Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1899-06-04
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THE RESCUE OF CUBA. An Episode
In the Growth of Free Government BY
Andrew S. Draper LII. D., President OF
University of Illinois. Silver, Burdett
& Co., Boston, New York, and Chicago.
1899. Cloth. Illustrated. Pages. lS6.
This work, attractive enough in IT'S
form. is intended for young Americans.
land aims, first to exhibit the war OF 1898
as one more step, and an important one.
in tho steady progress Of the world to-
wards universal liberty and secondly to
offer such a faithful picture OF the hero
ism and manly quality Of the American
soldiers and sailors, who gave their lives
for the rescue of their oppressed neigh
bors, as may help my young countrymen
to realize what it costs 10 extend free IN
stitutions and to appreciate what IT
means to be an American citizen" Presi-
dent Draper admits that the recent career
Of the United States has been a violation
of Washington's farewell entreaty and in
junction and OF the Monroe doctrine, and
yet he zealously yindicates that violation.
Not combining himself 70 THE Rescue
of Cuba" he trades upon the popularity
Of Dewey, whose full length portrait IS
the frOntispiece OF the volume before US.
OF course, our author describes in ter
rifle terms the misgoyernment and the
atrocities Of Spain, at home and abroad.
He says: Corruption and cruelty have
held backward a nation OF splendid possi-
blites, and have led Spain to commit
acts almost as unwise and atrocious as
those Of Turkey"
VIII, then his next "episode" be n war
against Turkey, for the sake OF the Ar
menians and general humanity Indeed,
as Turkey Is worse than Spain, she should
have been drought TO taw' first. Then,
we should have 10 tackle Russia, for the
sake Of Poland, the exiles OF Siberia, and
the other victims OF her cruelty; then,
Austria, for the sake of Hungary. and
even England, now so friendly, for the
sake of Emmett and Ireland.
It is well known that the Dispatch does
not espouse the views OF this self-consti-
tuted mentor OF our American youth; but
as our country has gone into It she will
have TO push and pull through, and II Is
no part OF ours to hinder her.
What would President Draper say to
this question? How far could the United
States have rescued cuba. by operating
for and upon her alone? She Is right at
our own door. The idea has been hinted
at OF our having Humanitarian brush
WIN turkey, fSuSSid, anu I@iiottiiN' az -
which are far more remote than The
Queen of the Antilles" But not one OF
them Is so distant as the insurgent Philip-
pines. Dewey's homeward route Will even
with the aid Of the Suez canal. be up
wards OF 1900 miles.
AT ERATO'S FAME. By John Myers
O'Hara Chicago: Mayer & Miller. 1898
PAGES, 40.
His Easter Lilies" Is not unworthy
Of its pure and delicate subject. His
ballads to Thomas Moore and the "Old
irish Bard" show what Irish pOetical
genius has achieved, and Mr.. O'Hara
does well In standing up so CALAMITY for
his native Emerald Isle" IN hfs "I4yri-
cum Hiberniae." He has also tested his
muse in the production Of nineteen som
nets. a confessedly difficult species OF
composition. OF these, three are address
ed TO THE sonnet maker"
He might carry TO 'EratO's Fame" more
of the spontaneity, fervor, and lucidity
OF Irish poetical genius.
THE MESSENGER OF RICHMOND
COLLEGE. Richmond, Va. Publish
ed Monthly by the Philologian and AIu
Sigma Rho Literary Societies. Volume
XIV, NO. G-May, 1899
Table OF Contents: The Confederate
Flag-What 1t Represented; Uncle Ben;
Nun to Violet; Mister Sans Gene;
Verloren; The Testimony Of the Ages;
Does It Pay? Collegiana. Athletics Foot
Ball. Exchange Departmental Shy Lit
tie Maid; a New Beattude.