Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1898-05-10
THE C0NTENDING NATIONS.
interesting Information Summarized in a
Few Short Paragraphs


| The revenue Of Inc Tinted Statae i
| s400. 900 600. while thar Of Snain is Inn
Sl55. 000 900. the reyanua of the Initad
states being two and = half tin,ae
greater.
SPANS peace army COMPRISES 2,n ooo
men. While that of the United states <
lnly 1000 But on 4 var footino tha
United States wouId have . nno ooo .nI-
iiers. twice as MANY AZ Snain which
would have 500, 0eo
In area the United States l. ten times
as large as Spain. t-nela Sans t,.y-
ritories including 2 500 4gn sui,ara ,niIa.
against 366 07s in the count,,, mia =,
Alfonso and the queen regent
Spain has - 900 900 population. Thai
If the United States * q 500 odo IVA
ma a half times greater
The tonnage of the armored vessels
built ana building owned hy tho limited
States is l52.000 tons. While that IF
Spain is 90 .0o0 tons. The I'njrad States
is thus IL larger. and this does moi in
Jude the old monitors.
In unarm0red disbursements in,I,a-
lng sunboats under 50o tons disnI,rn-
ment, the United States is twice as
strong, having Itl,hht tons While Sn9tD
has but 10000 tons.
The tonnage Of the merchant steam
vessels ilyins the American flag IS
| 200 00a tons. against IA 900 TONS FIR
Spain, the United states exceeding
Spain nearly four to one in This resp4..f
Spain has one-third more torp.do
craft than the United States. its fleet
numbering - vessels while We nave Il
In commerce the United States is five
ana half times a4 great AZ Snaip
having Il foreign trade Of 81. 500 600 D0o
While that or spain il hut s345. 900 900.
The two countries have about the
same deht-$1. 500 900 600.
Cuba was discovered by Columbus on
his first voyage. in 1902
The first organized attempt made by
the Spanards to colonizc cuba was in
1911 by Diego Nelasquez. who brougn;
oyer small force from Santo Domingo.
the large island to the east Of Cuba
Nelasqurz was ii typical Spanish con-
queror and reSorted al once to tvnical
spanish methods. The gentle and
simple natives were frightened When
they saw the Spaniarcs on horseback.
ana fed before them Nelasquez pur-
l.
his horses hoots.
In the course of the first 10 years
after Nelasquez settled Cuba the natIte
population Of 500, 600 beings was swept
away and exterminated.
SPAN has occupied Cuba for IS.
years, except that it's capital Havana
was rantIrea hy tba t,noiish IN 1-G3
rbo pritis,, e.,,;,,[. o,,o.,...3
- '''tt9H HIIP9 t'S"Sc" ~ iiidt tpH-
quest were chiefly manned by Ameri-
can colonists. who enlisted in the col
n,iae ~ No ,,I,,.i. ...,,1,.,a, NJ,
','O' VIZ wv Nti"i't'N NV'o'f''"' hdSSd-
thuSellS' i>ii""e iSidld' connecticut,
New York. New Jersey, Delaware ard
Virginia.
snain has ALWAYS restricted tho oo,,,
''' CIV" N7'i - 'N' ''iN N'Ail
Ileice Oh the lSlanu with a view to
reaping all it's Benefits herself She
forced the Inhabitants 10 draw fro,,,
c,,ai,, ,,,,,.t - ,,,t, s1; -,
SPAN ii'Ht VI theit supplies tl an
Kinds by imposing prOhihitory duti IS
on the products of other nations
AZ
pi'e Iiisuii e'tioi' mas 'oIlo"ed an
othef SINCE the lifSt organized Outhrea k
against the Spanish power in 1926 In
each war the Snaniards have nrac-
ticad tbo most fanairh o,,,o1,;a., ~, *
WY ,''''' 'Ni'>'7ii o0i 'ie9 oii t'io
tupahS, put never until the present
war has there been an organized and
deliberate attemnt made to exterminata
~, ~, i'i'se , INC :
'le women ana childfen as well as the
male residents of the island. This re-
NAMED as the crownine infanv of
..pu+cho,,, yyo,,,or, ,tc
WY ie' ms
The governor general of Cuba is en-
lowed by law with despotic power. lie
is even authorized to disregard the laws
of Spain. which are applicable to cuba. at
his pleasure In fact, his will is the