| Show W THIS An n entirely now theory about tho of Iho of ot Api A II JSn and II t which thore him hron so Is II ml fill by hy u 11 contributor 1 to the Sun Chronicle It 11 Is III to 0 tho of ff that document was Villi by I and not by h any of thu tho United That writer WIlter takes view that President that I could be by b bringing to tho Iho necessity o lit granting tho Cubans Ills course nf nt tor the tho Kinking of at the Iho Maine Is taken Inen lo to prove this lie III left no means un 1111 untried tried to tu avert precipitate action Is J IsIt JIt It not lIot possible ho asks that those who 1110 dUI to 0 tho President may have availed ot the tho good of d and sought lo 10 the of ot who were ware clamoring for an advance on un by IJ pointing out that the civil cIvilIzed lied world would regard with disapproval dl ll n war AI II against a n nation which practically offered to tu do every everything thing tho United States In order to avert wert n II And then ho argues It 1 Is 9 not n such n a representation would have MI had tho of feut of lit arresting After th be event It seems omM plain that tho American people co o desirous of ot that nothing could COli have ho dissuaded ed them from Croll their Hut But up to the of April ms it IH quite clear that there tholo were mill many who bp hI that the people of or the United H In ten would loul abandon tho di to tomake make war If Ir trie t l could be Ill persuaded that the civilized world was WOR not on their tide Evidently Lord en ell this belief I he hI would not taken the tho extraordinary stop ShI Which WP e now know kilo ho did 1111 take r and It m Iq not lt to bello VII that ho h did 10 at lit the Institute Of ot President Me Ic Hilt thin h I not It thu Ih only evidence tr f r this startling proportion The Tho Washington lo t on en the of ot this month put the Iho following question to Judge o Day who was s noting us I secretary I of at tho time The Is III made hell hete that hilt tho ato note nole of lit April H 14 wnM drawn by you rOil In State Department Is 18 this correct T TT T this question the judge moral merely replied Impossible to reply rep to ont of ot your telegram It Is argued that If Ir tho had hart no foundation Judge Day would 1 have violated no rules of lit d 11 by h that he ho had noth nothing ing whatever to do with the formula formulation tion of at the document In controversy It Is to accept the hypothesis that L the w hl h appears to t the American policy In the controversy with Spain Wan IM written at tho Ration ot the th President of oC the cOlin coun country try tr It Jt Is 18 known however that the then note n le wa ln written ami signed by tho ambassador The British h gov ov has disclaimed all 1111 for It II Lord u It Is claimed acted on own Initiative on the of ot Spain thu Austrian minister tel Hut But strongly disclaimed all 1111 knowledge of tho Inci Incident dent until the particulars were print printed ed OIl R 1 short hort time ago This renders tho Iho affair HO mysterious that It Is I not nol to I he wondered ut If various theories arc I I formulated and find adherents |
