The Houston daily post. [volume] (Houston, Tex.) 1886-1903, 1898-03-28
\ FEED. THEN FIGHT.


!. FEED, THEN FIGHT.
.x..t,s policy of Interven-
alan " OHtsiued.
AMMAN in Chicago Times Herald.
s,ou March 2a.First, an inter
4, mercy; second, an intervention
,bs programme OF the United
..srnn,cnt, with the president aud
,r..s cooperating, which has now
wv, words, the United States will
carving first and fight afterward
harry. ~.
al Immediately.
,rcDriatiori Of 100000 will be made
- within few days to feed the
ccople Of Cuba, and this relief Will
n,slcred by the United States gov
!, the supplies VIII be sent for
m,rchant ships and their tilstribu-
.,,,,ed TO our consuls and the ex-
I;sf agencies. but il any resistance
n a encountered. then they Will
ssded by naval vessels and their
IN 10 given INTO the hands or the
nd marines OF our ships.
cnain has consented 10 this
lion Of mercy.
= sssented to relief in Cuba at the
o1he United States government.
.Idrst time In the history of nu-
sogcr that pretonds TO hold Its
Y among the family OF nations has
another power TO Gene into Its
ma feed its own people.
admission that such intervention
I'm necessary, that she can not
~ the starving 100000 Of her own
Is practically Il surrender Of
;iinn that expects to enjoy the re-
a The world can admit another
4 feed its people while 1t claims
\ right to rule with the bayonet
lax gathcrer.
such an Intervention of charity TO
5rentlon of force. if force shall be
III. Ii is but a step, and that s
II what will follow in this instance.
N not be imagined that Spain Will
I've consent 10 this interposition OF
|cug hand OF the United States gov
!, 10 save Cuban woman and chill
Bun Starvation.
kla.esmen at Madrid are not tyros in
tey, and they were not unmindful
moral and international eject of
/ siep. They realize that once the
Estates goes into Cuba to feed, 1t
by there TO fight, II fighting is nee
Lin order TO solve the problem of
III there presented.
Spain has consented TO such a
Iii evidence enough of the desperate
10 which, that nation is reduced, and
swagger and bravado which the
linus, ascrlbe 10 her reputed willing
b engage in battle with the great
before which she now bends the
khumbly.
kvsek, as was described in dispatches
tne, the president practically dccid- |
Fyhlist the services of the United |
sss a government in feeding the |
Clbans, His first Thought was to
lin this work without asking Spain's |
4 and with naval vessels. If Spain |
% resist our charity as intervention
[ let the consequences be upon her.
lon further consideration the presi-
sglded first to ask SPANS consent.
cable was brought into play. and
thours General Woodford had laid
The Madrid cabinet Our request. 1t
lifted by members of the administra-
ley did not believe Spain would as
They did not think any self-respect-
len THAI was reported to be buslly
9 in preparations for war, would
the nation it proposed TO fight to
Is territory on an errand of mercy.
j. lhe surprise and delight OF the
AZ and his advisers SPANS assent
slred by cable last Saturday. |
President Mckinley continued his
aets with the leaders OF both houses
both parties. Among the sugees-
'hkh he made to Senators Allison
snan, the recognized republican and
iIe leader Of the senate, as we'll as
~, was that congress should APP
Me fitting sumsfor feeding the poor
ilellms OF SPANS cruelty. and that