The Roanoke times. (Roanoke, Va.) 1897-1977, 1897-12-28
The Presidents Policy Denounced
by a Republican.
He WILL REAP THE wHIRLwIND.
THE FOREIGN COMMITTEES OF
BOTH THE SENATE AND THE
HOUSE ARE AGAINST THE AID.
NINIsTRATIoN = THEY FAVOR
THE RECOGNITION OF A WAR
IN CUBA.

washington, Dec. 27.-ssPresident Me-
hlnley is sowing.to the wind and he viii,
reap the whirlwind''
mat statement is not made upon tho
thority of mere scribbler of news It
is reproduction CT the declaration of
one OF our greatest living statesmen, and
WAS uttered In the privacy of his home,
tnat snail he also reap" continued th..
statesn an, who is as great in bihlira1
crlticism and. Scriptural lore as he is e,ni.
nent In the domain Of international law.
he very fmpressively added: "Before the
God or nations (and believe in the Sn-
preme Being as the arbiter of all our
rates. this country is as responsible for
tne starvation, brutality. atrooity and
murder OF more than one hundred thou
sand mortals n Cuba, as Srain 10 resnon.
slble and accountable
Being in political life." he said, ssr am
coward. The men about me bavino
similar environments, are towards
CHARLES Sumner, Roscoe Conklipy. and
other men of superior ability learned
that no man can openly antagonize a pres
,uent, anu hope to keep his head ahove
water In the politicai sea- Therefore.
fearing that we may be submerged we
stand idly by and see the angry saes
sweeping INTO the niaelstrom of death aII
others than ourselves. Maybe, latter all.
we M rather prudent than cowardlv
nevertheless, it is "a fact~~tbnt we Re-
puolicans know that our President ia
doing wrong to our country, and to all
OF our people. by pursuing the nolicv
winch he has adopted concerning Cuban
AFFAIRS he is certainly scwing'the wind
"uu ne VIII reap the whirlwind More
over: he is engulfing his party In the
storm of por ular Misrepresentation which ia
sure to come. Under the neutrality l.ws
we are spending millions of dollars to
prevent ADMINISTERING; and every interna-
tlonai lawyer knows that the neutrality
laws do not apply and cannot amply to
existing conditions. The neutrality law.
can only be invoked when there is war
netween an established government and
leceSniZeu beligerents. The governments
ao Maoriu declares that no state of war
exists in Cuba, and the Insurgents there
nave never been recognized as tellipor-
ents.
Ho" then can Spain invoke the exercise
OIL neutrality law ut this time, Before
GOD ana men, and nations, Spain has an
right 20 make any such demand upon this
uation. The Canoyas and Sabasta min
istries are at one in declaring that no
siate OF war exists in Cuba. Therefore.
al 'h.ernationa' lawyers know that Spain.
mas no shadow of right to look to this
government to observe the neutralitv
laws OF nations But this government Is
assuming that state of war exists in
Cupa' when Spain says that no state of
war exist. In other words, Spainsis de-
handing of us an atrocious misinterpre-
tat'on OF International law: and our GOV
ernment-l is shamefully shamelessly ac-
cepting that misinterpretation.
ace there is no state of war existing
In Cuoa, according to the official deelara.
lion or the government at Madrid. why
should the warships and cruisers of tho
United States be acting us the police NJ
the seas between Florida and Cuba, for
the purpose of preventing our peonle
from selling merchandise to the ueopls of
Cuea, who are not in state of war,
why should we be spending millions OF
money annually for the purpose of acting
as the most powerful ally of Spain in
this matter?
1T is an official declaration, YOU must
remember, that no state of war eyists IN
Cuba. Spain herself has said il. J,et no
take her word for It,
1T is the duty of this government RI
accept that official announcement as cor.
rect. Then, that being the case. there
ara numerous peaceful Cuban citixens
VINO are not engaged in warfare, not en-
gagged in revolution, not engaged in in
sorrection, who want TO buy food, arms.
ammunition, and other articles of com
cd fro