te,
for it is understood that the President will not take any decided steps
in Cuban matters until Mr. Calhoun returns from Havana, and he is able
to learn the true state of affairs from him.

The Speaker and certain members of the House of Representatives will
therefore endeavor to keep the resolution from being voted on until the
President's views have been learned, so that there may be no such
trouble as there was with Mr. Cleveland last December over the Cuban
question. We told you about this on page 213 of the first volume of THE
GREAT ROUND WORLD.

The resolution, as passed by the Senate, reads:

_"Resolved, by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United
States of America in Congress assembled, That a condition of public war
exists between the Government of Spain, and the Government proclaimed
and for some time maintained by force of arms by the people of Cuba, and
that the United States of America shall maintain a strict neutrality
between the contending powers, according to each all the rights of
belligerents in the ports and territory of the United States."_

A great many people are sorry that the Senate has passed the resolution.
They insist that those who are in favor of helping Cuba are foolish
people, who do not realize that this resolution, if indorsed by the
House of Representatives, and approved by the President, will plunge the
country into war with Spain.

They declare that it is only an outburst of Jingoism, which should be
promptly crushed.

_Jingoism_ has become such a common word in politics to-day, that it may
amuse you to know just how it came into use, and what it means.

In 1877, during the Russo-Turkish war, there was a very strong party in
England which was in favor of helping the Turks against the Russians.
They urged the Government, which was under Lord Beaconsfield (the great
Disraeli), to go to the aid of the Turks, and make war on the Russians,
who were advancing on Turkey, and it was feared might take the city of
Constantinople.

The outcry for this legislation became so strong that men's minds were
full of it. Every paper had something to say on the subject, in every
pulpit and every theatre allusions were made to the absorbing topic of
the hour, and it seemed as if war must be the outcome. In the midst of
this excitement a song appeared, the words of which ran:

"We don't want to fight, but, by Jingo, if we do,
We've got the ships, we've got the men, we've