Show COMMENTS OF THE PRESS New York Journal It Is resented now that General Miles Is opposed to an immediate movement of the army upon Cuba Hitherto jin McKinley and his au hg irQ leha beh cabinet of opulent Quakers have been charged with responslhllllty for turnIng tho war Into an International yacht race Let the civil and military wings u f the r administration I divide the blame as they may the fact remains that though a month has elapsed since the > Spaniards were ordered to leave Cuba the Spaniards are there yet and a good deal better able to resist expulsion than thev wero on April 21 If General Miles Is averse to aggressive action either because ho has become infected with the spirit ot Wash legion strateg or cant see his way to rnaldng a grand parade of the Invasion or because no Is afraid of the job the country can only regret his nonmilitary state of mind Nashville American Macauley the j k i I I English historian and essayist said If i there be any truth established by tho universal experience of nations It Is this I That to carry the spirit of peace Into war Is a weak and cruel policy War Is a remedy which Is In Its own nature most violent and which In such cases Is a remedy only because it Is violent I It Is Idle lo think of mitigating and diluting Languid war can do nothing with negotiating ne-gotiating Or submission will not do better bet-ter and to act on any other principle Is not to save blood and money but to squander them Admiral Dewey seems to have been Imbued with an idea of this I kino when he began operations In Manila cay and It has been the guiding principle prin-ciple ot all successful commanders War means slaughter and destruction and them I the-m < jre expeditiously it Is done the quicker j the war Is ended I Chicago Dispatch ThereIs a vast deal I of significance In tho message sent by captain Clark of the Oregon to the board of strategy This message should be painted in letters a foot long on the wall of thq room in which the famou do nothing board meets It Is alleged that Captain Clark sent the following tele Tam to the strategists at Washingt Dont tangle me Up with Instructions i am not afraid of the whole Spanish fleet DeWey was not tangled up with instruc 1J nftlt etn tions and he sent Montejos fleet to the bottom of Manila bay Could he have done this sleneid deed If he had been In close touch with the timid souls who have tangled Sampson and Schley and held two strong fleets Inactive for a month on the Atlantic coast Mall and Express Spains persistent evasion of a meetinG with our fleet and her evident plan of postponing the fall of Havana by her maneuvering nt West In dian waters point to a hope at Madrid of developments that will embarrass us and In so far be of benefit to the Spanish cause It is our belief that tho Spanish leaders aro urging France to assert her West African claims on the plea that European hostility to Cuban Independence I Independ-ence would prevent any aid being ex tended to Great Britain and it is prac tlcally certain that Spain is holding out to Germany to secure her support very substantial concessions in the Philippines where Germany Is Englands chief rival In trade Unless the United States can see Its way to prompt destruction of the Spanish fleet and a vigorous assault upon Havana in the near future the possililli ties of the effect of delay upon European peace and politics aro both wide and deep Kansas City Times The Republican majority is seemingly determined to take Advantage of the nations trouble to Issue hundreds of millions of dollars in bonds gnt force the gold standard upon the hfhe 11t1tf rge country and the battle Is to be fought In the senate 0 The eastern leaders of the Republican party are trying to I take undue advantage of the nations complications with Spain to give the I money power a stronger hold upon the throats and pockets of the people I St Louis RepUblio Mr William Jennings Jen-nings Bryan Is in the unenviable plight of I that man of song who would be damned Ilf i ho did and bo damned If he didnt 1 When the manhood of the nation responded respond-ed with patriotic fervor to the call to I arms Mr Bryans selfconstituted critics rang the cry all over the land Where lis bran Then when they learned that I he was willing to serve his country In any I capacity to which he might be assigned ottering to enlist as a private and march to the front they 4enounced this as a palpable pal-pable exhibition of demagogy declaring that no man of his standing needed to prove his loyalty and patriotism In that way rayNew New York Journal Havanas forti fica tons are bombardable and so is Havana itself Given a uewey and a cut cable tne city would have surrendered ere this or I been In ruins and open to the Insurgents A month hps gone and the end looks a good deal further > r than it did when the i imbecile peaceful blockade began Who us it that s paralyzing the military and naval energy of the United States Who lis It that Is muddling this war Each day of muddling prolongs the conflict and J ers dr1Wgarr rohl Insures a criminal waste of life hereafter for war Is war and is bound to culminate In fighting whatever may be the wishes of the muddling mint at Washington The country is humiliated Soon humiliation will give way to something much hotter I and stronger |