The times., 1897-12-26

the American Government has disparaged
the principle OF non-interr ention by CON
tinuoasIy offering its cordial media ion
between the ma iesty OF Spain and Its re
belliuus Subjects, mediation which we coal J
not possibly accept without real lessen
ing of cur power and a grieyous blot
on our hoLor," says Emilio CASTELAR,, IN
La Publicidad, OF Barcelona. Whenever
olney or Cleveland presented, with more
or less ability, their unrealiZa bic schene
of friendly mediation IL has come TO me
that America, by these Very illconsidercd %
offers was cunfessing completely IN the
Cuban insurrection, and was, hum iniy
speaking, promising that which could not
be carried out.
The insurgents belong to the tribe o
nolitical i7reconcila bles who do not give
their arms to he twisted, and who VIII
not admit any solution other than the one
they Lave inscribed upon tEeir rebellious
hammers. and FOR which they are up I'm
arms contraIy to all laws divine ana
human q nd against all principles oil mo-
rs lfty and right. 4 great general like
Fsrla rtero ma V subdue the uncompronising
Carlists with offers OF rank and benefits
which he himself can bestow or the field
of battle. Another general such as
Martin e. Campus may make peace, as at
canyon, imposing conditions at the point
of victorious sword, bat foreign govern.
ments, far fIom the center of operations,
without promises 10 make or benefits TO
bestow, except in the name OF the very
state and country which they are insult
IL.
lacking in good faith. Such governments,
however powerful they be, suffer from
delusiuns If they believe it possible TO
mediate between an irresOlute croHl OF
soulless rebels and the regular govern
ment of a peol lie which believes itself lord
and arbiter OF its own destiny.
I'VE Imagined, and with reason. .hat
upon the assumption of power by the Re
publicans, consequent upon the lection
of new President, America would ds>ist
from its foolish attempts, leaving il 10
us, the Spaniards, to arrange, as God
might give us To understand, our mutual
differences and terminate our civil wars.
But the tremendous blunder had assumed
among Americans so gener ii cha-ac-
ter, such dauEerous univcrsality, Jatt
hardly lad the new President taken the
oath. of office before he sent to rs an
ambassador with instructions to demand
from Us an account of the condition
of our civ il war and 10 promise us Z frie:i lily
settlement; accounts and settlements which
appeared TO Us gross iuS0lence for w&ich
there is no preteNt in international riPht
and which " admitted or sanctioned 10y US
would relegate us to that baTbaroIs ;fe
when might was right and the most 20 Aer-
ful states vere accustomed to disregard
the free entities called nations. and 10
Impose upon them their codes and :nrms
of govei nnent without having to render
account 10 any one in this world, Inl"ss 10
q still greater power. Of the use they IG51e
of thoss prerogatives which are pro-
foundly oongenital to their existence and
organism
THE new ambassa dor came this summer
to San Saba stian, and, after complying
with the traditional forms, had business
interview with the Duke of Tetuan. 1t is
certain that this necessary interview in
troducec into our policy grave ooInplica-
tions and that it, tempora nIy but serious
ly, injured our credit. Without its aping
known whence or how il originated, the
singular and incredible statement became
current and was received al fact that the
new ambassador had presented an uiti-
matum tc. the Spanish government, de-
manding from it that the war he ended
in the month of October, if it did not
desire the troublesome interference of the
United States in its private affairs.
Il never believed in the existence of
this 'ultimatum,' because, or L know
little of my fellow-citizens. no member OF
=, 10 es-r- 49,
pertinence without nsing and placing It's
passports in the hands of this most arrogant
ambassador so that he might not again
make an attack upon our independence or
again attempt our honor. In effect. tie
note never had the character attributed
TO it by the International tele graph; but il
must he noted that the pretense was not
abandoned, il being desired with it TO
point out in a diplomatic way that, if
such extreme measures were not inn
mediately contemplated they might ;peecii-
!y become necessary and sud denly enforced.
The note, far from. being menacing ulti-
matunl, a scheme of int ervention or the ar.
fogance OF a great pow er, is series of cold
explanations covering the results of the
Cuban war to the Saxon Republic The
anib9ssa dor complained that Yanke-. ship
ping and Yankee Commerce were being in
jured by the civil warfare in the Antilles
but TO this all the nations Of the earth
find themselves continuously exposed.
The instructions nearly continuous in
Ireland during the " hole of the currentcen-
tury, the conflicts between Italy and Aus
tria, the labor which the unifiea ton aud
TeconstrI ction OF the German empire have
required, the disputes among the Hell ;etic
cantons. the wrangling of Holland with
Belgium, the state Of permanent revolution
which, during so long time, ha S held Spa IN
and F1G nee, have all resulted in detrimen:
TO Euprcan commerce, but European n com
meTce has never, because of the result, had
the pid pfetension TO claim that the re-
speotive states should by Intervention.
direct or Indirect, arrange disputes which
did not concern them.
And the claims of America and tie
complaints Of America and the tro lbles
OF America are the more scandalo1s be-
cause f.om there comes the help which
enables the CEbans TO thrive. Great sub
scriptior lists for their benefit are openad;
the suicidal temerity of the rebels is en-
coura ged: public enrOlllnents, TO interfere
in our Internal quarrels, are coutrived;
piratical expeditions to sweep labor and
from ynnder seas are contin 1.,liv
armed, and the foolish hope is kept alive
that the colony viii be able To break
the ties that bind her TO the mother
ties which God himself unit Ell
In space and time, and which God alone
would be able To break vanquishlng with
the tempest of tbs celestial wrath The
invincible Spanish nation.
After insisting that the continuance of
The Cuban war is seriously detrimental TO
the trade and commerce OF the SaNons the