| Show Im Time Jho dentin ot of Lieutenant Morris of tile V U S OI tie os toM told recently In Inthe inthe the dispatches lI Is III lIpp etl to seal up forever time the of oC tIne the destruction of oC tire the Maine In tho mo harbor or of Ilana lie on the lit rm tIne the tunic antI the lie story Is ho le know knew morn mol about the entice cause ot of the Ihl than the tho public ever I h lie 11 i sold said to 10 have expressed I the opinion In prIvate circles that tire Iho disaster was clue to n a short circuIting of tIme system on the Iho Itself At time time line or it the tho explosion It was generally believed lint tire the Maine Maino mad hall hallby by limo Iho Spanish been placed river over II a mine In the tho brother that Spanish agent with or without government consent hall time tho button that sent the tho ship to her Time Tho subsequent l to corroborate title opinion and for tor that reason renson her Jer tho ho Maine Moine became tine the battle cr crIn cry In in thIs country The rho disaster toted Iho tic war that cost n her cole colo inie In this hit nil proba bully tine the war would broken out for tOI tire tho people hero vero ot It the rule rulo that Cuban women lint ond chilli ten to death by starvation but It WaR the sInking of tine the Maitre which right or wrong In popular es cs was charged to Spain that tine demand thi that Cuba ho bo evacuated and the war that tallow followed eel For tire the sake of history It would ocr certainly be o to have time the facts In time established without doubt If this cnn can bo be claire There ate some incidents ot of history however about which th theme always will hil lie he dispute and the Iho Maine rna 1110 be one ot of them Ail As for forthe the tho War itself It can call be said when tOre tho horrors lire are alt all that It probably ably was wall tIre the best thin tIring that could imp hap lIen to 10 nil all partieD mettles in It since time tho Problems wore were of such Huch n ii nature that Ihn I they tiney could not be solved by any Other means gate caVe liberty tl to tIre tho Spanish colonies prestige tu to tine the United States It 1 a blessing even evon evento tu to Siam because It II relIeved coon try Iry of a burden wa was too heavy heny for Its weak How tire the wire Will was sas brought about li is riot not I a question of now tIOW except to historians It notwithstanding till efforts on tine tho of oC our government to 10 avoid It and gain Its ends b by means of oC |
