Show OUR POWER RECOGNIZED Yet BiKBlondB Sympathy is With Spain S LONDON May 11The Globe this afternoon af-ternoon commenting upon the Cuban situation says I is impossible not to sympathize with the Spanish ministry suddenly called to choose between the loss of Spains best colony and a war with a great power In the event of war European sympathy wU be wholly with Spain Continuing the Globe says The action of the American authorities in the Bermuda Ber-muda affair has caused much irritation at Madrid The Spaniards are apparently less accustomed than ourselves to the vagaries of the diplomacy of shirt sleeves The recent diplomats of the Monroe doctrine doc-trine find little favor abroad Although the pretentious arrogance at Washington Washing-ton lately betrays indications of spoiling spoil-ing for a fight we believe the true explanation ex-planation of the meddling policy is a determination to render American commerce com-merce paramount throughout the western hemisphere The St James Gazette remarks There are conditions in both the United States and Spain which militate against peaceful peace-ful settlement America is quite capable of doing more than talk when Cuba and the lives of Americans are concerned Senor Canovas del Castillo will have to consider the effect which a surrender to the United States might have upon the stability of the monarchy He may have to choose between a rupture with the United States and a revolution at home |