THE AMERICAN ULTIMATUM.
REMARKABLE PATRIOTIC OUTBURST. Washington, April 21. The American ultimatum has been formally transmitted to Spain. The American Government have officially announced that they will not resort to privateering. Great Britain is pressing Spain to give a similar declaration. . It is reported that the American Government has purchased the. steamers Etruria and Umbria. President McKinley's ultimatum evoked a remarkable patriotic outburst throughout America. Numbers of persons became insane through over-excitement, while some committed suicide. The House passed a, Bill authorising the summoning «f volunteers. - \ American naval authorities purchased four steamers of the Beaver line for cruisers.
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Poverty Bay Herald, Volume XXV, Issue 8192, 22 April 1898, Page 2
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98THE AMERICAN ULTIMATUM. Poverty Bay Herald, Volume XXV, Issue 8192, 22 April 1898, Page 2
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