The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1898-11-13

r,o~ninp was in bed. l heard ions
ali soi,rd thought that 10 was a sis
moi annouucing the arrival OF f'o"e"
i'.-- r,rgiisb vessel. My vile aWohe
"a aslcd WHATS that2 IT - slnPy
= signaIf said J. TWO minutes a..
u,ard there was another caIi'Os. 49,
g4elloi What's this?' said i. 10 !
thing serious? That certainly can ~, ~
signal I jumped up ana looN-- I','f "a
the window. ! couiu 50 ,s+til e-,olxe
little curtain Of FOG ana Il He@,0 80
III "a grirhten my wife win "H"1 !
beiievea was a little pracucdl JIM
sbouted @rhe American fleet. lOoNe-
ont aqain. The fog was gone anu bGIo
ooo,ieh I counted seven American S'iiP'
:, tic They were advancing very s''m
~ | came back TO my Wlls aAu i''
eIveu now. let me tell you lnal VIZ
eaid to YOU a moment ago by way u
ioke was really a fact. Here INC a 49,
80 arep She almost lost her Leaa WIN
S -, .,-one Of that said l. C0ver-your
80 ~ the bedclothes and put cotton IN
-. sars n YOU want 60, but keep quiet
~ orefcbed the feet. 1t was advancing
40, Cavite. where all the Spanish boats
ulere beaped together ike mice IN uap,
I'M Americans were soon upon them anu
onensd a terrible fire. They manoeuFeIeu
a. a while and finally placed themselves
,r-o nv two the two largest IN the rear
a,d the others in front, two at the tlsi~
two at the left, all facing the sPahiA.u US.
Al 1890 there was not single SPAN -
vessel afoat; all were either SUM va
burned. The fire OF the AmeIlcA.' w.
excellent, indeed wonderful. i.ac. SUI SUI
~ the mark. | could see the smoke ana
- loud of dust when a pr0jectile Tell
ON shore. II was magnificent pi100 "a
..-.~tfno
.Tint admit the batteries hre2'
ooh YES. the battery at Cdyite hred
few shots. but Il was quickly dehellan'u
nv the shells Of the Americans. IL WdS
absolutely reduced 10 cinders. l adnllreu
greatly the accuracy Of the american
shooting. As l said. every shot seemed
10 hit the mark .,..
Now. tell US about the proteslallohS
that were made by the consular corps
and especially by the German consul III
regard 10 soma broken promise.
There were no protestations. inc
snaniards came TO the French consul and
protested 70 him on the day OF the pai-
tie. was there 40 the time. they were
excited and shouted out: senior consul.
senior Consult They fired at us with
shells that burstv 10 was I who replied
10 themi 'Ahl shells that burstF eX-
claimed. Did you SDaniard5 protest IN
1870 when Strasburg, Belfort, ana farls
were bombarded with shells that burst!
And even two months ago. when You
massacred a lot of insurgents, II was also
with shells that burst! But that Is the
way always with the spaniards. Ihey
are proud. valiant and stubbOrd, but they
live In 1850 or say 1910 They have not
4 changed but bit since then. Charles v,
Cortoz and LegazDi are the only heroes
they speak Of. They DO not seem To
know that a great many new thlnss
have been introduced since that time,
among others shells. new powders ma
chimes, electricity. etc.
NOW, monsieur. do you believe that
with the wise administration or a flr-see-
ing and cultivated nation the Philippines
would be "a valuable colony
Marvellous. perfectly marvellousi In
the Philippines there are untold riches
and their situation is perfectly unique
Among other things there are sugar,
hemp, rice and am incalculaOle quantity
on precious woods And 90 all these must
be added coffee. tobacco and the mines
In fact the sule0l Us worth gold, but
N has never been exploited"
"IIave the natives really suffered much
from the Spaniardst
bile The Standards never did anything
f1r them. Just fancy that az Marivelcsi
at the entrance 90 the bay. there are sum
cannibals Yes. sir canniuals' JUST
think of that They are very gentle, and
fhev do NOT cous. much trouble. I viii
admit but thov have n taste for human
/ eesb All the same and that propensity
| has never been checked by the Sp4niards;
Thev ca 10 church once in q while. ana
! that Is an that IS demanded or them. -
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