Show ON OS WAIL Gen Stewart Wood font Ird Thinks Ar Ir Articia ticia I is Ancient History New Nets York Fb Feb CA GA G copy COP of 01 ex me Senator Chandlers article ant icie reviewing the diplomatic Incidents which pre Pee preceded ceded the an var ar was shown to Gen Clan I h Woodford m iv II Spain and after att r reading rea he said ahi saidI I r Have Ita no Idea that the time public will willbo willbo willbe bo be Interested nt In this mutter matter of I an II clent cleat history ht tor If Jt so 80 he the simple an Alt answer steer Is 13 It III Is true I never neer demanded Independence It U was absurd to do doco doso co so 0 it I would have resulted rf In my hI bring belli ordered away awny within hours hour and have hare precipitated pre the war sooner than It rain 1111 I 1 Imd 1111 1 any nn an Instruction to ta Th Ill only thing timing looking to It wan wn u mc ui i J r of the tho lie President for tor my In own I tI that I the Ill of ut Cuba OuiJa tt as under time the iou I e with mm I tim out omit prim of ut time Ihl cones lorl which mule wis nil aut io In and would nut moet inset u tl month r Illy RI In uns looked to an tin A As to the time time the timing thing never 1 01 waif In III tho iii remount WilY way suggested tu tv mu me by limo 1110 On Oil my ill III out OttO hook I t one otie or at two t I persons at itt I wad totted found that ns nil bin hlo as mis the thu of ot Independence 1111 ho M I never suggested It U to tu th tim I K Meantime I dill dia having In III my lilY mind 1 the theof tim th of ot or of ut cession by hy ii sale suli sa I nn atm armistice o during ti mini mm g till the rainy ruin y season senNon believing that If It I could Indue Spain to 10 take that limit stop step then Influences at mit work during durin time the first six elK months would mako he time next step stall possible to tonit wit nit either cither Independence or om cession to tu the United by h mie It ID lit I easier three years ear adIeu Itel ward tuiti and coolly lucking over the rec moe records lord ord In u It comfortable study to 10 say nay what wh t might have been 1 on done dono ono or what ought to IIno been ben done Ilona It Is ha mighty easy pa to 10 tho time strain under which III of ot time the United States was ns demoting himself heart mil soul tu what was IM as ime 0 I knows inmates 1111 a ls tho time Miry 91 cry wish of ot the time President anti that was tho time avoidance of or war al and tho time preservation of ot pence POliCe |