The Ketchum keystone. [volume] (Ketchum, Idaho) 1885-1899, 1895-10-19

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Members Of the DIPLOMATS eoype
seldom expires thsir opinions Tor
publication, and When they do they
usually get into trouble either With
this government or their own, -
va the case With the predecessors
Of the present Spanish and Ha-
waiian ministers, not % mention
Lord Sackville West who has just
bobbed up again, whose troubles
arc remembered BY most nswspa-
per readers. In private the diplo-
mats often express very interesting
opinions upon international topics.
For instance, tho following, which
came from . well-known European
member Of tho corps and was given
among personal friends With per-
feet freedom, and with no idea that
it would ever b published. The
conversation had been upon the
present attack of jingoism which
has seized many Of our newspapers,
and whom the diplomat was quiz
zingly informed BY his host, "It's
up to you," be smiled and said !:
bah !! there isn't the slightest dan
ger of . war between the United
States and England, over Venesu-
ella, or anything else. The two
countries have too much in COM
mon. During long stay in this
country / have noticed that the
newspaper talk of a war with Eng
land begins regularly about year
before your Residential campaign
and ends on election day. It is
merely way your politicians have
of exciting public interest. This
year Spain has been added to Eng
land, owing to the revolution in
Cuba. While the Spanish talk
may not be entirely for political
purposes, it is practically meaning
less. Spain neither has the money,
nor the men to fight the United
States, whatever her inclination
might be should this government
take official notice of the contin-
ually increasing public sentiment
in favor of the Cuban revolutionists.
The United States may, however,
find itself engaged in war in the near
future, not with a European nation
but with Japan. The Japs think
because they licked q lot Of unor-
poorly armed and worse
fed Chinese that they can lick The
best army in the world. They also
think that their country is destined
to become q great maritime, manu-
and mercantile nation.
Having such thoughts it naturally
follows that they should have a de-
sire to spread out, as it were. They
propose as q starter to the spread
ing process to attempt to get pos
session of Hawaii, and ifan excuse
can be found will not hesitate to
use force. If they should what can
this government do but fight? It is
true that your present administra.
ton has been unfriendly to the
present government of Hawaii, but
your Congress has declared that no
foreign country should interfere
with Hawaii and your constitution
places the power to declare war
solely in the hands of Congress.
Mark the prediction: if your coun-
try has Z war in the near future it
will be with Japan.
If claims could carry elections the
democrats and republicans would
both carry the states of Maryland
and Kentucky in which red-hot
campaigns are being waged. But it
lakes woes to carry states and the
politicians do not hesitate to admit
privately, if assured that their
names will not be printed, that the
is about a. uncertain a.
it could very we'll be. In Maryland
The fight is entirely confined to local
issues, and is entirely PERSONAL
German vs.. anti German. Sitting all
that can be learned from members
Of both sides who come to Wash
ington, Senator German seems to
have little the best of it up to date,
although be 10 not out Of the woods
BY q long ways. In Kentucky the
issues are mixed, the silver question
and Senator Blackburn's reelection
predominating, but whatever the re-
suit, it will not settle tho silver issue
in that state az there are silver men
working both for and against Black
burn, and the populists, who are
at for silver, are running separate
state ticket. A gentleman who has
ust returned from q trip through
Kentucky says the leaders are all at
Yea, and that he was assured by
numbers of them, of oil politics,
hat they would not b surprised to
zee the state 60 10000 either way.
Some talk has followed an Nd
lress, advising the negroes to 60 to