The times., 1897-05-14
Circulation Statement.
WASHINGTON, FRIDAY, NAY IA.
Action at Last.

Action at Last.
At last the Administration has been
compelled to assume positive ath-
tude On the Cuban question, and the day
Of our national dishonor draws TO a close
The brave and vigorous persistency of
Senator Morgan has been successful in
disclosing the fact that the detailed ac-
counts of the starvation Of Americans in
Cuba by the orders of the Spanish Captain
General, and the horrible atrocities other
wise perpetrated by that fiend, published
from day to day in the columns of The
Times andother well informed newspa pers,
have been not only true, but only half the
terrible truth The further and signir-
cant fact is developed that the State De-
partment, for over three weeks, has been
fully and officially Informed Of the perse-
cution and starvation of Americans, and has
done nothing for their relief. On the con-
trary, il has made every effort to suppress
the truth Now, when the crisis has been
reached, and the tidal wave OF national
ilcb III teistillAc 1OISc,
the Administration viii act. and let US
hope VIII actin manner TO redeem itself,
as far as may be, in the eyes Of a justly
incensed and outraged people.
For two months, and every day of that
time, The Times, exclusively among Wash
tngton papers, has presented the truth
- Cub 1aflx
has offered to its readers accounts of
such illoodcurdling atrocities perpetrated,
under the inspiration and direct orders Of
the hyena, Weyler, as would have been
unfitto print were it not that the American
people had a right to know whatwas going
on at their doors, especially in view Of
about it, and was deliberately hiding the
facts Day by day We have pleaded with
the President and the influences sur
rounding him, to sink personal coDsidera-
tions OF gain or subserviencyt to the moneyed
interest that has imposed this disgraceful
policy, and to take an American and
DdtliOAiC sbdllQ III GtltAnG VI llDcLSy3
humanity, and outra ged womanhood. In
that earnest and often apparently hope
less effcIt, we have had absolutely no
aid or Cooperation from the remaining
local press, and only in a few instances
from newspapers published outside of the
Capital Now that the crusade has been
,r,,,r, ~ with suonaSS apd tho oonditf,n
Of the spanisi, treasury has crippled the
journalistic influence of the Spanish le-
cation, we confidently expect to see our
Washington contemporaries come out boldly
for Cuba Libre." A late repentance is
better than none.
Senator Gallinger has introduced a reso-
iution approprlating fifty thousand dollars
for the relief OF Americans who are being
starved to death by Spanish cruelty 1t
viii go through the Senate like wiidfire
Mr. Reed may try TO block it in the House,
but he will discover that it were best not
TO do anything of the kind. ConStitu-
encies are everywhere aroused, and mem-
long To in This connection, whether they
happen to be Republicans. Democrats or
Pepulists
A message is expected from the Presi-
dent, which ought to have been sent in
long ago. asking for an appropriation for
starving Americans. Senator Gallinger's
action may render that superfluous. The
iuctantly given TO the Committee on For
eign Affairs, under the seal OF secrecy.
That seal may OF may not be removedon
Tuesday next; but the facts which the docu-
ments treat of will be given TO the public
10y eye witnesses on Sunday afternoon at
the Cuban mass meeting in the Columbia
Theatcr.
Committee win report 8 resolution de-
failing first-olass battleship to carry
the relief supplies TO Cuba Such action
IS appropriate ard no doubt necessary.
The hoaor OF this nation has been drag
ged in the mud quite long enough We
have too good reasons 60 know that un-
less backed by armed force it cannot he
restored or maintained in the Antilles.
Let Us be sincerely thankful that the
crisis has come.