, 1873-11-18
FEELING m CHICAGO,

o11ro fnrthnr en1;stn,on+a I;o3a1arn1 vstnr.n
a!Ho offers to raise regiment Of 1000 men,
FEELING M CHICAGO.
THE CAPTURE OF THE STEAMER v1RanIus,
and the inhuman butchery Of tho CROW and pas-
sengora by tho Spanish authorities In Cuba, has
excited doop foeling OF indignation In Chicago.
as Woil aa in tho country generally. As Chicago
has among her citizens mon who distinguished
themselves as volunteers during tho rebellion,
whose martial ardor would DO likely to DO
nrousod by tho prospect Of war with Spain, and
whoso opinion AZ ao|diers is of aomo value, ro-
porter Of TIE Tn1nuNE convoraed with soma o.
them yesterday, with the following result:
GEN. J. D. waDBrEn
WAS quite willing to bo interviewed, and gave hls
v1ews to tho OBJECT that, IL tho Virglnius bad any
right to carry the United States flag, the Gov
ornment must Interfere, and most onergotfca[y.
Ho did not know anything Oh to tho manner Of
Interference. The Government must demand
complete Batlafaction Ii tho vossel waB throe
miles from tic Spanish shore, on the hlgh
Bohs, and outside Spanish jurisdiction. Flo
deprecated anything like tho annexation
OF Cuba to this country, as We had
quite enough territory, aud enough diverse
clements in tho population already. Wo would
havo no right to hold tho island as military
provlnco, mud II VIC annexed 1t VIC should make .
Terrtory OF 1t. The disposition. habits, and
thoughts OF tho Inhabitants Of tho island wore
not in accord with ours rs-thoy woro incongruoun.
do would not agreo to annexation, eVon il Cubs
vosod IN 1avor or 1t, knd ho felt in tho Same way
towards Mex1co' he did not care to SEQ a no"
clement introduced into tho population. II
would only breed trouble. Tho negro popula'
ton OF the South would giVo troubla
1or hundred yoara to come. 1t strunA
MN as possiblo to mako Cuba independent,
nor Independence to DO Guaranteed by tho United
Ssatoa' Englana' and Franco, though oven that
"oala oo contrary to tho genius OF our instttu'
tlona, ae our policy whs to hold our own tor1ito'
fy lnaepenooht, and to aVoiu outside ontaugla"
mehss. heserthg to tho capture OF tho virgin
lns' ti'o e8onera1 Thought otr dovernment would
| demand tho punishment OF her captors and OF
| tue oacern who directed tho execution Of thu
prisoners. II the 'irginas had any right ia
carry our flag, that was tho least satisfaction
that could bo demanded. Tho caao WAS partially
similar to the MnHon AMI Siidou Affair."
only 1t was very much worse Undal
! the United States flag. If the vessel had right
j to it's protection, the deck OF tho weasel was the
| same as tho soil OF the country. He would TO-
| grot anything that would prevent spain from os"
| tablishing froe government. and, howoVe1
much hs doubted Caatoiars ability to ostabllHh
such government In Spain. hc would not wisk
any obstacles put In his way. Ho did not think
belligcront rights should bo granted tho Cuhnn
rebelH until they could matnsain an open port
and carry tloir dag on tho high seas. Mer<
! fce3ing would irnpel him to Say, grant
bolhgerent rights, but, ~ a matter
Of international law, lo could not say
SO until they had port and flag OF theft
own. Cuba "as talked OF as tho " Key OF ths
Gull, but no could construct canal acrosa th<
Peninsula Of Florida aud have. the key IN out
own pockets oil tho time for mitch less money
than 1t would cost to capture Cuba. 70 rotsin
ouba, wo would have to keep up standing loes
and army, and bocouo ono Of the fighting pow
ers Of tho world. That Was not our policy. om
nailod % W. ncot1os aomo Kind ~ st,nd;ns
nsyy. , but not a standidr srmy. A iarro ] numbeS
the l'asto Of war; Tho monitors wore good fol
Lnrbor defouso, but perbaps not for anvtbfns
clso, Tho construction and armament of navies
,ras mt yo, sett1oJ rhnv xaro nrah,or. ~ ,isa .hs
"pa i.o' "'i' aest''o' 1nos "efo Pfop1oula taa
world was working at. The improvement OF the
torpedo System seemed to be the leading
idea tuat now. Our navy waa comnetent to
t,to .csro ~ thu sh;ns IN snan;a,,' Amar;,sn
|
waters no", aud tlloro would hardly
bo time to get tho more formidable vessola IN
Suaiu ACROSS tho Atlantic. and eomo of the bost
wcro In fin hands nj tho ;nanroenta Thoro
..,,, I.s.,,. It,. tn's'.
"o"4a pe 10 .touolo se.ans au atny' ny 1nree
Snaps OF the fingers would bring loo,U0o men to
tho scratch. 1t would not DO advisable to at.
tomnt to ta1e Havann. which wos strono1v fort;.
t,o1 in 'front.' Int IN rovorso. Tbc ,rmv conla
t,'9' - t.os' ouS ~ 49,. a5 oou'o
1ino q ianoihg-piaeo oa tho coahs Home"nefe.
aud march through tho country. Tho topogra-
ply of tho land would present serious obstacles
to tue progress OF an army. but our forces could
capture tno 18'a'o "1'nout ao'a5 OF aineulty.
Tho Cuban insurgents would sympathizo With
our arms at first. He had no idea England
would try md ret hold Of Cubn m Enrlnnd'e
,,o,iov ~. - ,.o,5 Io, Avn W. co,,a ,,ot 49,.
n;t 91 ""1 tor ,rnnoom rowor ~ ha,a Xxx
wo could not, permit any other European
po"uf .o1, ,,o a1,,,d or+';t 1rnno ahs ~
na o,,r nn-1, in ETa-;,, MAI, sho,,i3 a;thor