Identifier: illustratedhist00russ (find matches)
Title: An illustrated history of our war with Spain : its causes, incidents, and results
Year: 1898 (1890s)
Authors: Russell, Henry Benajah, 1859- Thurston, John Mellen, 1847-1916 Proctor, Redfield, 1831-1908
Subjects: Spanish-American War, 1898
Publisher: Hartford, Conn : A. D. Worthington
Contributing Library: Robarts - University of Toronto
Digitizing Sponsor: University of Toronto

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was able to preserve thepeace, but there was abundant evidence of the feelings of thehostile Volunteers. A few days later the Ahniranfe Oquendoarrived and was similarly welcomed. In the latter part of March the re-port that the Spanish tor-pedo flotilla which had stopped at the Canary Islands had beenordered to Puerto Bico added to the gravity of the situation inthis country and caused much alarm. As such a flotilla wasnot needed in Cuba for the purposes of suppressing the re-bellion and was of an aggressive, not defensive, character, itseemed likely that Spain had determined upon hostile actions,and even the Army and Nainj Journal went so far as to term itan act of w^ar, justifying our immediate action, as if war hadbeen declared by Spain. But in view of the preparations wehad already made for action, if necessary, the appearance ofthe Spanish flotilla at Puerto Bico could really be regarded aslittle more than justifiable precaution. Although the Queen and the Spanish government made
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THE SPANISH THRONE IN t»ERlL 46^ many diplomatic appeals for the help of Europe in preventingthe impending intervention in Cuba, there was little indica-tion of success. In Europe, as in the United States, the ques-tion which statesmen and financiers were asking was, howcould Spain enter upon a great war with a treasury so empty?— a war in which she would ultimately and inevitably stand tolose not only Cuba and Puerto Rico but the Philippines, andwhich might involve the overthrow of the monarchy. But inreality the Spanish people had been so persistently deceived bytheir government as to Spanish successes in Cuba, and as to themilitary weakness and boastfulness of the United States, thatthey really believed Spain capable of doing great things, ofactually invading the United States; and to have drawn backin the face of such an opinion would have so enraged the de-luded people as to have at once overthrown the monarchy.The dynasty was likely to fall in either case. But if it stoodany

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