"Oh, my Mother."
A Spaniard writes in the Fort* nighly Review on "The Dynastic Crisis in Spain " and among much of interest says " T'/ie comic opera is the proper place f-r the doings of a Cabinet whose Piv«»dent had to inquire where tht-» M)z'ana Islands arefritwife-d. nmj wh<»*e Wai? Minister enthuak«sicnlly exc l aimed. on hostilities h*\n% declared, " I wish to God we hurt not even nne ship! "— and thi* in a war which was essentially naval ! The Marine Minister explainpd in Parliament, on learning of the disaster at Gavite, that ginbnats and destroyers were utterly useless there, but added that a considerable number of them had just bppfl despatched ; and When in one of the Cabinet Councils held latpr General B'anco's dispatches were r«ad enumerating all the American 'ships which were blockading Havana, he exclaimed in deapair, "0 ray mother! what a hole wa havi? got into! *■'
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Manawatu Herald, 6 October 1898, Page 2
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148"Oh, my Mother." Manawatu Herald, 6 October 1898, Page 2
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