| Show 1 SPANIA RD liD WITH the americans are now try trying ing to guess what kind of an excuse captain will present to the spanish people in explanation of why the colon did not escape the american equa squadron dron he ile claims clams to have a secret which blob when divulged will come like a lightning flash out of a clear sky and disclose a wonderful fu piece of history in connection with the attempted escape the first impressing of the mans mysteriousness is that he lissin has in bis his keeping a well put together lie though too palpably ably false to be accepted by the people of this country con yet just the thing to satisfy spanish ignorance and explain away a most humiliating defeat his ills insulting reference to captain sigsbee of 0 tie tle maine brands him as an ingrate in erate forbad dorbad the americans shown the same inhuman disregard for life that the perpetrators of the maine blaine disaster did captain would not have lived to enjoy american hospitality president mckinley made a mistake in granting antine gr a it man 0 f the |