Show TO 10 H. TilE THIS lArI Since that thu February day ay In 1 IS when the tho United States Stales battleship Maine was destroyed In lii Havana harbor harbor har liar bor there hero have havo been constantly re recurring recurring re- re hints to the tho effect that the explosion wa was from within and not from lom without the boat hoat that the time HV lives i of ot American sal ors and soldiers soldiers- hundreds of them were them were not sacrificed sacrificed to Spanish treachery And time and again the Spanish boast has been L made mado that tho the wreck of or tho Maine was not raised because the United I States did not dare reveal re the truth If It the ship was sunk by the accidental accidental accidental acci acci- dental explosion of or a magazine an and I I II I totally unrelated to av any avy shore agen agency our people and people and the world world should should I know It Whatever the truth may maybe be it should bo be o known But If It any Spaniard Is comforting himself with the belief belle that the lit United States blew the Spanish power powei L- L dut of the time water because of of ot the Maine Elaine ho Is The Tho war with i Spam Spain was as Inevitable Spain had made mado a ait It riO HO Not because of ot the explosion S of ot that ship and the death of or thee 0 men but because the tho lac fact fac was settled settled set set- tied long before and Spain would not have havo It different There Thero never was a L time from th the e settlement of ot America when a collision col eel helen between this continent and th tho C power of ot Spain in the West rest Indies 2 was not assured And every even day clay o c ot f her life lito Spain was b by her conduct hurrying g her hor own fate tato nearer If It It had been the tho explosion on the Maine that started tho the war Wor Havana would have havo been leveled to the sea In twenty four hours after atter j I tho time big ship sunk Our people by their thell self self- control by their fairness Cahne and anel th their thel lr Justice earned tho the right to make mako an end of ot Spain on the Western horn horn- And that Is what happened America believes the Spaniards blew up tho the Maine Maino Whether they did o or not they were blown up and tho they thoy deserved ell It |