| Show 1 V L I I I I q 18 WAIl IMMIMNTir 0 I I I Aro we to have 1 war with Spain Is I I I 0 t 0 the question asked on evuy ride l Tile I I I topic has become one of absorbing > In I 0I I terrst overshadowing the Hawaiian I 0 j i matter financial solitaire and every Ili thing else The dispatch today con I nt I i I i vejlng the Intelligence that l president I I McKlnlt has asked Congress for tin I I I l I appropriation t of IO 000 000 for fortifies I lions will be received throughout the country as nn Indication that the gav I trnment believes the situation Is much 1 I I that preparations for defense are an 1 I it urgent necessity i i 1 i Ili The latest Phase Or the Spanish situ I i I I atlon does not tend to Improve It I The I ql t Madrid gotrnmnt appears 10 love 1 requested President McKinley to recall I from Cuba Consul Central Lee and to i i i send no more supplies for the Island In I I 11 warships both ot which demands have II 1i I been promptly refused Under ordinal y r I 11vt I circumstances the suggestion that Gen S1 lk V Fret Lee be released from his post I would hardly have commanded more 13 I 0 4 A MiL than momentary attention It If I the welt understood prerogative of n government gov-ernment to enter objections ngalnst foreign representatives considered non I grain and militarily I such objections I i arc acted upon but this mal came m-al a time of an Intcnio crisis when the experience of General Lee who ties closcl followed the Cuban development develop-ment Is I Indlppenslble To ak for his recall nl such a time Is I an extrnoul nary proceeding calculated to further strain the tension anti Jeoiraldlza a Peaceful outcome III Is not ntcessar for any one to assume as-sume the role of advance agent of history Slowly but surely the day approaches ap-proaches when the question of peace or war will he decided What can be Bard at this dnte hns already been said by President McKlnle who Is l quoted thus You may rest assured Inert will not be I war with my consent except ex-cept for a cause which will satisfy good men here Iho nations of Europe andAlmlght God We believe the President these words expressed the sentiment of the great majjilty of the American people To go to war under any other conditions would be 10 con Undid the traditions suit principle nf the country There need 1 be no war unless Spain forces the United States to defend her own Interests In that care the Issue would undoubted be accepted Hut It Ii I difficult to understand lion Spain cato contemplate even the pol blifty of an armed contest with thin country except In a genuine Qulxotein spirit Her unourccB are heavily taxed by the Culn Avar her soldiers lore nnd1 at home 10 wntifirevolutionary conspirators she Is I ptactlcall alone The London Dally News a few clna ago Interpreted the English sentiment and stated that Spain can expect no sup port mural or otherwise from England Eng-land against the United States She has ruined Cuba as she has ruined or lost every other colony by the grossest corruption cruelty and maladministra thin and she must be left to settle the account llIh those hom It may concern con-cern This undoubted represents the Turopean view generally And even If It did not the great European powers are too eagerly watching one another 10 allow themselves 10 become Interested Inter-ested In gpnlna troubles to the extent of Banco Pnnzallke Joining a knight errant on his perilous expedition Of rent Interest In this connection Is I the statement of Cardinal Humprlla to the effect that the pope would not refuse to act as arbitrator between tho two countries were he requested perform that duty and that tin holiness believes real autonomy should be established In Cuba This seems to be a pretty broad hint whlcli should weigh much In Catholic Spain that a peaceful set Hemenl of the questions at Issue Ii I the correct pollc Spain i > tnted Impoverished Im-poverished threatened by Internal ills Pensions Is not In a position tn 1clare war nith one oC the strongest nations on earth all the more Vigorous because not previously exhausted by the main Innnco or an Immense Mending army War Is I now generally recognized asa as-a terrible thing to be avoided wherever wher-ever civilized methods can bo employed Hut It there are questions Involving Il nUn honor or IIs duty 10 principles princi-ples and humanity thatcannot be settled set-tled without bloodshed and If such a question Is lo be railed the people 01 the United States seem to be willing and ready to accept the situation The demand nov Js I not only peace but Peace NIth honor |
