| Show NOT KOI HUNTING TROUBLE president tanner trust brust have a private wire to cuba and be in possession of information not conveyed by the associated press at manti last we k while hile adI lessing a i convention of teachers ho ba declared that we have no ground for our railing accusations against spain ain and laid baid the excite excitement men t over the maine disaster with the warlike spirit it aroused to at an irresponsible press the public is conversant with will I 1 the facts surrounding the maine explosion and with the subsequent discoveries mads made by divers divera if theleda these do not warrant grave suspicion pie ion it is biffi difficult cult to imagine what would and to suspect is to be angry and thirst for revenge revenge sir mr tanner said if ho be was was cor erectly recal reported we ve wan want t war and the united states seema like a big boy going about wi with ill a chip on his shoulder lipri hunting ting an antagonist 11 we do not believe the premises ses warrant mr tanners Tan nera conclusions tile the people of the united states have bare good cause to suspect spanish perfidy in the maine incident such euch good reason that american Americ blood naturally boils at the same game time the e attitude of the people and p papers p e I 1 generally has been con side ri lie reat probable able c for righteous indignation very ery conservative anere has been een much talk of what should be done to if the assumed dastardly act could be traced directly to her but almost without exception tile newspapers dew shapers sp apers have advised careful investigation and patience on the other hand band the spaniards both at home and in cuba MaTil feSt openly their hatred of everything american in havana they malle made no secret of their joy at the destruction of the maine 1 and the murder of two hundred and sixty american sailors bailers and marines ahe evidence so far all goins to the fact that the force which destroyed the maine was exerted from the outside if the chui coui cobit t of inquiry determines this to be the case cage whether national cat ional or individual malice was the cause came reparation will be due differing only in degree decree the national honor requires that the demand be made in no uncertain tones and if necessary that it be enforced we ve dont want war but dishonor is ia worse uncle sam is not going around with a chip on his shoulder like a big bully but he is not going to wait until little braggart spain or any other country is is dusting the seat beat of his trousers before bo be resents regents it jn in this connection the new york world says the world his abated none of its hatred and horror of war jt it pietra peace but not peace at any pricel price it believes in arbitration whenever this beneficent ciple is ie applicable as it is not and c cn in never be inn ina matter affecting the honor bonor of a nation or the obligations of a people to the cause of civilise tion and justice the situation then resolves itself dawn to this when we make formal representations ions to spain that the maine was I 1 destroyed by an all external force and upon those thos e representations bass base a demand for justice nhat hat will spain reply will she reject our premises premise of an external force and accept our of a wrong that hat must be righted or will she reject both our premises and our conc conclusion lueion the these questions have been before every far seeing mind since the world first anno announced in the discharge of its patriotic duty duly of f publicity that in ill all probability the maine was destroyed by ill an external force and it la the feelingly unavoidable answer to 0 o them that exiA explains lains the dignified caution of our government as regards the disa disaster tilter itself and also the hasty preparations 10 to lo be ba prepared for the worst the A Atner ican people d do I 1 not want war nar but they do demand justice they will have peace only with nith honor and dignity A and nd when the hoard board of lo in shall report that the bittle F hip was de strayed by design the only in indemnity that will bs considered will be provision pio vision for the families of the slain the only atonement to lie be accepted will bt be free cuba |
