| Show THE CUBAN SITUATION it if one half that la Is charged against general weyler wayler of cuba be true 09 he be is ia surely burely a fiend incarnate when life to ig forfeit many times over that be would conduct a war of practical external nation was waa to be looked ft for end and in pursuance of this plan that ime cruelties cruel ties and even atrocities vald occur was waa one of the inevitable things incident to such a conflict but it efte w not expected that he be would diskes campaign against innocence end nd helplessness that he would put non DOU combatants and aged men to the word sword and young and virtuous girls to baleful bame ful exposure as he la is charged with having done war seems a strange and cruel thing thine in those these times time even when conducted in accordance with the recognized code emde of civilization but when this thia la del departed arted from and is brought loto into play it to is quite time for interfere me boe by a third party la in this connection the action of the united jolted states state senate to la significant by a majority so BO great thit the he opposition seems seem trifling and even erratic the cho resolution lion favoring recognition as belligerents to the cubans has gone through thron gb and that such action is a perfect reflex of the temper of the american people Is ia beyond controversy that it was wag hastened by the imnetu we speech of senator veat lo in which the alleged villainies villa inies of the captain veneral general were portrayed in fervid eloquence is a matter of course no body of educated and enlightened men could listen floten to such a recital and thereafter hereafter be indifferent regarding it if what was said at that time was waa true or even substantially correct the action of congress was wae not dot at all beyond the mark but rather this side aide of it the im pulse of a common christianity would under such circumstances justify the full fall recognition or the revolutionists it should be remembered in this connection that weyler wayler has baa made a complete dental denial of the indictment him As a man of who rho can appreciate the gravity of the austion this was to be expected whether he be was waa guilty or not to admit fallt would loo be to court disaster and defeat we are quite well aware of the possibility of a certain unspeakable gentleman not being on every occasion am black as be is painted but must nevertheless Bevert beless insist upon it that the choan dictator has so BO tar far made mada out a very poor case cage in his bis own behalf the burden of proof has baa not been shifted by his bia blank dental denials the present attitude of the span job ish people londs lands considerable gravity to the situation when a mob whether encouraged or discouraged by the officials matters not has the temerity to attack a foreign and presently friendly endly rl consulate it zoes goes to how that the popular feeling ruas so high that the authorities could not control it even if they were disposed to 0 do o so it to la a matter requiring at least s disavowal dinv owal on the part of the spanish government abd this being factory might precipitate a severance or of diplomatic relations oftener than otherwise a forerunner of war spain would show herself to be mad led indeed Is ed if she allowed her populace to push her to the point of opening hostilities against aal net the united state she ebe is very weak and we are very strong besides besl deo we have so far done nothing to actually justify such a movement |
