Show I i R01130 W I 11 11i I I I F q i 1i 0 4l I I 4 i Picsf McKinley Mil Not Accel II II 11 I 11 crate Hostilities Wli Spain I I i 11 iI I YET IS MAKING A GOOD READY 1 1 I a t I I Ia I Sentiment Growing thai the Maine Was I I Wrecked by a Submarine Mine 3 UNITED STATES WILL NOT ACT HASTILY 11 4 I I I I 111 I I Crahnp1 thrit I Spaln Was n I X 1111odble rr if 10 EIIO the I US 1 A urn Set Cub fly 10r stfArsn I 1 r I Chicago Feb 21The Tribune this 1 1 a morning prints the following special 11 I 11 from Washington D c I P I Oo not propose to do anything at t all to accelerate war lth Spain Up to I il the present I do not think War la I either I necessary or Inevitable I would be 11 lax In my duty honever It I did not prepare for the future The situation Is I Brine and the policy of the Oil 4 ministration will be determined almost 9 entirely by the course ot events from 11 4 time to time There Is I n ncceslty ot I alarming the peoplebut Congress must be ready to assist the administration II I I without making too many Inquiries as 10 the course oC current events To a senator w ho called upon him I r I yesterday In order to ask yeoerdoy nk Homo serious I I questions n to the policy ot the administration I ad-ministration President McKInley with the utmost frankness uttered till I above words There la I no doubt of the fact that the government of the United I States Is actually preparing for war with Spain I Is I not certain that war II will follow but the activity Is I too un t I 11 mlblaUahle to he concealed I The 1rtsldent and his cabinet unite i I 1 In the belief still In spite of all evidence I I evi-dence to the contrary that the explo I Ion of the Maine wa the result of an I unfortunate accident but they recognize 11 recog-nize the fact that the contrary may i prove true at almost any hour and that If I It Is I shown even Inferentially Z i that Spain had a hand In tho catastrophe trophe there 10 but one thing to 1i I do and that I Is to Belle the Island I of t Cuba by force of arms At no time since the war of the Itebelllon has the military 1 tary branch of the government teen 1 so uctlvv aa It Is I today A SIGNIFICANT CHANGE I il I Is I a significant fact that within tho lost two daya there ha been u I I remarkable change oC opinion In the i i nuvy department In regard to the explosion ex-plosion of the Maine I 4 1 When the first news arrived here last areo week experts at the department were I I ery nerly divided as between an acc rnyt ranordesign nut toy after studyIng Ing the later report and opclaly 11 Photographs vent from Javana nine out oC tel oC the officers ol the depart I ment the bellef that I he Maine express bell inai th Inn was Anchored over 0 ubmRrlao mine I The only difference of opinion seems J Ito I-to Ie as to hethe that mine was exploded i ex-ploded by Spanish otllcrre acting under order or by Some enthusiast i The bitter opinion in I generally held but It la I slid that this does not lemon In any great desrw the responsibility i ot Spain for the horrible catastrophe i I 1 the fcpnnlfh officers allowed the I I warship to be muoncl to a buoy which wo attached to a ubmallno mine they thereby bm responsible for I the remult whether the min w exploded rrul I 1loded hy oilenl orders or not Th facing 01 the Illatne In tui exp1 1 Ihce In the hrh II It seas dODO at I 1 rill was don by Spanish officers and 11 I I If the mine was esplodcA by anybody at 1 in were directly 1 ed J i It I administration will be s held bY President AlcKlnleys 11 I |