July 26: ON THIS DAY IN HISTORY
ON THIS DAY IN 1910, the Brooklyn Daily Eagle reported, “HAVANA — The government is much alarmed over the insurrection at El Caney, in the province of Santiago de Cuba. Following a midnight council at the palace, troops were rushed to the disaffected district today. The insurgents are reported as retreating into the hills, pursued by troops already in the province. The insurrection is believed to be of a serious character. Last night the government learned that General Miniet and Colonel Jane, revolutionary veterans, had taken to the woods at the head of about a score of followers. Miniet is a man of influence and it was feared that many malcontents would rally around his standard. The council of war was hastily called at the palace and the situation thoroughly discussed. It was determined to rush troops to El Caney.”
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ON THIS DAY IN 1935, the Eagle reported, “BERLIN — No Jews will represent Germany in the 1936 Olympics because of what the Jews call discrimination against them by Nazi sports leaders and what the Nazis call the incompetence of Jewish athletes, it was learned today. A Nazi official, referring to elimination contests, said: ‘Of course Jews competed in the first test, but none survived.’ The Jews were said to be considering the complete dissolution of the Jewish Sports Club, their leading athletic organization, with a membership of 800 athletes. A number of the staff of Hans Von Tschammer Und Osten, Nazi sports commissioner, pointed to the establishment of a training camp for Jewish sportsmen and opportunities given them for participating in the eliminations, now being concluded, as indicating the Nazi fairness to Olympic aspirants. Men prominent in the Berlin Jewish community, however, said ‘pressure to lower the morale of our competitors,’ the virtual elimination of all training facilities and ‘the general attitude toward the Jews’ constitute ‘a flagrant violation of at least the spirit of many promises that there would be no discrimination against Jews.’ Among the hundreds of athletes participating in the Berlin preliminary competitions, only six were Jews.”