The record-union., 1898-06-02
The People Are Told That Spain Has 6ained
Great Victories,
That Boston Has Been Bombarded
and the People Forced to Flee
to the Interior-That Our Ships
Have Been Sunk, With Great
Loss of Life, and That Starva-
ton and Insurrection Reign in
the United States.

vana, a copy of which has been re-
| ceived here, in an editorial published
| May 23d, contains the following sum-
mary of the situation from the view
| point of the Spanish press:
"A month has gone by since the cow
| ardly Yankees proclaimed war against
Spain. They declared that they would
annihlate us; that they would come
and take Havana and level our forts
to the ground. We now see that it was
| but a cowardly boast, for not one
dastardly Yankee has set foot on Cuban
soil. They dare not, for our brave SOL
diers will repulse them and drive them
| back to their own shores. Have they
/ taken Havana? Not one gun has been
| fired upon our forts, and their ships,
which pretend to maintain a blockade,
| fear to come within the range OF the
noble guns Of MORO Castle. It would
| mean their destruction. The Yankees
are towards, and can do nothing but
| boast of what they will do, and then
| do nothing. Every good and true SOL
dier of Spain is anxiously awaiting the
appearance of the Yankees, and we will
then show them how we'll a Spaniard
can fight, and that we can do more
| than boast.
Wherever the ships Of the enemy
have approached our shores they have
| been driven back with disastrous loss,
and their attempts to destroy our forts
have resulted instead in the destruc-
ton to their ships. Our brave soldiers
| have poured shot and shell into the
enemy and nobly stood by their guns,
| and upon every occasion achieved a
| gallant victory.
/ I'VE have heard reports of the enor-
nous army which was to invade our
| island and conquer our army. What
| has become of it? They do not dare
| to come and meet the brave Spaniards,
| knowing full we'll that death Will be
| certain to await them. They tried to
| starve US, but on the contrary they are
starving themselves, for bread and
| meat are higher in New York than
| they are in Havana. We have plenty
/ to eat, while the Yankees have been
| compelled to open free soup houses in
all the big cities to feed their hungry,
and the people die from starvation. No
| dog even goes without good food in
this Capital. but dogs are better than
the dirty Yankees. Beef costs 80 cents
in New York and loaf of bread %
cents. How long can the shop keep
dollars, stand this?
They are already sorry they have
begun war against Spain, but we will
give them cause for deeper regret. It
will not be long before our victorious
| army will cross over into their terri
tory and do to them as they would like
to have done to US. Then we will give
them some of their own medicine.
ho hny
barded their city of Boston and driven
the inhabitants of that place into the
interior compelling them to flee for
their lives. Next we will move upon
New York, and no Yankee ships dare
attack US, knowing full well their ina
bility to cope with the formidable
Spanish navy.
| Already there is tumult and insur-
rection among the Yankees because of
| the failure of their arms, and the peo-
pie are blaming President Mckinley. A
military guard of 1000 soldiers sur
rounds his palace to prevent an assas-
sin from reaching him. He never goes
out, and it is expected daily news will
be sent out Of his death, SO intensely
enraged are the people because they see
nothing but defeat in their war against
Spain.
"Civil war is threatened among the
United States, and it may be- looked
| for at any moment. The wealthy
Yankees of New York and Philadel-
phia have barricaded their houses and
armed their servants, fearing the at
| tacks of our forces and the mobs of
| their own people.
"Such are the conditions which exist
| in America to-day, while our noble
army and our Government, under the
brave and good Captain General
| Blanco, has succeeded in pacifying all
of Cuba, so that peace reigns upon our
| shores.
"Spaniards, we have nothing to fear
from the cowardly Yankees We are
already the victors, and gladly would
the enemy sue for peace. The Philip
pines, which We're at first reported lost
to us, have been regained, if indeed,
they were ever out Of our power or in
danger of being lost. The ships Of the
Yankee commander have been de-
stroyed, with great loss of life, and the
rebel forces have united with all good
Spanish citizens in driving the foreign
ers from those islands and have reor-
| ganized their Government under the
equitable autonomy such as exists in
| Cuba to-day.
Brave Spaniards, we will not be con-
tent with compelling the Yankees to
sue for peace; we will invade their ter
ritory, capture and destroy their towns
and force them into subsection.
Spanish valor is the same to-day
that it was in the days of old, and we
can see in the near future the proud
flag of Spain again floating upon every
sea and planted again upon the conti-
nent of America, and once more Spain
will rule the world as she did in the
happy days gone by. Viva Espano con
| honor"