| Show Till LltllCMIU Wa calculations are never perfectly reliable but If the report In I true that he IIInIRh i Cape Verde fleet Is I head ng for Part RICO and It tile lighting quality of tllat naval force may bo udgtd from that of the squadron In he 1ucinc there will be but One more harp tncounter After that what can Old Spain do but surrender Without coal and cash and suffering under the stigma of crushing defeat no other course seems tu I tKI Open 10 hr It would be no surprise to hear of tho termination of the war without the service of the patriotic boys who have flocked to the standard of the country front all parts of the Union For even It some of them will bo called upon too to-o police duly for n time In Cuba or the Philippines they may meet only a disarmed foe and It may not be re ulred of them to sacrifice their lives for the country this time Another naval victory and then peace Hut while this applies to the Spanish colonies the old country will be In the throe of civil struggle perhaps for along a-long time to come Illotlngs are the order of the day The people are en aged A military dictatorship under General Campos as the last means of vlng the dynasty that has been the ruin of the country Is I but a i strew In the hand of one about to 1 drown Carllt And republicans are about to WIOP down upon the country no opposing op-posing tornado and perhaps foreign soldiers will be sent to take a hand In file Internal conflict Then there will be dark data for Spain nut when the thunderbolts roll over the peninsula the star of liberty will arise over the colonies showing may we not hope the mother country the way out of All her woes as that other star once gold ed the royal wanderers to the birthplace birth-place of peace and good will among men |
