Show THE PEACE A madrid correspondent of the london times believes that the peace prospects havi have become brighter lately the foundation for this supposition is not known but possibly the queen regent who formerly favored war to the bettex end in order to save the spanish possessions for her boy now feels convinced that speedy peace is the only means of gaining that end partially at ac least it seems certain that the fate ot or spain in this crisis has been and is determined entirely by the interests or the royal family without reference to the good of the people be that as it may peace is certainly what spain needs and it is surprising that the fall of santiago did not result in a strong popular demand in jahe the peninsula for cessation of further hostilities before that event there was some excuse fox foi believing in the spanish army after santiago was taken every hope of successful resistance ought to have been 8 shattered h a tt ere d to pieces it I 1 is 8 interesting to notice that senor castelar Oa stelar the former leader of the spanish republican party and the bismarck of spain as he has been called sees no light in the future of his country to him national suicide is the only recourse left he is quoted as saying when I 1 stood by the corpse of canovas I 1 said that his best friend was angiolillo who in killing him delivered him from the overwhelming disgraces which had fallen upon him it may be the same with spain that is the aged statesman thinks his country count rys a disgrace can be wiped out only by the utter destruction of the nation so tat fax as he interprets the sentiments of his adherents he furnishes proof of the fact that spanish sense of honor Is giving way to utter despair should that mental condition preva prevail 11 there is no prospect that the cauntay will sue for peace immediately A nation without friends without confidence in itself and without hope for the future and yet imbued with antiquated ideas of honor will necessarily be slow in taking a step in the right direction spain needs somebody to point out to her that her present fate is but the natural harvest of corruption in hagn places and neglect on the part of hex hei rulers of following the progress of civil bation she needs a reformer to break the chains of superstition that so lane have fettered the people and to teach it to exercise its own power the cal calamities ain that have befallen spain are great but other european nations have had similar experiences and yet risen in the supreme hour to the occasion and come out of the ordeal stronger neer and better let spain turn to washington and ana arrange for coir peace on as generous and honorable terms as the american people peoble way may be willane to give then st her statesmen study the history of oer many of norway of or evan even of italy and learn that no courtesy wilt will be blotted out from the face of the earth as long as its people are willing to turn from iniquity and walk according to the best light it has the majesty of a people is not so go easily brought down into the dust as ate are kings and rulers supported only by iron and blood |