The weekly Arizona miner., 1872-01-27
.ApoLoGY OR WAR


 .. From Che tone of late swashi,etsn dis patches It would appear evident that we are on the very eve ot serious complications. perhaps war, with Spain. The statements in the case of the Ftorida, attested hv afSd.x;,s have been received at the Navy Department, and, in pursuance, demand will at once he made upon the Spanish Government which will not admit of any evasion from a full and ample apology. It is very improbable that this will be rendered at least so if an infer ence may be drawn from the defiant attitude of the Spanish Government toward the Unit ed States, and the foolish antipathy which the Spaniards in Cuba have manifested for Americans, ever since the first note of rebel lion was sounded on the "Ever Faithful Tsle.n
 The Spanish Minister, Senor Roberts, com prehends the situation and has notified his government that only full and ample expla- nation and apology can avert war. He doubt less feels but little hope that the former will be rendered, and hence regards the latter as almost inevitable.
 In this case then, the first result will be that the United States will have snatched the brightest dadem from the crown of Spain, and the gem of the Antilles will be represented in the legislative halls of the Great Republic of the West
 The civilized governments on both sides of the Atlantic are prepared to look with favor upon this event. For three years Cuba has been bathed in blood her handful of pa triots, meanwhile, maintaining struggle for independence against the myrmidons of the most barbarous government which has ever learned the use of gunpowder. The last act of wanton atrocity, alone, should be sufficient to call forth an united and general protest from all the civilized governments that wit r'~~- 4hN e'--eo'-- ri'is is the butchery of the students; and, it has, doubtless had much to do toward determining the course adopted by President Grant.
 A Havana letter of December 2d, published in the San Francisco Chronicle, gives graphic description o4 this terrible deed of blood. The concluding paragraph IS as follows: At a quarter before the same afternoon a square was formed, and at o'clock the stu dents walked out, tied two and two by the wrists. They walked calmly, except the two
 last. who were in tears (neither of them was yet fifteen.) They were led to the usual place and were told to kneel. All except the first, De La Campa, knelt. The ThirIl Regi- ment was detailed for the execution. Thirty two soldiers were drawn up, and at the first fire six of the poor lads were killed. The last two, Angel Labordc and Carlos Nc-,re-c though rolling in a sea of blood, were nor dead, so far from it that little Verdugo Dro' out into sobS, and called out My mo,a-s, my mother" The wild beasts gave tai, ,.or cHITd and ITS companion another yOilcy .n~o+ their chests, and both were dead.
 Many of the leading journals in the United States have been consistent, throus sAou,, u. urging the interference of our Government in Cuban affairs, and since the massacre of the students this feeling has become so gen eral and so strong that many among the most influential are now clamorous for war. They feel that it were better for the United States to incur the expense-and with single blow vindicate the national honor and give freedom to Cuba-than to cconomize in degradation and permit the Spaniards to indulge their cold blooded atrocities on that island.