Atlanta semi-weekly journal. (Atlanta, Ga.) 1898-1920, 1902-03-06

- H question before tn
~ house is" said Mr..
/ Doolsy. which " tn til,
Euro-peen powers done
mos FIR us in tn Spanish war"
"I thought they was all again US
said Mr.. Hennessy.
$50 did l." said Mr.. Dooley, but
done thin an injustice. I was crool TO
thin crowned heads. II 1t hadn't been
FIR some wan power, an can't make
out which 1t was, tn Cubians today
wud be opprissed be tn CASTLE instead
iv the Beet Sugar Thrust. an tn FIJI
fpinos d be shot by Mausers instead
Nv Krag-Jorgensens. Some wan power
stretched out its hand an said, NO, no.
IL said. thus far, but no farther. We
will not permit this misguided put
warrum- hearted little people TO De
crushed be tn ruffyan power Nv SPAIN
1t said. 'Niver,' it said. shall histnry
record that tn United States " Amer
lea, nestlin' there in its cosy raypuD-
lie firm tn Atlantic to tn Passync'
was destroyed am tn hurtage Nv ho-
erty that they robbed firm US wasted
because we did not give thin support,
II saws. An so whin tn future looked
darkest. whin we didn't know whether,
tn war wud last eight or be prolong-
FIR tin weary, tragic minyits, win II
seemed as though tn Spanish heet
wud not sink unless shot at, some
kindly power was silently comfortln
us an sayin' to itsilf. I do so hope
they'll win, II they cam But l DON'T
know which wan it was.
AT first thought 1t was England
Whiniver We hear Nv amy country
helpin' us, We think it it is England
has halne0
us so much in tn past. Says Lord
Cranburne in reply to a question in tn
House fy Commons: I am reluctantly
FORCED to mesilf to blushin'ly admit
that but FIR us, people on their way TO
China today wud be gettin' up an
lookin' over tn side Nv tn ship an
saving. This is where America used
TO be- Whin war was first discussed,
mesiif an tn rest Nv tn family met an
decided that unless prompt action was
took our cousins an invistmints acrost
tn sea wud be damaged beyond re-
pair so we cabled Lord Ponsyfoot to
go at wanst to tn White House an
inform tn prisidint that we wud regard
tn war as a crool blot on civilization
an an ofinse to tn intelligence Nv
mankind. 1 am glad to say our inther-
vintion was iffycacious. War was i'm
meedaiately declared. I will not tell
me how high our hearts beat as we
r-read tn news firm day to day. He
know. L will on'y say that we in
sthructed Lord Ponsyfoot to do ivry-
thing in his power TO help our kinsmen
an he faithfully ixicuted his ordhers.
He practically lived at tn White
House durin' tn thryin peeryod an
his advice to tn prisidint such as:
If We go on wit this binnyhcint war
n r~nlfa
head off, or L think can secure
fav'rable terms firm tn Powers If We
will abdicate I'm favor Nv a riprisin-
titive iv tn house iv Bourbon an
cede New England to SPAIN done
more thin anything else to put heart
into tn American forces. / viii add
What durin' this time, we was ap-
preached be an ambassadure Nv wandv
tn powers who asst US to inthervent.
I will not say which power ii was
except that it was Austhrya- Hungary
an I'm previnted be tn obligations iv
me office firm mintionin' what powers
was behind tn move beyond hintin'
that that they was as follows: Ger
many, France, Rooshya, lily. China,
Turkey, Monaco, San Marine. Bool-
gahrya, Montinaygro. Booloochistan
an Parshya. Pains reply to tn am
bassadure was = win do all I can
as he kicked him down stairs. 1t i'll
becomes me to say what else we done
FIR that home iv freedom-an' hiven
knows I wisht it'd stay there an not
be wandherin over tn face iv tn
wurruld-but I'm not proud iv me
looks an I will remark that Tiddy
Rosenfelt was capably directed be tn
iditors Nv England. thin hearts iv oak,
that tn American navy was advised
be our mos NARCOTIC correspondents
an that, to make tn raysult certain.
we lint a few British gin'rals to tn
Spanish. Cud frindship go farther!
AS they say in America: I reckon, be
gosh. not 8"
We'll whin I read this speech was
prepared to hang tn medal FIR savin'
life on tn breasts Nv tn hands acrost
tn sea where there's always plenty iv
hooks FIR medals. But tn mex day. 1
picks up tn pa-aper an sees that twas
not England done It but Germany. Yes,
sir, twas Germany. Germany was our
on'y frind. They was time whin it
looked as though she was goin' to shoot