History passage
as you read, think about the steps that led to the spanish-american war. write a constructed response paragraph addressing the question found after the excerpt. do you think de lome should have been punished by the united states?

besides the natural and inevitable coarseness with which he repeats all that the press and public of spain has said of weyler, it shows once more what mckinley is: weak and catering to the rabble, and, besides, a low politician, who desires to leave a door open to me and to stand well with the jingoes of his