The Houston daily post. [volume] (Houston, Tex.) 1886-1903, 1898-06-01
'p!ANlsH| VIEW OF IT.
The American Boasts Have Not
Been Made Good.
HAVANA HAS NOT YET BEEN TAKEN
And Ell Profcsso. a spanish News
paper of Havana. Thinks II Il
Because We Are Afraid.

New York, May S1.---El Professo, news
paper published In Havana, a copy Of
which has been received here. in an cd
itorlsl published May 20. contains the fol-
lowing summary OF the situation from the
view point of the Spanish press,
"A month has gone by since the cowardly
Yankees proclaimed war against Spain.
They then declared that they would an
initiate us, that they would come and take
Havana and level our forts to the ground.
we now see that 1t Mas but oowardly
boast. for not one dasNrdiy Yankee has set
foot ON Cuban soil. They dare not for our
brave soldiers will repulse them and drive
them back TO their own shores.
Have they taken Hayanai Not one gun
has been fred on our forts and their
ships, which pretend TO maintain block
ade are afraid TO come within the range
On tho noble guns OF MORO Castle. II would
mean their obstruction. The Yankees are
towards and can do nothing but boast OF
what they viii do and then do nothing,
Every good and true soldier OF Spain Is
anxiously awaiting the appearance of tho
Yankees and we will show them how
Spaniard can fight and we can do more
than beast.
Wherever the ships of the enemy have
approached our shores they have been
driven back with disastrous losses; their
attempts To deslrov our forts have re-
suited instead in the destruction OF their
ships our brave soldiers have poured
shot and shell into the enemy and none
have dared to remain and face our guns.
eve have heard rnports of the enor-
mons army which wns Ia INVADE our island
ana conquer our army Nyhat haa become
of IL? They do MOI dare to come and meet
the brave Standards knuwinr full wolf thar
death would be certain TO await them
They tried to gtarye us but ON tho con.
.rarv they ARE ytaryiur themselves for
bread and meat are higher In Now ynrj,
ihan they arc in IIaynnn Vr have nlrntv
10 eat. while the Yankreg have been com.
pellod to omen free sout, housns in nh the
big cittps TO feed their hungry md the
people die from atnryetion. IA doc oven
aces without food in this capital. mi dons
are better than the dirty Yankrr3 Reef
costs 30 cents in New Yorl, and a loaf of
bread "a ,nts How long can the shop
keepers who think of nothing bur dollars
stand thatq
"Tbov are ALREADY sorry tnat TINY nave
begun war against spain but we viii give
more cause Tor deeper regret II win not
be long before our victorious army win
cross over into their territory and do 10
them as they would like TO have done 10 ug
We Will give them some OF their own medi-
cine. Already our gallant fleet has hom-
barded their city OF Boston and driven the
inhabitants of that place into the Interior
compelling Thorn to flee for their lives
Next We viii move upon New York, and
no Yankee ships VIII dare attack us. know
ing fun we'll their inability to cope with the
formidable Spanish army.
Already there Is tumult and insurrec-
Jion among the Yankees because of tho
tailure OF their arms and they ara blaming
President Mckinley, a military guard Of
WOO soldiers surround his palace 10 prevent
an assassination from reaching him He
never goes out and II is expected daily that
news VIII be sent out of his dcnth, so in
tensely enraRed are the people because hey
seq nothing but defcnt in their war against
spain. Clvil war Is threatened among me