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 . ittle time the Spaniards have to spare from denouncing theAmericans, or Yankee pigs, they devote to boasting. One would suppose,from their claims, that Spain had a record which fairly glittered with thesheen of sword and shield. The truth is that no nation on earth has lessbasis of military pride than Spain. Whatever dominion it has now, or everhad, comes through something besides conquest. WELLIXGTOX THE SPANIARD
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 . ittle time the Spaniards have to spare from denouncing theAmericans, or Yankee pigs, they devote to boasting. One would suppose,from their claims, that Spain had a record which fairly glittered with thesheen of sword and shield. The truth is that no nation on earth has lessbasis of military pride than Spain. Whatever dominion it has now, or everhad, comes through something besides conquest. WELLIXGTOX THE SPANIARDS. 351 Having had the rare good fortune to enter into a commercial venturewith a foreigner which resulted in the discovery of America, the countryacquired vast possessions, rich in gold and silver, without having to maintainwar with any other nation of Europe. There was certainly nothing to boastof in the conquest of the feeble Indians whom the Spaniards encountered andeither subdued or exterminated. Xor is it of those exploits that they doboast. They pride themselves especially upon having driven Napoleonsarmy out of Spain. History, says one of the Spanish diplomats, has. SAMPLE OF SPANISH HEROISM-PKISONKKS SHOT IN IRONS recorded that even the legions of Napoleon, with nearly 400,000 men, bear-ing the triumphs of all Europe, were halted and retired from Spain after thoselegions had lost between 200,000 and 300,000 men. All this is true, butnot to the point. History never gave the Spaniards credit for halting and retiring theFrench. As well give the Belgians the credit of Waterloo. In the penin-sular war, even more than at Waterloo, it was Wellington and his Britishveterans who did the execution. In the decisive final battle on the soil ofBelgium Blucher came to the rescue, but in the campaign in the Spanishpeninsula those whose reliance the Iron Duke most counted on were of the 352 AMERICAS WAR FOR HUMANITY. least value. A new life of Wellington recently published more than co
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