The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1898-03-23
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HAVANA, March 17.-Unless history
and poetry alike mistake, There was
sound OF revelry. in Brussels on the
eve OF Waterloo Paris, too. just before
that biz ARRAY was in a whirl of balls
and fetes. Havana Is very gay to-day
stransely SO for Lent, and more
strangely still when the losses OF Its
iwell-to-do and the dire poverty OF Its
profctariat are considered. OF course the
spresence OF tho war ships with their
large complement of handsome, intelll-
] gent, courteous. officers. has much:to do
( with, the festivities prevailing. Then.
= too. there are centuries OF custom and
scores OF proverbs, similar to the famil-
lar Tomorrow will be another day"
and these tend toward inducing a
ssomewhat mercuriai people 10 forget
5 tie sad things, while they may,sin
! inging, dancing and all the rest thar
goes to make up social rounds.
& But there arc many serious oneswho,s
4 IL, theS5 Join in the laugh. drop into 9TH
sersmoods than joyous when left alone.
~ You can see these frown at the alb
ssurd scaricatures :of Uncle Sam and his
minions with which the comic apers OF
Madrid and Havana TEEN. You can see
then sneer at the superb fleets of for
Midahle war Vessels. pictured in the
masazlnesq and Illustrated Journals and
labeled Part ottSpain's great navy
You can hear them laugh isardonic-
ally at the foolish acts of boyish Officers
NcSt fns "a.
heard one say to-day ..We'il land our
arm at Key West. march straight in
Z land 10 Washington and in a week from
landing we'll capture Mckinley and all.
his ministry, unless they run away
Z: AS called recently, Havana has .at
Slastsawakened 10 what its people re-;
z Eard3as the probability OF a war with.
!, the United States and the sober-mindcd
arc counting the cost. some whom the
gorernfnent assumes to be the most.ex-
ltrerne conservatives arc counting that
:; cost with sa tisfactloa., They are annex
{ tionists. now no ma tier! what they
I were, a year or less ago and in their
number are editors. lawyers. bankers,
merchants. manufacturers. officials.
9 even priests. though those OF; the sacred
function cling more tenaciously than
my other class 10 the vested rights OF
royalty o. = q ~.
Deep is the interest felt in the atti-
5t!ides Of the European powers iii regard
4 70 Intervention and loud are the ac-,
claims OF delight over published cable;
grams purportinS to give words of aid
s;an d comfort from the German emperor,
French minister or Italian deputy, But
z the ]lveliest time came at the mention
sgof possible alliance between Great Bril-
3stain8and THE United States and great
anxiety was manifested by Secretary
Z Corgosto to interview the British rep
y preventative: here and even our General
!, Lee and learn the truth or falsity. OF the
story that the Prince OF Wales has said
n British fleet would support the United
I, Statessi In putting an end to the war in
q Cubs. was: almost ludicrous. 1t was so
4 openly iex pressed b {. tt
or course. all the above Is from the
spoint OF view OF the looker-on In Ha-,
( val ia.ssHe know marvelously little
hero thigh government circles except
sehl 1of what lis really going on In the
J great world OF American and continent
Z tai statecraft. ssS4l
4s$ Through all the wondering the beg
y cars. OF Havana ilaughf dance, sing or
Sroan, as the time or occasion serves. A
= merry lot and a careless, fat wthal
and not unpicturesque in their scanty
y Ilncn, dirtyicalico or homemade alpaca.
Three years ago there were more than
seventeen hundred besgars, mostly chill
lSsdren, In Havana, known to the police
eand endured as a necessary evil. Tint
number has been greatly, Increased by,
tho trouhlous times and lack % work.
4 The young boys and girls gsply their
5strade IN all the; most frequented places,
mol only: with absolute freedom, but
Il Genera lyl sure OF the courteous answer
8Slrum Spaniard or Cuban I'm Gods
y name pardon me-" This courtesy. even,
\ iuarefusal breeds impudence and a
4 pertinaclty past all belief. They cling to
\ the, garmentso or run by the carriages of
the Americans, who. when newly come,
"a an! easy prey. While some are re-
pulslye---made more so By beggar'G arts
aid ncariss all are annoying {. a. few