Show the first three months the pace has been BO swift ae to make it not easy to realize how rapidly history baa gesn made during the past ninety days three months ago president mckinley signed the ultimatum addressed to spain polo received liis passports and took the cars for canada general woodfords Wood fords family belt madrid the spanish corbea in brilliant assemblage listened to the queen regents address everywhere expectation was on tiptoe that waa as recently aa april ten days later came news of a eplen did engagement the opening incident at arms the annihilation of the spanish fleet at manila it waa impressively brilliant it took the american people by surprise A few days prior to that historic event they bad hardly cnown of the presence pree ence of one of conr squadrons in asiatic waters when they learned of dewena whereabouts it was not in their thoughts that he was destined to give to the war almost instantly its magnificent first triumph our land operations lagged a little i general adders end of the war was utterly unable to kaep the pace the navy had set if bia department bad managed well the city of havana would undoubtedly have been ours in june lion ever the country has reason to be fairly well satisfied with what these ninety days have witnessed under shatter a force of troops cruelly and needlessly needle esly in numbers was ham merine away at outposts jost at the moment when throughout the united states the suspicion dawned that our men on the southern chaat of cuba were likely spite of their intrepid conduct to be slaughtered like sheep the exit of cervera aiom the harbor of santiago fur a second brilliant opportunity for our navy and our forces did not fail to take the fullest advantage of it the record thus made up is for the enemy a loss in lives and in ships eo appalling that it is practically decisive of the war while for ns it involves in men and in ships a loas eo insignificant that the history for warfare has no par albel for it we suffered a painful total of deaths in the tangled fields before santiago that is a loss which athla country will always believe might have been avoided if the war department bad made preparations at all commensurate with the resources placed without blint at ita disposal it remains to be been whether the ministry at madrid will compel the united states to take havana and prosecute a war that is surely to b from first to last utterly hopeless for this count rys foe A sane policy on part will end a war made brilliant by its brevity a war in which it is vain for the spaniards to hope to retrieve themselves by procrastinating the day of peace for the enemy the war i summed up in the laconic phrase lately made current that spain now has the largest submarine navy in the world her re malnine ships have exhibited to the world a spectacle not more than that which own wandering present camara ia tho most luck leea of them all for hla own fame as for big count rys name be would better have run lone ago acroca tb route of ships ol 01 ours and have endured the sinking ot the remnant of navy ninety days make upa monumental three months in american bis tory it cannot be doubted that the prayer far peace will eoon come from madrid if our governments demands are reasonable if the administration turns a deaf ear to those who crave opportunities tor syndicate operations on distant can fe speedily drivon to terms anaconda jandard San dard i c i A f S W it |