The Savannah morning news., 1903-11-01

I are no churches in your country You
are all heretics there, although some
of you pretend to be Catholics when
you come here"
And nothing would persuade him
that the United States were not en-
| tirely destitute of the means of grace.
In Colombia and other South Ameri-
! can countries the people have curious
ideas regarding social clubs, They
think club is simply a superior kind
of saloon into which any well-dressed
man can walk and order up a drink.
! Their own clubs are conducted on that
! principle.
When the foreigners resident in a GER
| tain Colombian town started club of
their own, they found it necessary to
put a notice over the door, "The
| Strangers Club is not a public place"
! That enraged the natives. How dare
they forbid Colombians to enter their
| club?" one of the local newspapers
asked Indignantly. IF they have the
| insolence to do this now, what will they
do when the Yankees build the canal?"
Colombia Defies the World.
OF the power of foreign countries
the average South American has no
conception. The Colombians, for ex-
ample, think that their two or three
leaky, rusty little gunboats constitute
the greatest navy in the world A
foreign criticisms, the newspapers in
Bogota advocated an immediate decla-
ration of war against Ecuador, Vene-
zuela, the United States and Germany.
They put the four countries on level
for military purposs.
Let u.s. they said, "show these
people that we will not endure the
things they say about us. Let us fight
them all. and show the whole world
that Colombia is able to punish those
who malign her"
During the last revolution, in the
course of which over a hundred thou
sand Colombians persisted. Gen. Be-
nilla, the Governor of the Cauca De-
partment, wanted to transport some
troops from Buenaventura to Panama.
A British mail steamer happened to be
at the former port, so he wired from
Cali to the officials there to seize her
and use her as a transport.
The captain and crew refused to
work the ship, and the British con-
sui cabled to Panama ana brought
down a British cruiser, which trained
its guns on the town.
Gov Bonilla received a telegram tell
ing him about this new development
while he was at a public banquet. He
scrubbed a reply, and then rose and
made a famboyant speech
II have ordered the officials at
Buenaventura" he said, ito seize the
cruiser as we'll. We shall find it use
full in fighting the revolutionists. CO.
lombia will brook no interference in
her affairs. II the strangers trouble
us any more, we will close the port of
Buenaventura, and the United States
and Europe will not get any coffee.
That will punish them effectualAy.'
The Satanic Incubator.
An American living in Europe once
iOr11hg and aGfOni2he0 |
the natives by telling them that he
was going to hatch chickens without |
the assistance of the mother hen. They |
shifted incredulously, and said that he |
was a loco" Qunatic) but when the |
apparatus was installed they crowded |
around eagerly to see what would |
happen.
1T is ridiculous" declared the wom- |
en-. "The man ought to be put in the |
casa de locOs.'
When the eggshells began to break |
the women fell on their knees and |
crossed themselves.
''It is the work of the DEVIL" they !
said 1.-THE stranger. Is in league with |
the Evil One, like all his kind"
Later on, when the chickens tod |
died out Of the incubator, the women |
refused to feed such children of Satan, |
or even to stay in the same yard with |
them. And when they became mature
enough to make a dinner, the cook
went on strike and refused to Kill or
roast them.
The Barbarous Foreigners Fist.
what savages you strangers arel'
exclaimed a prominent Venezuelan
statesman to an English trader VIXEN
the latter told him that the foreigners
club IN Caracas had purchased some
sets Of boxing gloves and the MEM
beers were practicing the noble art OF
self-defense. why don't you settle
your quarrels with the revolver or the