Show 41 rJluslJcn or rr cK I i The latest movement of Admiral U Simpsons Beet seems to Indicate that i the Spanish vessels recently stationed r at Cope Verde Islands lire expected to turn up somewhere pi this side of the Atlantic If tis supposition Is I cor reet we will soon hear or an engagement engage-ment similar to that off Manlloper hap the last one of the present war I for when Spain naval forces In both oceans have become crippled her honor Is I presumably sulllclenll vln < I dictated to allow her to listen to reason rea-son and the time will be opportune for 4 Peace overtures Bo far Spain seems I i to have acted on I the impression that i the tnlteJ States In all probability would send n squad run to her southern shores perhaps ITI ill n view of attempting a landing In order to dictate the terms of peace at Madrid else 1 why did site abandon the West Indian Islands and gather her ships or the other side and why lid Hie maintain a vigilant watch over the strait of llbraltar while Commodore Commo-dore Dewey lutfiarnl for a decisive 1 blow on the opposite side of the globe Has It at last dawned upon the Madrid authorities that this war has for Its I object the liberation of Cuba not nn Invasion of Spain Tempting as the respect might be to some to see the Stars and Strip wave ovir the battlefields where the forces of Itan nlhnl Catsar Rod Napoleon fought that has not Yet been contemplated What the future may bring Is I n different differ-ent question We Uellcve plaits were matured for nn American Invasion at JIM peninsula when the Vlrglnlus affair was under consideration but happily Spanish honor nt that time did not demand de-mand the contemplated attack and It Is I not likely to Invite such proceedings pro-ceedings now The prospect Is I good for nn early termination of the war and Spain withdrawal from this hemisphere |