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Show The President Talks. President MclvinleyThuriday for the first time since tho disaster talked in n belligerent tone to nt least thieo of his fiiende. These were Vice-President Ilobert and Senators Spooner and Hale. In thecourso of his conversation ho plainly showed that he did not regard a resort to war as impossible. If, he said, tho boaid of inquiry ascertained that tho disaster was caused by tho "xplosion of a submarine mino awarwoiiid be inevitable. It would not matter, he explained, -whether tho mine was exploded without tho cognizance of tho Spanish nuthoritiesi the' fact that thcMaino has been allowed to anchor over such a dangerous device that could be fired bv soma it responsible oflicer of the Spanish service, whoso feeling of eninily toward the United States induced him to send .the Maine to the bottom and destroy human life by merely pressing a button, would bo stifllotent to cause the Government to dsclajo war on Spain. The country, ho said, would not allow the Government to taku any other course. |
