got the money too.
We've fought the Bear before, and while we're Britons true,
The Russians shall not have Constantinople!"

This verse so exactly suited the feelings of the people that they went
wild over it. It was sung everywhere, until finally the mere whistling
of the air was enough to rouse a frenzy of patriotism and a thirst for
war.

One day, during a heated discussion in Parliament, a member alluded to a
previous speaker, who had declared himself in favor of supporting
Turkey, as "one of the 'by-Jingo-if-we-do' party."

From that moment the war party was christened the Jingo party, the men
who belonged to it were called Jingoes, and the platform of the party
was "_Jingoism_."

The Russo-Turkish war came to an end, but the word lived on, and now,
twenty years after, we find it in use in our own country, and applied to
our own politics. The word has in fact become a part of our language,
and is incorporated in our modern dictionaries.

The quieter people insist that there is a great deal of Jingoism in the
United States Senate to-day, and that the people who clamor for the
recognition of Cuba are Jingoes, who want war with Spain. Many people
think that the proper course for us to pursue is to let Spain settle her
own affairs her own way.

Every one is most anxious to know what the President intends to do about
Cuba.

It is asserted that he is not at all in favor of the Morgan resolution.
He wants to end the war, but he does not think that is the right way to
go about it. It is said that he will endeavor to bring about a peaceful
settlement of the matter by suggesting that the Cubans be given the
right of absolute self-government, in return for a sum of money which
they shall pay to Spain for her expenses of the war.

If these friendly offices are not accepted, it is said that the
President will intervene in a more determined way.

In the mean while the House of Representatives has also voted in favor
of the Relief Fund for the unhappy Americans in Cuba.

The proper means of distributing the Fund has been considered, and it
has been decided that supplies of food and clothing shall be purchased
here, and sent to Cuba. When the supplies reach Cuba their distribution
will be left in the hands of Consul-General Lee.

A complication has unfortunately arisen, which may delay the giving out
of the relief for a little while.

When it was found that there were some 1,200 American sufferers in Cuba
wh