The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1906-09-23
Transports in Readiness.

Tentative arrangements have been
made for the use of the commercial lines
in the shipment of troops, but it is not
expected this will be necessary, for, in
addition to the army transport, Sum.
ner, the war department. has at its dis
posal and has arranged to use as many.
as sixteen first and second class harbor
boats along the Atlantic coast, which
We're so constructed that it is practical
to use them to cross the ocean under
their steam in almost any weather.
These boats are now available as light
ers for use in an ~expeditionary force.
Each can carry a battalion Of infantry.
with the necessary field impedimenta.
furnishing accommodations at, once for
as many as 5000 troops without draw
ing upon other available facilities
In quarters that sympathized with
Spain during the war for Cuban indie
pendence it is acknowledgements Joy
ously-that if we are forced to take
charge in Cuba we shall be quite as
hard pressed as Spain was. and find
ian tactics in dealing with those in
arms. This idea is not indorsed at
the war department..
I. Spain Was Handicapped.
IF there should be RECOMMENDATION
it will be without barbarous features
which characterized that. policy under
Weyler. In this connection it is inter
Span <h plan under Weyier and the
Ameri\n plan as it will be worked out
under \ueral Funston, should armed
intervention be necessary
The Madrid government laborei
under great disadvantages in it's last
operations in Cuba. In the first place
it's advices from the island were mis-
leading, and its agents on the scene
slow and incapable. Weyler as sol
dier was stale, and Blanco was not il
good health. Neither showed enter
prise.
Fitzhugh Lee, who had seen war OF
a large scale and was an educated. sol
dier, was. amazed at the archaic ant
! Insufficient character of what he say
! of, the Spanish dispositions. He toll.
| his personal. friends in conversation
4 and his official superiors in correspond
ence, that Spain was unequal to he
| task, not so much because of tn
superiority of the insurgents, as be
cause Of her failure to grasp the rea
situation.
-: Veterans to Serve.
In the second place, the Madrid gov
eminent was badly served by her min
lister at this capital. The attitude O
this government toward the struggle
and the personal character of Presiden
Mckinley, were misrepresented to he
from Washington. De LONE was a
alert man, with a disposition to do hi
best for his cause, but he invested i
some very bad advice. He was led t
believe by the. Americans in his pa
.nfo xxrh0
out of the question, and that Mr.. M
Kinley was a smooth and spineles
creature not to be stirred to actor
The contemplate opinion of Hr. NJ,
Kinley expressed by De Lone in le
ter to a friend, which led to the mini
t ter's expulsion from the country, WE
founded, not on anything that tt
author Of the letter knew, but only q
what people in his pay had told him:
We are better informed about Cub
and our soldiers are not stale. Nor
over, we are close at hand, and ca
throw force into the island suff
ientlv strong to restore and keep orde
The majority Of the people will not r
gard us as an enemy, but as frien
come, not to exterminate or oppres
:: but to pacify and assist.
4 The foregoing is the size of the int
vention business as made at the W;
department. by officials who are thoro
familiar with the history of the la
= Spanish war in Cuba, and who kno
!, what the general policy Of the Anne
lean government will be. -
r Mayor Pleads in Vain.
Mayor Woodward and Mayor-ele
Joyner, with the assistance of the p
: lice commissioners are downtown tai
At midnight 500 men and DO
marched into the union station al