Show SPAIN MUST change her war policy must be carried on in a human nature new york april 12 A dispatch to the aimee from washington says the policy of the administration in reference to cuba is not likely to be criticized criticised as wae that of its predecessor on the score ol 01 indifference to the of american secretary sherman unlike mr ainey will to it that imprisonments prison ments ol 01 suspects entitled to the protection of the united states for an indefinite period 0 tune is no longer indulged in by spanish clala in cuba will even eo farther and make it plain to the spanish authorities that thea cannot iu the closing decade of the nineteenth century be permitted to carry on war upon principles against modern civilization in short notice has been served on the spanish government informally as yet but still in un terms that this government recognizes a elate of civil war on the island of cuba which demands a treat meat of taken in action by either side somewhat different from that which teems to have been accorded to them thue far the immediate cause of ibis notice being served on the spanish government was of course the capture of the cuban general rivera and the report that be would forthwith tried by drumhead court martial and shot the president immediately after the news of the fate in store for the prisoner was received directed secretary sherman vodraw up a protest against the bontem plated action 0 capt ler second consideration however the protest took a leaa formal ebare instead of being delivered to the spanish minister in writing senor de lome was sent for by the secretary ol 01 bbate and informed aa to the views of the government in the matter this verbal protest it is safe to assume was no less explicit than that which secretary aber man had previously dratted at any rate it had ita effect for GOD rivera ic still living |