
of manufactured goods, notably of iron and
steel products. This Improvement is at
tributed to the suspension of hostilites. 1t
has been so often stated that the trade and
business of the country have continued ac-
tive in spite of the war that Quickening
Of demand was not looked for when peace
should be assured. The increased activity
upon the suspension of hostilities shows
that there has been holding back by many
conservative men who were suspicious of
the effect which an extended war period
try. The volume of trade is already large
so large, in fact, according to the reports,
that it does not seem probable that there
can be so general an increase as is indi-
Gated unless there shall be something like
rush. This may come because business men
who have given so much attention to the
war will now give themselves wholly to
their affairs.
During the past year there has been
general improvement In trade, due to a nor
NAL demand for goods which people had been
unable to purchase for two or three years
previous. There has been an absence of
speculative features. merchants buying only
what they needed to supply their trade.
Consequently, there are no large stocks of
goods in the hands of retailers. At the same
time manufacturers have been conservative,
content to fill orders rather than to fill
warehouses in the expectation of unprece-
denied demand The conditions, therefore,
may be said to be most favorable for greater
activity.
The close of the war opens Cuba, rich in
natural resources, but ruined by misrule, to
American capital and enterprise. 1t is
country which is in need of everything, and
which invites immigrants to develop its re-
sources. The considerable trade of the two
islands which Spain has diverted and stran-
gled will now be ours. 1t is the opening of
a new country and new market of easy
access.
Everything seems favorable for an era of
prosperity. No currency fear haunts bust
ness men, Gold is flowing into the country,
and the supply of money for business pur-
poses is abundant. Confidence in the sound
ness of business conditions is general. AS
conservative paper says: 1.-THE business
prospect that is before the American people
is one that has never been surpassed in the
history of the country
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1898-08-17

The adage, "All is well that ends WE'LL
applies to the relations between the United
States and France. For awhile during the
war there was good deal of bad feeling
between the peoples, and the French pa
pers said ugly things about us. This might
have caused some unpleasant memories, but
the very friendly and efficient action of the
and the prompt agreement of President Nc
Kinley that the peace commission shall sit
in Paris have removed every vestige of ill
feeling. The lowering cloud ended in rain
hou
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1898-08-17

Mr.. Isham Sedgwick, of Richmond. Ind,
writes to the Journal suggesting the ac
QUESTION of Nicaragua by the United States
preliminary to building the canal across our
own territory. He says:
Nicaragua is a country of about 1900
square miles. 1t is rich in agriculture and
minerals. The population is only about
4oVO, largely a very peaceable laboring
people. The Indebtedness of the country is
not large, and its revenues would soon pay
it. Rightly managed it would be a territory
that would cost the United States but little
to maintain. l believe that if the matter
were properly approached the country would
willingly annex itself to the United States
on condition that the United States would
pay that debt The United States could
then build the canal on it's own territory.
This is certainly the best possible thing to
do. / know the people in power there, and
/ am reasonably sure that this result can be
accomplished.
Mr.. Sedgwick is gentleman of high char
acter, and has for several years been en-
gagged in coffee culture in Nicaragua, and is
familiar with existing conditions there His
suggestion is of interest, as indicating the
trend of current thought on manifest destiny
lines.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1898-08-17

The report of the escape of Governor Cen
eral August at Manila has some ugly
features. though fuller accounts may clear
them up. 1t is said he and his family es-
capped to the German cruiser Kaiserin
Augusta in one of her launches sent for
that purpose. If this is so it was. to say
the least, a highly indecent performance on
the part Of the commander of the German
ship. If General August, from cowardice
or any other motive, had fled with his fam
fly and asked the protection of the German
ship without any assistance or connivance
on the part of its commander. common hui
manity might have justified taking him
aboard. But if he asked and obtained the
use of a German launch. manned by German
sailors. to enable him to escape from be-
coming prisoner to the United States
forces, before it was known that the proto-
col of peace had been signed, it was who'll
ly indefensible proceeding on the part Of
the German commander Further news of
the affair viii be awaited with interest.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1898-08-17
The Naval Promotions.
Detroit Tribune.

The President had a delicate matter TO
settle and while his decision will provoke
hostile criticism both in the newspapers and
in the Senate it is not easy TO see how he
necessarily numiliating Sampson and dis
counting his own Judgment iii placing
Sampson in command of the fleet. Although
been made rear admirals. and. as Schley
said in his report, there was glory enough
in the victory for all.
Even the most captious critic cannot find
fault with the other promotions. While Cap
tain Clark was advanced one number more
than the other fleet captains who took part
in the enga cement. his services IN the fight
and his phenomenal achievement in bringing
the oregon around continent entitle him
IN the added recognition.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1898-08-17

