The record-union., 1898-07-23
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Interest.

! part OF his command that was IN
| trusted to Dewey in Asiatic waters
He is, however, to have slight recon-
| pense, for the orders he has received
to proceed to Honolulu with the Phila-
| delphia and raise the Stars and Stripes
over the island will give him place
in history. 1t is needless to say that
the members of the expedition will get
a reception there, that they will not
forget in a hurry.
THE CUBANS TROUBLESOME.
Tulare Register: To whip the Spanish
armies in Cuba will be no great mill
| tary achievement, unless the climate
| kills vastly more than the Spanish SOL
diery. To drive them out of Cuba VIII
be more difficult; to restore order and
| security will require the highest civic
and military firmness and patience, but
| to erect out of that chaotic and ig-
norant mass Of degenerated and vim
| dictive humanity free and manly re-
public may, and probably will, prove
| impossible. The material to work on
does not seem to be there, and it is
not possible to make a republic out of
nothing When we have made Cuba
! free our task will not be half done.
Education, immigration, capitalization
| and AmericaniZation must work out
| the salvation of Cuba or Cuba Will
| continue to be as near to hell as any
! place on earth The task before us
| is mighty, but there will be and can
be no shirking it.
| IN THE FEAR OF THE MAKER.
| Stockton Record: However much men
may criticise religious organizations,
they generally have a respect and con-
| fidence in a praying man. A man that
walks in the fear of his Maker is cal
culated to make a good citizen. At
! the head Of our great nation we have
| a praying mana man who sees IN the
victories of his brave countrymen the
| favors of the Almighty. The first thing
! Captain Jack Phillip did after the vic
! tory at Santiago was to offer a public
| prayer of thanksgiving in the presence
/ of his officers and crew. The American
/ army and navy is full of such men.
| They possess that high-born courage
which sustains and cheers them in the
| shock Of battle. The Spanish sailors
We're drunk. The lesson should not be
| lost on the rising generation, and the
| pulpits will probably give it prom
! inence on the day of Thanksgiving pro-
/ claimed by the President. The nation
may we'll rejoice that in its power and
glory it's soldiers and sailors still rely
| on that same Power which cheered the
| Pilgrim fathers in the desolate wilder
ness and gave us the Baltimores of
Maryland-the Huguenots Of the South
| If ever a nation since the days of Israel
| had reason to believe it possessed the
favors of the Ruler Of nations, it is
this United States of America.
SPEED NECESSARY.
ha
Hawaiian Island Commission gets to
work the better it will be, for until the
laws of the new territory are framed
everything will be in somewhat Of
tumble there From the very date of
annexation the island laws will be out
of effect but it is certain that there will
be some arrangement made to continue
them until the work of the commission
| is completed.
| EXPENSIVE LUXURY.
| Fresno Republican: War is an enor-
mously expensive luxury, and the pres
1 ent war will be no exception to the
rule. While the period of actual hos
| tilities may be short, the period Of
scarcely less expensive armed occupa-
ton will be much longer One of the
most important problems growing out
I
| these expenses 1t is the custom of
nations to make the conquered party
pay the expenses of the war, either in
| money or by the cessiOn Of revenue
producing territory. We shall find diff
/ ficuty in collecting any large money
| contributions from Spain, and unless
we are willing to tax ourselves for the
entire amount, we shall be forced to re-
sort to the only remaining alternative.
| THE LADRONES.
Portland Oregonian: The Ladrones,
captured by our first expedition to Ma
nila, lie on the route from Honolulu to
Manila, and will form, accordingly a
convenient way station for us between
| our two main possessions in the Pa
cific. The group is notably mountain
Gus, the northern islands, which are all
uninhabited, being especially 50. Sep
arated from these by a broad channel
are the five southern islands, Guajan,
| Aguigan, Saypan, Rota and Hinian,
which contain perhaps 5000 people, a
good part of them coloSists from the
| Philippines. The Pelew Islands, which
| lie southeast of Manila, also belong to
Spain, and will sooner or later be taken
and occupied by our Government. The
| Carolines are said to be marked out
for the prey Of the Monterey.
WAS 1T BRAVE?
Dixon Tribune: From our point Of
view we fail to discern anything admir-
able in the foolhardiness displayed by
Admiral Cervera in his dash to freedom
from Santiago de Cuba harbor through
the line of American battleships that
were in front of his place of exit. Any
sound minded man might have realized
the dangerous position in which he
must certainly place his crews in run
ming the gantlet While he may
claim that he was ordered out, he could
have Jared no worse had he allowed his
enemy to force the harbor and fight it
out on the inside and perhaps have
stood chance TO destroy one or more
of his adversary's craft.
A NAVAL LESSON.
San Diego Union: The faith of naval
experts in the utility Of tcpedo boats
is not likely to be greatly strengthened
by the events of the war thus far. The
Spanish Government, it will be recalled,
placed much dependence in these little
vessels, and there were people who
thought that the lack of a large fleet
of craft of this sort was a very serious
defect in the American navy. About
the time the war broke out, the press
dispatches had much to say about the
torpedo fiotilla" that Spain was to send
across the Atlantic, and there was no
lack of predfptfouS as IN fho dava Sto