Arizona weekly journal-miner., 1898-05-18
.RIZONAJOU NAL-MlNEh

It IS now the correct thins when
 speaking of a poor marksLSa to
 say that be shoots like Spanlard.
 Those who ditn't get sn oppor- taniiy to enlist ID the first call need
 not worry. There may be other calls.
 The official Spanish report of the
 bombardmen, of San Juan was that the American fleet was "ingloriously driven back
 The hurry call has been issued by President McKiu' an from now 10 tue rus the war is to be aggr 1sled from our side.
 Spanish ofic.a.. . T the lombard
 nent of San Juan vandalism. Their idea of honorable warfare can be found in their blowing up of the Maine.
 Those who could not get iuto the army under the last call for volun- teers, viii nov be given a chance, according to reports today from Washington.
 The idea that the Philippine Is lands are inhabited by savage tribes is a mistake; the people living there are as a whole fully as civilized as the Spaniards governing the is- lands.
 The Spaniards, who considered the occasional scraps with the revo- lutionists in Cuba war, are being shown how very much mistaken they were. and your Uncle Sam is doing the showing.
 The Spanish engineers who are reported to have disabled the ma chinery of the Spanish torpedo boats, because they feared bringing them to American waters, do not present an impressive picture of Spanish bravery.
 The stronger the fighting forces of this country are made tte shorter the war with Spa Uiil be, snd the shorter the war .s L ade, Uhe better it will be for all be material inter- ests of this country.
 Spain may really have some we'll deyi-ed plan of a>.ion for her fleets but 1t begins to look as if she were simply maneu in me Atlantic ocean To her r pie at home. Of c- ou'1 any single Americsl i run across the flee. 1t migu, r-s it warm for her, if S. vas unable to get out of it's way.
 Hal Spain the good sense tn retire from Cuba Peaceabiy when request ei by President Mckinley to do SO, she would have only lost Cuba. Her obstiuacy has brought about the loss of the Phil Ppins Islands and Porto Rico, iu addition to Cuba, and a thrssning such as has been administered to few nations.
 Admiral Dewey bss the honor of. hasing wor he cheapest great naval victory ip tae worlds history. To have destroyed el- a war ships, captured r -c- land batteries, and raised ola 1lI- 1ver territory equal in area w.tA ts- of our states combined, ~withoat the loss of 8 man, and with only eight men wounded, is a record that is likely to stand f1rever
 Strangers visiting Arizona, who obtained their opinions of the coun- try from reading the Arizona Kicker. and similar literature, are always surprised at the real condition of affairs hare and of our wonderful resources When you tell them that Arizona today has the largest un- broken flores: of pine timber in the 1 world, they look upon the statement l with ;he greatest iucredulity. yet l such is the fact The forest extends along the Mogollon mountains, | reaching for nifty or sixty miles or more north of the Santa Fe Pacific | railroad and for TO miles south east, bsi0g about forty miles in width.
 The anchoring of bag of arsenic in a spring. which supplies the sol diers with water a; Mobile is an- other suiking example Of Spanish honor" bu 1t is 3a more dastardly than we haze a right to expect from a people taet makes war on women and children and that assasslnates commanders who aye d-fa..3 i. ! comtat. Fa nay ax-ect ! this sort of warfare cen..uv-1y; 1. and the w,sa coml .5e- vi care- fully guarI every vel aud spring H. 1 hi- uai-h barhosa. and los out fc- lls,rtso of disoaii-.i desi gns againsr ] hi- :4.ce-d-,iEls taat could on.F  originate iu the Ji peoL e born to believe t. ightire is ', legitimate spor., Drt e If prisoners .- le-.-. I'll. -.aeat. Il ss Angeles ;
 Ever.s sub-,s .rl 70 .br Z .a' qt Ma |. 3,~. aslsa.-a tue tre. " Of ,- Spanish character. as vel. a tL- mat inclination 10 as--s-5l a tiou. Af.er Commodore Dewey mad rarei -rr thar sick sld wounded. Spc-.-. p-.r--- easr .rpF.d U per suale a.H t3 .aas .i- he-t iut0 a narrow a.sel ..ich was filled with a.ae-. lI .r.ter that they mi-h- -.a..eie tle da-;ar3iy exam pie s-; ....4 bv the blowing rp of the Na,us CbmMoso., D-ve, { prove: t.a cunning for therr ( and u-.ar -l.-G .a the chauna |