The Town Newspaper
Edited By Alivia Auer
Is the de Lôme Letter and the explosion of the USS Maine a way for Americans to be angry at Spain?
By Walter Water
In the New York Journal there was a letter published but it was meant to go to Washington but some it was stole out of the mail sent to the Journal then was publicized.The letter was the de Lôme letter. In the letter it said that President Kindly was weak and catering to the rabble and a low politician. With this being said it makes many people angry at Spain because they insulted the leader of their country. Not long after the de Lôme incident there was a sinking of a battleship USS Maine. The USS Maine sunk in the Havana Harbor with the ship gone it rouse the public support for the war with Spain. The Maine sailed to Cuba after a riot broke out in the streets. So McKinley sent the Maine to Cuba to protect American interest. The ship was there for two weeks then an explosion rocked the ships. More than 260 sailors died. Others newspaper began to blame Spain, but it does make sense why to blame Spain. Don't you find it weird after the de Lôme letter was stolen then the explosion happened? As you can see this is why more people want to have a War with Spain.
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