| Show A JUST CAUSE the religious end and secular press presa of the country is practically unanimous on the question of the justice of the ole W war now on and the same view of them mat t ter Is taken abroad by all who OPS alm not bat blinded by prejudice in strenuous efforts have been put forth ath to create the Impress impression ioli in europe tw that the united state has entered upon a land grabbing policy and that spain is the first victim but it Is IB evident when all the circumstances are considered that before the enlightened public opinion of the world this country needs to offer no apology on a large island almost within might of our own 01 shores conditions barbarous even for or the middle ages have been maintained from the ruins of thousands of homes in the ravaged provinces cow coma the ful appeals for deliverance we bave b a right to ask of spain to bermit lutte these conditions them the interests of humanity require it and also self in aft terest because as long as tho the flames of insurrection are illuminating the southern horizon there is dan danger dannerth gerth to our nation this is not a war tor for the purpose of annexing territory belonging to somebody else congress has given the pledge that the crusade to is not undertaken with iview a view of exercising wr jurisdiction or control or the island nor to is it akings a war of retribution it has haa been we policy of the united states to cm carefully avoid gal all inel insinuations MW ht the maine disaster was waa a ai 4 tela other countries might ve called spain to account the noble boble ship where the could do tte work or top the neglect afterwards in 10 the fatime to ft some but our getem gotem meba has ham dealt with the enemy generously it has simply amply asked that peace and a stable government be esta established bUshed la in cuba this demand spain has re to listen to and interpreted it as a declaration of war after that there was no course left but to accept the inevitable the history of europe furnishes mamy instances of war similar to this the liberation of greece in the beginning of this century was undertaken simply because the world was sick of the constant reports of massacres in the then turkish provinces the atrocities in the balkan balkam states later orew drew out the russian forces in behalf of the sufferers and resulted almost in the overthrow of turkish rule in europe undoubtedly the more recent events in armenia and crete would have led to concerted action in behalf of the inhabitants there had bad the european powers dared to act on the demands of public opinion without fear of incurring greater risks cuba is the american crete and armenia the american people have undertaken to do for that island what europe in the judgment of the civilized olvi Meed world ought to have done for the sufferers at her own door that cause is just and must pr prevail preva evall il |
