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Show RAISE TIIEMUNE. The proposition of tho Spanish Minister Min-ister of Foreign A flairs that his government gov-ernment should take steps to raise the Main and refloat her In Havana harbor har-bor Is one which can not full to be of tho deepest Interest not alone to the United States but to civilization. The world.shoekedas It was by the destruction de-struction of the gallant ship, could look calmly upon the evidence that would be brought to the surface with the Maine, and the question of the causes for the explosion, the sinking and tho terrific loss of life would be in a fair way of settlement. Spain has persistently and earnestly repudiated any and all responsibility for the event. There aro naval experts In the United States who luve taken tho ground that the explosion was inter- nfey gnu : 'Myr!: nal and not external, though the weight of the evidence and the undoubted un-doubted weight of belief in the United States Is that the explosion was due to external forces and to Spaniards, if not to Spain. It Is certain that men of the type of Ccrvcra would shrink with horror from even the mention of a proposition proposi-tion to destroy the Maine while lying at the anchorage assigned her by the harbor master of the port of Havana, but It Is otherwise as to Spaniards of the type of "Wcylcr. Rut the Maine should be raised, and the question determined de-termined to the utmost limits of determination. de-termination. It Is due to Spain, to civilization and to the United States, and if Spain Is sincere In the proposition proposi-tion she should be aided and not hampered hamp-ered In the work. |
