The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1897-09-18
Home Made Cable News.

That much of the so-called European
news ostensibly cabled to leading Amer
lean journals would, indeed, be news in
Europe is, we think, generally under
stood. 1t is seldom, however, that the
ear-marks of deliberate manufacture
are so carelessly exposed as in the fol-
lowing production, which nominally
comes from London to a prominent
New York journal and purports to re-
fleet the view taken in Europe of Cen
eral Woodford's mission as minister to
Spain:
Recently the European journals have
given considerable space to discussion of
tine Cuban question. In most instances
| the editorial comment, more especially in
Germany and Austria has been unfavor-
able to the United States. The trend of
the situation is an inclination, more or
less concealed, to aid Spain in this emer-
g,nCy. Taking its cue from these facts,
the Spanish government affects to believe
that in case of trouble with the United
| states ii VIII find allies in the European
nations and it will therefore resent any
proposals from Washington looking to
outright autonomy for Cuba. Another
| affair that complexities the situation is
the killing of the miners in PENNSYLVANIA
by a sheriff and his posse comitatus The
victims it is reported, are mostly sub
toctS Of Austria. Emperor Francis JO-
ScDh and his government may yet take
quite an interest in the tragedy diplo-
matte or otherwise They certainly will
ii ii will tend to keep further humilia-
tion from the Austrian archduchess who
is the queen regent of Spain No doubt
exists that the government at Madrid will
make the most of the PENNSYLVANIA af-
fair with the other European govern
mcnts. 1t need not be said that Italy has
| not forgotten the New orleans lynchings
This, as any one can perceive at half
glance, is not news but guess-work;
and with cable rates running from 121a
| to % cents word it need not be be-
! lieved by rational men that any news
paper editor in the United States would
/ in these days of enforced economy pay
| wire tolls on matter which might quite
/ as easily De written to order in the
! home office. But the worst feature of
this bogus dispatch is that it is not
! even partly plausible. That the emper-
| or of Austria would or could assume to
| find in the enforcement of law in Penn
| sylvania a preteXt for meddling with
| the United States relations with Spain
! is too prepOsterous for serious consider
alton. Such an idea, we feel assured,
has never entered his head, but if it
should enter it, the result would be the
same. The United States would pro-
. Cceu along the even tenor of its way
and the emperor of Austria would have
only brain-fag for his trouble.
| To representative of the Chicago
| Tribune who interviewed President
| Mckinley on Monday of this week the
latter replied that the policy of his ad-
ministration with reference to Cuba
would, when fully unfolded, prove sa-
tisfactory TO every intelligent Amerl-
can citizen We have great faith in
the word of the present chief executive
and we shall await with eager interest
the succession Of events necessary to
the complete disclosure of his plan to
aid in the establishment of justice in
prosecuted Cuba,