America's war for humanity related in story and picture, embracing a complete history of Cuba's struggle for liberty, and the glorious heroism of America's soldiers and sailors . bleresults in the conditions that prevail in the unhappy peninsula. Soon afterour victory at Manila it was said that but for the necessity of getting the warcredits voted in the Cortes, Senor Sagasta would have decreed the suspensionof the constitutional guarantees, thus placing the whole country under mili-tary jurisdiction. The difficulties for the poor are worse than those of thegovernment. The latter, by various e
America's war for humanity related in story and picture, embracing a complete history of Cuba's struggle for liberty, and the glorious heroism of America's soldiers and sailors . bleresults in the conditions that prevail in the unhappy peninsula. Soon afterour victory at Manila it was said that but for the necessity of getting the warcredits voted in the Cortes, Senor Sagasta would have decreed the suspensionof the constitutional guarantees, thus placing the whole country under mili-tary jurisdiction. The difficulties for the poor are worse than those of thegovernment. The latter, by various expedients, can raise money; the formerare unable to obtain either food or employment. The wages of the laborersare too small to buy sufficient food for themselves and their families. In themining regions of Estra Madura and other places the miners are nearlyfamished. POOR OLD SPAIN. 167 Meanwhile, speculators make corners to raise the price of food, andindustry is paralyzed. In the Balearic Islands thousands of workmen are livingupon alms. Catalonia, though the richest region in Spain, has suffered mostdeeply from the loss of the Cuban market. The Catalonian manufacturers. POOR OLD SPAIN! recently tried to place their goods in the Philippine Islands. They werebeginning to succeed, and their exports to Manila were increasing promising condition of things has been blighted by the war. To theCatalonian manufacturers there reniai n foreign markets only in Morocco and the 168 AMERICAS WAR FOR HUMANITY. South American republics, and commercial relations with these countries arenot yet fully developed. The warehouses are filled to the ceiling with goods which will have toremain there till the war is over, aud thousands of workmen, famished withhunger, will easily become the prey of political agitators and complicate thesocial and political situation of the country. The work of the politicalagitator is daily becoming more manifest, as the plight of the people becomesmore h
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