People's voice. [volume] (Wellington, Sumner County, Kansas) 1890-1917, 1898-07-21

VARIED assert ment OF crises.
Baacu, IL nrd-r t. gam points in
MS iavm, should upec negotiations
fuf Il surlehuer to Jur'~ Fam at once.
Don Jnsn Toral's idea of a truce
seems 10 be To give tue yellow fever
germ al opportunity to get in its
work.
The frequent declaration of Spain |
that she will light To he bitter end"
is no reasun why she Sdou dn't ask for
peace rlGht now.
The dispatch Of Watsen's feet to
Spain will leave only two American
>quld"uuS to COMBAT tile TemerariO
lnd protect the harbor OF Boston.
The Spaniard who prevented Blanco
from Sllllug himself may have done
80 wi,h the nope that the captain gen
eral would meet more violent
death.
Dun'S Trade Review has neglected
To mention That tine United States is
nIaklng large expectations of iron,
lead, steel, dynamite and nitrOgelatin
to Cuba.
BY way Of a preliminary to the fall
campaign against Havana, The Ore
gon should be allowed to drop a few
l3-inCh hints al BlancU IL prepare W
surrender
II Camara succeeds 10 getting into
a safe harbor before Watson's feet
arrives, the Spanish officials will prob
ably again be unable to restrain their
| joyful emotions.
The Spanish government has issued
a loan OF 5OO,0OO,O 900 pesetas in treas
ury bonds at 3 per cent, of which
amount the Bank Of Spain takes
300, 900, 900 pesetas.
The difficulty the United States has
experienced in satisfying Spanish
honor may be explained by the state
ment that there is no record Of IL
anywhere to judge it by.
Germanyshould understand that un
der her present attitude in Philippine
waters, should a mshap occur to one
Of the American warships in Manila
bay, the result would likely be fata
to the kaiser's throne.
Mines have been laid to protect TIT
I entrance into the port OF Cadiz, ant
, the coast lights are extinguisheC
. along the whole length Of the Spanish
. coast. Vessels are excluded from al
y harbors Of Spain after dark. a,.r-i
1t was General Weyler who said b,
would take 10000 men, conquer Flor
E ida and then march to New York AM
Washington in ten days. Mr.. Weylt
D should start the procession soon. L
Is getting along in the shank Of tn
5 season and the roads will soon be bad
Advices received at st. Thomas, D
W. l., from San Juan de Puerto Ric
show that the inhabitants Of the plac
J are greatly alarmed. They expec
) the port will be attacked by tn
Americans today. The terrified in
: habitants are fleeing into the interio
. aud it is said the city and suburbs ar
practically deserted.
Capt. Chas. E. Clark, cOmmandin
the battleship Oregon, has been az
pointed chief Of staff Of Commodor
Watson, who is under orders to procee
to European waters and harass tn
coast Of Spain, Captain Clark will n
tain commanded the Oregon while ser'
= ing as chief Of staff. II Cervera only ba
u q chance he would send tip to th
+ Spaniards to look out for the Orego
e and Captain Clark.
u According to advices received g
: Key West from Havana, GOvernC
General BlancO attempted suicit
when he learned of the destruction
Cervera's fleet at Santiago. He W;
closeted with his staff and Gener
Ralaos OF the Spanish forces, discus
ing the news, when he made the a
tempt upon his life. He was disarmt
after struggle, but the shock was
D. severe that he was compelled TO ke'
m to his bed for several days.
d, Authorities In Washington are |
i'll clined to dsbelieve that the fall
10 ~ Santiago means peace with Spai
to Mr.. Meiklejohn, assistant secretary
war, says that he can see nothing
rst the present situation which poir
i i toward peaceful settlement Of t
9,e present war. In fact, according
an Mr.. Meiklejohn, the war 10 to
NJ pushed with increased vigor. Gene
iS % Eagan, commlssary general Of {
de- army, said, in speaking Of the pos
ely bility of peace: 81 know the Span