The Anaconda standard. [volume] (Anaconda, Mont.) 1889-1970, 1898-12-10
TWELVE PAGES.
More spanish Honor"

~ Rios and the other Spanish
peace commissioner are hercely
sncensed at President McKinley's refer
ences TO the destruction OF the Maine.
and have entered a protest In these
rords:
But this concession which we were
Obliged 10 make touches us less than tho
Insult which has been inflicted on our ma
sion by Mckinley In his message. We
again protest upon the accusation hurled
against us I'm regard TO the Maine. ana
we intend 10 again submit the matter 70
m international tribunal. comprised or
England. France and Germany. 10 deter
mine who shall bear the responsibility of
che catastrophe.
Evidently Spain's homo" is still ex-
ceedingly sensitive. As a matter of fact
president McKlnley's refences TO the
destruction of the Maine were couchec
In discreet language and contained
nothing that Is not borne out by the re-
port .of the naval board of inquiry.
What the president said was this:
At this juncture. on the 18th OF Febru-
airy last. occurred the destruction OF the
battieship Maine. while rightfully lyins
In the harbor of Havana on "A mission OF
snternational courtesy and good Will. a
OIl ~
which stirred the nations heart pro-
Goundly.It Is n striking evidence OF the
poise and sturdy good sense distin-
gushing our national character that this
shocking blow. falling upon a generous
people. already deeply touched by pre-
ceding events in Cuba. did not move
Them to a desperate resolve to tolerate
no longer the existence OF "a condition
of danger and disorder at our doors that
made possible such n deed by whomso-
ever wrought. Yet the instinct OF justice
prevailed and the nation anNiously
awaited the result OF the searchinG h-
vestigation at once set on foot. The hTs-
ing OF the naval board OF inquiry estth-
dished that the origin of the explosiDl
was external by a submarine mine aga
only halted through lack of positive test
mony to hx the responsibility OF It's au-
thor hip.
What else could the president have
said and made any allusion at all to the
G destruction OF the Maine? The Spanish
government may have known nothing
about the plot-it is inconceivable that
the Spanish government authorized it
but that the Maine was blown up by
Standards is as certain as anything
supported by circumstantial evidence
possibly can be. 1t was a piece of vii
!. 1ainy no greater or more astounding
J than other monstrous crimes commit
; ted or contemplated. that have been
proved against ~spaniards. and Span
iards in high station at h The New
York sun OF Monday reveals on indi =
. putable evidence the fact that the Ct y
! OF Santiago and it's 10000 non-combaf-
! ants. a majority OF whom were inval.ls
/ ar women and children. only escaped
determination at the hands of Admiral
Cervera on July 3 by the diplomatic M
PREVENTION Of England. According 90
the Suns Havana correspondent. The
plan OF determination. which was con
: ceIved by Admiral Cervera and Cap
tain General Blanco, is one OF the most
nendish plots ever devised to take -
venge upon a victorious foe by sac
rihcing thousands OF innocent people.
But It's failure brought about the a.
struction OF Cervera's fleet and the fail
Of Santiago before Skaters army. TIE
correspondent says:
cervera's plan. inconcsivable in a Ct, =
tied war. and approved by Blanco. VS.
20 remain In the harbor. keeping on land
the non-combatants inside the Spani- n
: lines. 50 as 10 shell Santiago. with Is
. women and children. and make IL a W Z
: cemetery when Shafter should storm tie
city. The sleek Don Ramon Blanco. TIE
chivalrous Don Pascual de Cervera. cap1-
BILE Of such a monstrosity? Who could say
that at the end OF the nineteenth century
Spain should have given TO the world
such a barbarous spectacle2 But here are
4 documents which prove that the hasty IN
~tervention OF the British consuls pre-
vented that horrible crime.
Then follows a dispatch from Mr..
Ramsden. h British consul at San
tlago. TO Sir Alexander Gollan. the
British consul general. then in Havana,
stating that cervera had announced 20
/. the French consul that he would bonn
. bard the town the moment the Ameri-
: cans stormed 81, allowing no time for