CHAPTER XXXIV.

THE GOSPEL OF FORCE.

BY BERTRAND SHADWELL, CHICAGO.

Take up the sword and rifle,

Send forth your ships with speed,
To join the nations' scramble,
And vie with them in greed;
Go find your goods a market,
Beyond the western flood,
The heathen who withstand you
Shall answer it in blood.

Take up the sword and rifle,
For so does all the world,
There's none shall dare upbraid you,
When once your flag's unfurled,

The race is to the swiftest,

The battle to the strong,

Success is the criterion,

None cares to count the wrong.

Take up the sword and rifle,

And know no fear or pause,

What though your hands be bloody, Who calls ye to the laws?

The ports ye wish to enter,

The roads ye wish to tread, Make them with heathen living, Mark them with heathen dead.

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THE GOSPEL OF FORCE.

Take up your sword and rifle,

Rob every savage race,
Annex their lands and harbors,
For this is Christian grace.
E'en though ye slaughter thousands,
Ye still shall count it gain;

If ye extend your commerce,

Who dreads the curse of Cain?

Take up the sword and rifle,

Still keep your conscience whole-
So soon is found an unction

To soothe a guilty soul.
Go with it to your Maker,
Find what excuse ye can—
Rob for the sake of justice,

Kill for the love of man.

APPENDIX.

PROTOCOL OF AGREEMENT

BETWEEN

THE UNITED STATES AND SPAIN.

Signed at Washington August 12, 1898.

PROTOCOL.

William R. Day, Secretary of State of the United States, and His Excellency Jules Cambon, Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary of the Republic of France at Washington, respectively possessing for this purpose full authority from the Government of the United States and the Government of Spain, have concluded and signed the following articles, embodying the terms on which the two governments have agreed in respect to the matters hereinafter set forth, having in view the establishment of peace between the two countries, that is to say:

ARTICLE I.

Spain will relinquish all claim of sovereignty over and title to Cuba.

ARTICLE II.

Spain will cede to the United States the island of Porto Rico and other islands now under Spanish sovereignty in the West Indies, and also an island in the Ladrones, to be selected by the United States.

ARTICLE III.

The United States will occupy and hold the city, bay and harbor of Manila, pending the conclusion of a treaty of peace which shall determine the control, disposition and government of the Philippines.

ARTICLE IV.

Spain will immediately evacuate Cuba, Porto Rico and other islands now under Spanish sovereignty in the West

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