The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1898-12-06

day and the Werra. San Ingairo and
Juan Forgas on Tuesday, each carry
ing 1000 soldiers.
The Spanish commission was ad-
vised today that by Monday next the
evacuation of BatabanO and the entire
San Felipo would be finished. This
will complete the evacuation Of the
entire end of the island west of these
points.
A request has been made by residents
of the Isles of Pines, which was evac-
uated by the Spanish troops on Thurs
day last, that the Cuban General, Men
ocol, ship tomorrow via Batabano fifty
Cuban soldiers for police duty there.
General Wade, president Of the
United States evacuation committee,
accompanied by Colonel Claus, judge
advocate; Captain Hart, the official in
terpreter, and Majors Almy, Allison,
Butler and Brooks, called upon Cap
tain General Castelanos at the palace
today They were received by the
president of the Spanish evacuation
commission who introduced them The
meeting was of a most cordial nature
and when the Americans retired, the
way down the stairs and shook hands
with all of them. The Spanish mill
tary guard on duty at the palace was
drawn up and rendered the usual mill
tary hOnors to the American visitors.
San Antonio de Los Banes, province
of Havana and Jaugay LaGrande,
province of Matanzas, were evacuated
by the Spanish troops yesterday.
Havana under American auspices be-
gan this morning.
AMERICAN INTEGRITY ASSAILED.
Correspondent of Associated Press.)
London, November 24.-William T.
Stead, writing from Rome under date
of November 21st, says: The answer
| to the question what does the Old World
think Of the New World, has never
been made with greater emphasis than
in the Eternal City. The ''oldest Old
| World regards the newest with feel
! ings of anger, disgust and alarm almost
! too great for words. The sentiment of
! Indignation differs in intensity; but it
| is universal. There is no sympathy
| for the United States either among
whites or blacks, in fact, dislike of the
| American seizure of the Philippines
and a conviction that the humane en-
thusiasm which made the war possible
| was a mere mask of cant assumed in
order to facilitate conquest are almost
! the only sentiments passed in common
by the rival companies of the Quirinal
! and the vatican.
| With the Kings men, the sentiment
! is comparatively mild. They do not
believe in the least in the disinterest-
edness of the American war of liberia
tiOn. The American declarations are
almost universally decided as hideous
examples of worse than English hy-
pOcricy. Uncle Sam, they say, deter
mined in all things to surpass John
Bull, has outdone him even in Phari-
saism and cant. The friends of Amer
! lea wiring their hands in unaffected
! grief over the fall of the United States
under the temptation of the lust of
territorial expansion. Her enemies
shoot out the lip and can Shrek in de-
! rision over what they regard as the
unmistakable demonstration which
demand for the Philippines affords of
American cupidfry, American bad
faith and American ambition.
Outside England I have met no non
| American who did not dislike the ex-
! panslon of America, nor do | think
in the whole of our tour of Europe |
! have met one European who did not
/ receive my protestatiOns as to the
genuine sincerity with which the
American people entered into the war
with more or less mocking increduility
In the course of my tour l am now
compelled to admit l found proof of
the existence of disposition on the
: part of the powers to intervene on be-
, half of Spain, which might have been
very serious had it not been checked
in the bud by the knowledge that Eng
land would have nothing to do with il
When / was in Paris | was positively
told that no proposal had ever been
made to intervene and that, therefore
, England had never had the occasion
or opportunity to put her foot down on
the antiAmerican coalition. That. nc
doubt, was true as far as overt action
on the part Of the government was con-
cerned: but it is not less true that i'm
mediately after. the war broke out a
diplomatic representative Of the pow
ers communicated to an American
minister at any European court in
plain and unmistakable terms the dis
pleasure of the powers and their desire
10 express that dispieasure publicly
and forcibly. These communications
were sufficiently serious for the con-
| tingency of the use of the allied forces
of the European nations for the coer-
cion Of the United States to be frankly
discussed between the two diplomats.