| Show I WI WITR SPAIN I The wires bring Its startling now If tOday and tho Information dove not t t 1 come from a newspaper special whereby where-by sensational features might creep In but emanntos rm the A88Oclnl01 Pre bureau an coming from Assistant I Naval Secretary I Ituosevelt It Is I to I the effect that we nr on the verge oft of-t war with Spain and unless things i Ilplomotlo tkko oa n more roseate hue ill I at once that very Consummation 1 iti hC 10 be looked 1 f r It 14 I AIR I stated t that I he various commander nre In diuvre Incont h lallon with the navy department and I rtangment ar h 1M pushed fort for-t ard not perhaps with Impetuous K Speed hut no rapidly 08 clrcumtanc 8 req Ire anil will admit of It Ii thonn thnt moro than enough avallnbl Net men are on hand to men nil the craft and make every needed I Improvement and that things generally are In about as good rhipe as they could bo at such a time It ties all along been undent d that lie terms of the ultimatum resented l to the Spanish cabinet by Mlnliter Wooollord vi ere unequivocal and straight to the I ulnt that as such they would be regarded as drafitlo and meet vllh little favor and that out of such Condition complications must cf luces Ityarloe Meantime the United States ties been subjected to a variety of threats rn A living n1l I the may tram newa paper bell g Sladuclo to the fulminations of those high In Spanish circles and hcn now a dlmutch Is received an 110un lng In n grave and sententious mon cr that we are on the ergo of a war with Spain It need not be rf lelved with so many grains of salt us It ould It matters had not practically reached the crisis stage alread Spain must be reckoning either Ithoiit tho host or with one that the I rt of the world knows not of to permit per-mit herself to bo drawn Into actual hostilities with this country Shot Is I bankrupt broken down nooureele ant already with greater burdens to bear than she can carry It would 1 be much better to protest against ns umed wrong on our part and appeal tn the powers for a Judgment regard Ing them Tho United States Just now Is In a position to fight any nation on tho earth or several 01 them II necessary and for this reason among cithers would not cure to be forced to attack n cripple It will though If It cannot scape the ardent honorably and then woe to Spain and Spanish prestige for oerl It will bo a case ot the gods first making mad those whom they would destroy |
