New Ulm review. (New Ulm, Brown County, Minn.) 1892-1961, 1898-05-25

agreement and the dreibund. Politics
|are not dictated by such ar-fetched SEN
timentalities. Germany's duty, plainly
4 is to MAINTAIN her interests by carefully
nursing the good neighborship of the
European nations Isl
The latest Geographic reports are to
the effect that the Spanish feet at Cadiz,
instead Of being sent to the Philippines,
will cross the Atlantic to join the Ger
vera squadron and give final battle to
Sampson and Schley.
Macaulay, the historian, said years
ago: "Whoever wishes to be we'll ac-
quainted with the morbid anatomy of
governments, whoever wishes to know
how great states may be made feeble
and wretched, should study the history
of Spain" And that's as true today
as when it was first uttered. Spain is
still hobbllng along in the same old
channel, weighted down with pride, ig-
norance and religious bigotry, the sure
promoters of nations downfall.
1t is reported that the president has
grown weary of the opportunities of
senators in behalf OF the sons and rela-
tives of great men who want army COM
missions, and to some of them he re-
marked sarcastically: II suggest that
you gentlemen summon all the great
mems sons in whom you are interested
to Washington and have a parade.
will find time to review the procession
when it marches under the portico of
the White House, and will select the
most eligible in the lot for commissions. !"
Ex-Secretary Tracy, in an interview,
says the navy is meeting every expecta-
ton. He believes it to be the duty of
congress to authorize Immediately the
construction of six large armored cruls-
ers of most modern type, larger than the
New York and Brooklyn. These should
be ordered, in addition to ships author
lied by the regular naval appropriation
bill.
I Edward Bellamy, the political reform
author and humanitarian, died at S pring-
field, Massachusetts,, on Sunday,
A guest at one of the big hotels of
Boston, while going down i'll the eleva-
tor, remarked to the colored elevator
man." 81 want to 60 to the wharf where
the tea was thrown overboard.'
"Well," said the man, looking mysti-
fed, "you'd better inquire at the effice.
I reckon that was before I came here
I've only been in Boston about year."
William E. Curtis, the Washington
correspondent of the Chicago Record,
says the criticism of the delay in the
movement of troops towards Cuba is
due to ignorance of the poverty of our
army. sit would be the worst sort of
folly" he adds, "to invade Cuba until
the troops are supplied with the abso-
Lutte necessities of the campaign. While
this is being done as rapidly as posi-
BILE, neither the commissary nor the
quarternasters department has been
able to furnish these articles as rap
idly as needed He goes on to
show that the military supplies,
when the war began, were based on an
army of $4,000 men. The regular army
has since been increased by $4,000, and
f9a, 900 volunteers have been called in
to the held, making total of 5000
men for which articles have had to be
manufactured since March Z, when the
appropriation of $50,0O0,000 was made.
We are doing the work more rapidly
than any other nation could do it, but it
fhas been impossible to accomplish the
task quickly enough to suit the impa-