| Show I 1 Tilt II til IIIISIU 11 il i War Is I on In dead earnest and 1th J I out the customary romw1l1y ul on or r ndal declaration This hitter I Ir WI expected to have 01 lz < on the expiration or the I I J time limit granted to tlpln hIgh non today but It 1111 amount to Ii nothln moro than notice to the pow r Ire vince actual belligerency begun 1 11 with thc firing or a hot over the howe If or the lIuno Vtntutl and her pubse J qunt Faidure Yesterday This morn 1 InK other captures end even lighting I I h mererepprted thin may be confirmed ij I il dealeI f moAlfled by I later lit Pateh I I I u t I 11 v low of the ditfleill dd delay I n obt hr Ing Information fro or vessels t at A distance and the certainly that I fl Will aides are In lealIne s It is I pnl h 1 I I ti I obi thit t there 1139 ban a holflil I meeting hy title time X The Indication nn point 10 a long 1 Und severe struggle grulng In marr t nllud and result as II advances Ro 1 tar Spain 10 quite alone but It to I unreasonable un-reasonable to UPPOSo that she will eonUpu go Th Issue is I the retention orlosm or het posilvosionj In the Wt ill that an < 11t In I ooely probable prob-able that tnanyof the Hisropean pow erg II Indeed any or them mill withhold with-hold sYmpathetic support l which my In UmeonJ n short little to < > result In In octu1 support to the nrlchborlllg nation whose form or government Is I In all vasentlal respects the memo as their own Een the I1I1Uh press or a par Ion I or It Is not So friendly In Its ox prPselemB regarding tre United Stole oe It4 government and leldlne Statesmen States-men are presumed 10 be and 1 tire most that cost be looked for at present rrm that Source is neutrality Luckily nn I help Is I needed by us and none may tie but It Is Impossible to foresee and une loss 10 guess nt what emergencies and Complications may arise The novel forces having opened the ball I have made n good beginning When It is I considered that more than thirtythree years had pasted since a hostile jut proceeded from an Amerl I Ai1X = r12rim 4 m can cannon the Ill Ventura job Pearl i1gre sirnifleane than would lie the case under other Ircumtanc There wni no bungling no mldlrec tlon no faltering It was no if there had been no lapse of time since our men were engaged In the marine militant mil-itant business I and doubtless the same will prove to have been tile ease If the other reported captures are verl fled Ot toutso there was and could Ile 110 Ipoltlon amounting 10 any thing but ouch work requires ncrv 10111 and energy and these are hown In abundane It li now idle to discuss the right or wrong of the situation We are at war with n foreign Muntry and every loyal citizen will Ignore causes In the hope for effects The nation was never nev-er co thorough united as now and this consummation alone Is I wurth sacrificing somtjhlng f > r Hay our forces emerge front this struggle with victory Perched uion their helm Maj the fight le short decisive nnd the last vvc will cer have to wage against any power at homo ur abroad |
