Twice-a-week plain dealer. (Cresco, Howard County, Iowa) 1895-1913, 1897-12-10
forms very carry anu complete paciiicat ior
Is hoped for.
Have Not Failed In Our Duty.

Forms very carry a.u complete paciiica,ion
Have Not Failed In Our Duty.
The Immediate amelioraiion OF exlslins
conditions under the new administration
OF Cuban affairs is predicted, and herewith |
United States. Discussion of the question
Fl the 81 bs nnea s sgss asa sa
ent disposition to, charge us with failure In
s bass Il ae Could have
Il Spain had been cognzant of the, con.
or ths has sds
ton. That it has successfully prevented
violation Of our laws would seem 10 Be :
thu spansh note 10,
speak further now. Firm in the conviction
sponss to this Charge has been maas Ip dip.
lomatic course.
The Untried Measures.
Sn;y: Rscogntion e the i ,n. ggsnnsn as
sHce Of Cuba. neutral Intervention to end
ZEE * fsti ana
In favor Of one Of the other party: sneak
not q fSrsls|s d 1h sdds aa g
morality would be criminal aggressloR.
Recognition of Insurgents.
Recognition Of the belligerency Of the
Cuban insurgents has often been can
vassed as q possible II not Inevitable step
both In regard to the previous ten years
aat snmlndfui that the I've houses Of con.
sis sBspaF sf 1sss
q 5astisyas p !Ss & shs ataa
ira session the senate voted . Joint resolu-
ton. of like import. which, however, was
a9t brought to vote In the house y, Of repre-
sesses basos ess e &
der which SO important measure must
d hs GgSh
mand the recognition Of belligerency In Hi
eential Qualifications Of sovereignty BY the
insilrgents and the conduct Of the war BY
are no esss e s sec1. iSas q
l l than are the inflpences and con.
pefs e 1es s!aSf5s siP Psa
auOtes President Grant.
The utterances Of President Grant in his
are sisasIy FelsSahl Is psssht ss:
ton re e Gue 3he ana II 4 tkas r ts sasas
conflict had for seven years wasted the
neighboring island. During al those year.
manly. witch called forth expressions Of
9m a af nat0nf es fh5s
enormously affecting the comnmsfcd ri all
States more than any other by reason Of
proximity and larger trade and intercourse
At that juncture Grant uttered these
ments Of the problem: "A recognition Of
the ,, indspenasn3fSs q G " Psslns, my
eppesio mphe next presepts tss
that Of the recognition Of belHegreht rights
IN the parties to the. contest Ip former
eiusieh that the conflict IL Cuba dreadful
and ss as Tsrs It's IL gig
1T is possible that tn. acts Of foreign
nss very Il cb ,eesI g aR 5 ad to in as
aa gasi avod the ns false sSts Wien Nigh!
IDLY ana tstefsss 3 III rule when sas beer
shg a aas ka Of aGn aRa o ysoo sa Snof
| plghts Of belligerency must be Judged i
sadne s4ss p Sw q tn
it is always and Justly regarded as an UNI
friendly act and q gratuiitous dem,o9 as =
ntesests and fights q
0en Ct Its Gp Conflict sfs 50 far TO reareS
thereto. But this conflict must Sc. onl
ternational law as war.
Recognition Not Justified.
| sr3o11iparauoo Ton {s nof NOR
existence Of contending armed bodies am
their occasional conflicts do not constitute
eR.si thu e al AepSaE
the tests recognized, by ppblicists spd writ
srs on h ia% and E1lfh ba an
esty and power. when free from selst!iye 9
ssh h and mG1yes az
such nd sui snbstantiai Political organiss;ior
real, palpable and manifest to tn
, world. having the forms and capable Q
toward its own people and to other states
With courts for the administration Of jus
tee With lGsa| habtatie s,cb
e eoasest oa q the e eatesog
nsSas and psea Il on or the
2 ing Of war, to which RECOGNITION Of bel
ligsrency would aim to elevate It.
1.-THE contest, moreover, Is solely o
lang; the insurrection has not possesss
seaf 6 9gls whenes y ma
senu iotin IL nag, Hot fnrs,sn any nowers az
: cept through the military llnes Of tts &C
versaries. No apprehension OF any {
which war upon the ocean Is apt to pr
ciptate upon the, vessels, both commerci'
and national, and upon consular officers {
other powers calls for the definition {
their relations to the partIes l9 the Son te
, regard the accordance of belligerent righ
still to be as unwise and premature, as n
gard It to be, at present, indefensible as
| measure of right.
such recognition entaiis upon the cour
try according the rights which How from
difficult and complicated duties. and n
quire1 the exaction from the contendin
parties Of thn etEtct Observance Of the
Of Search CHI upon the high ssaG 'by sessels
| both parties: 1t would subject the carrylh
of arms and munitions of war, which hoy
| may be lTanEpprted freely and without II
terruption, in Vesseis OF The United State
TO detention and to possible setzurs;
would give rise to countless vexatious quel
iions. would release the pnrent GoNAEnfnat