Washington was the first American gen
'eral who had TO do with raw militia and
with seasoned troops In his time we had no
regular army, but before the revolutionary
war closed the mintia had become veterans.
Washington believed in an organized militia
for all 1t was worth, and as President, after
the war. he urged the Importance of it,
but as an experienced military man he knew
that it took time TO make disciplined sol
diers out of raw recruits. Nor did he hesi-
tate to avow his opinionAon the subject In
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1898-08-17

Some able correspondents who went to
Cuba to fight with their pens are now tell
ing how Santiago might have been captured
with much less loss Of life If they had been
in command, instead of General Shafter
One of these born warriors closes a letter
with six questions, strategic and tactical
which he challenges General Shafter to
answer. OF course, the latter will make
haste 10 do IL
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1898-08-17

fighting. They desire to rule Cuba as Spain
has ruled it. They are like the factions
which kept Mexico in turmoil until Diaz
brought them under subsection They are
Of the same blood as the men who keep the
Central American States in a condition of
perpetual revolution. From present indica-
tons they are the last men who will sub
nit to a government which means equal
rights and security for all
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1898-08-17
Live stock at Paris.

Washington Special.
If Secretary Wilson can bring II about
there will be a livestock show in connection
with the American exhibit at the Parish ex-
position 1t will not be a part OF the ex-
position proper, but will be at some point
within easy distance OF Paris. An agent in
the Department of Agriculture will accom-
pany Commissioner General Peck to Paris,
who starts two weeks hence, with the ex-
press purpose of leasing suitable grounds
near the city for a livestock show. When
this has been done stock raisers will be
officially notified and invited to take part
in the exhibit.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1898-08-17

Among the indications of possible war be-
tween Great Britain and Russia is the fact
that the Esquimault feet, off Vancouver.
British Columbia, is to be augmented i'm
mediately by six war ships. 1t is also said
that the Canadian Pacific Railways shops
at Montreal are turning out large numbers
of troop cars under rush orders from the
British government. These things may not
portend war, but they show that England
does not intend to be found unreadY for it.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1898-08-17

In spite of the assurances of such papers
as the Pittsburg Dispatch that the insurgent
army is made up largely of patriotic men
anxious to secure a government of law and
order in Cuba, current indications are
against their emphatic contention. What
Gomez's army may develop there has been
no occasion to determine, but Garcia's
troops, despite the few favorable words that
have been said for them, have not so con-
Quoted themselves as to inspire confidence.
Garcia has not behaved as well as he
might, II the reports are true. If the last
reports are authentic the insurgent is now
the chief obstacle in the way of peace and
tranquility When General Garcia sent
word to an American commander who asked
for assistance in making roads through the
thickets around Santiago that his men
were soldiers, not laborers.'' he probably
depicted the character of most of them.
They are soldiers of fortune. who are in
surgents because they can escape work by
belonging to an army which lives off the
country. They have obtained a precarious
living as insurrectionists. and now they ex-
pect to get a better one by becoming Official
plunderers. as are the men they have been
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1898-08-17

without fear OF financial loss this govern
ment might safely offer reward for any
symptoms of gratitude on the part of the
Cubans in return for their liberation at the
hands of our troops. However. the gov
eminent did not go into the war with the
hope or expectation of gratitude from the
Cubans, so, though there is a disgraceful
lack of appreciation shown by the in
surgents, the corresponding lack of disap-
pointment on the part of the Americans
makes a compensatory feature.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1898-08-17

OF SPANS original possessions in the
western hemisphere the United States now
holds nearly all except such as, having
achieved independence. have their own gov
eminent. OF the latter class are the South
American and Central American States,
while the United States have absorbed in
succession Florida, Texas, New Mexico
Arizona. California. and now Porto Rico.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1898-08-17

AS the Spanish peace commissioners will
not be able to speak English, and the
treaty deliberations at Paris will probably
be conducted in French, the European Ian
guage of diplomacy, the American commits
sioners may have to depend upon an inter-
prefer. Every European publicist is mas
ter of French. besides his own language
but American statesmen do not make a spe-
cialty of foreign languages
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1898-08-17

chronicl

Joseph Bergman, who was indicted by the
grand jury for assault on Gus Wagner, one
OF Swift & CO. s eoopers. who refused to go
out on strike, was convicted in the Criminal
Court before Judge Chetlain. and sentenced
TO six months in the county jail. 1t was
alleged Bergman was sympathizer OF the
striking coopers. and when Wagner refused
to be inundated by threats made an as
sault upon him. severely injuring him.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1898-08-17

1t would be quite in harmony with Span
fish character if Spain should maintain a
corps of spies and intriguers in Cuba to
stir up trouble for the United States during
the next few years
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1898-08-17

The report that for various reasons the
L. A. w. meet at Indianapolis was partial
failure in point of attendance has gained
currency. In that respect the report differs
from the city and the managers of the event.
But we're not kicking.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1898-08-17

OF all the Spanish commanders in the late
war the two who came out with the most
unsullied reputation were Admiral Cervera
and General Linares. All the rest have
shown themselves to be braggarts or cow
ards.
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