were cast in the election of 1894, and about 3,000 at the more recent
election."

President Dole made a glowing picture of the benefits that this country
would receive from annexation. It would greatly encourage commerce
between the United States and Hawaii by making the trade absolutely
free, and it would open up to Americans a great many industries, the
chief among them being coffee-growing.

It would also vastly improve the condition of the islands themselves.

In case annexation is rejected by our Government, President Dole says
the Hawaiian Government will continue much as it is at present.

Whatever happens, there is slight prospect that Liliuokalani will be
restored to her throne.

* * * * *

At last accounts, Havana was in a state of peace. But it was feared that
this peace would not last, and an outbreak against the Americans was
expected.

Only the other day Representative Amos Cummings, of New York, made a
fierce speech attacking the Spanish authorities and urging our
Government to go to war with Spain and help to free Cuba. He compared
the condition of Cuba to-day with the condition of the American colonies
at the time of the Revolution.

Then, too, a great meeting was recently held in Boston to uphold Cuba's
cause, and the feeling in favor of the Cubans has been strongly shown
throughout the United States.

But the Cuban insurgents are suspicious of Americans, because our
Government has done nothing to help them.

If the Government did do anything to assist the Cuban cause, we should
probably have a war on our hands in a very short time.

In preparation for further trouble in Havana, General Blanco is said to
have gathered a large body of troops in order to crush it at once.

General Blanco, however, decided not to remain in Havana, but to go
east and take charge of the campaign against the insurgents.

On the other hand, it is reported that many of the troops left Havana a
few days after the riots, and that the only signs of the disturbance
were the squads of soldiers left to guard two of the newspaper offices
that had been attacked.

Some of these troops, it is reported, have been sent to Santiago de
Cuba, where the insurgents have been very active of late.

It was rumored recently that the seat of the Cuban Government, near
Cubitas, had fallen into the hands of the Spanish.

This rumor, however, is believed to be false. Still, the Spaniards have
probably