The times., 1898-04-08
FRIDAY. APRIL S, 1898.
In MeErIorinun.


Under the force of Mr.. McKinleys
urgent representations. Europe has in
tervened in American affairs. Ii must
have been a novel as well as a pleasant
sensation for Europe to receive this
solicitation because it has been the
idea in the past that the American peo-
pie would die in the last ditch before
they would submit TO such an outrage.
But Europe has now made the ac-
quaiutance Of the American firm Of
Hanna and Mckinley
Il Is a small thing on the face Of it.
i is that the concert Of Europe, which
las crushed Greece and holds Turkey
as a bird To be killed at some conyen-
sent Thanksgiving time. has been
invoked by William Mckinley to come
IL and cremate the Monroe doctrine.
The circumstances are conclusive ev-
idsnce that nothing Of the kind would
have occurred if the Administration
lad NOT begged it The dipIomatisss
rience with the sturdy sons Of Colum-
bia They know that the American
people regard even friendly interven-
fion by a European power as a deadly
afront
But We must remember that the
American people and the Mckinley Ad-
ministration are TWO separate and dis
tinct quantities. The former regard
the Monroe doctrine and its nee
essary deductions as sacred. The
latter views it as an obstruction to the
complete control OF the London and
Wall Street influences.
Hence. we need not be surprised a;
the joint note which Mr.. Mckinley has
secured from the Concert Of Europe
i is a great victory over patriotism for
the Spanish bond influence and its al
lies in control of the Administration.
on the face Of the acceptance OF
foreign Intervention, which Mr.. Nc
Kinley so cheerfully has accepted as
far as he could do it, he has abrogateG
the Monroe doctrine, and we have no
doubt that he distinctly intended t.
do so.
Recognition Of foreign Intervention in
American affairs is acknowledgment
that Europe has a right to interfere
in cur hemisphere with the movements
Of people lighting for political free
dom against a European monarchy.
But the powers Of the old world must
take notice that a concession TO be Ie-
gal under international law must b.
made by person or official endowed
10 concede It. The President Of The
United States is not such a person OF
functionary.
In Europe the war-making power is
vested in the Executive. It is not SO
here. With US il rests in the legisIa-
tive branch Of the Government and il
should be known that the war-making
power IS the custodian Of those Ameri-
can precepts and principles which make
Tor war
We can see that ii is a very beautiful
and pleasant thing for Sir Julian
Paunceforte to join in the note CT peace
and. at the same time. discIaim any &c.
sire TO coerce either Spain or Amer.
ca He has done enough wren h
signs his name 10 a repressn nuatior
which, IL accepted, throws the Anaeri-
can people out Of court as 10 any con
tention Of irreeprns.biIty 10 European
control or Interference.
From the tine that the Declarat OF
Of independence was signed 10 the pres
ent day. there has never before been a.
American President who would no
have resented a joint note" from Eu
rope.no matter how cautiously word d
which could indicate in the least degre,
the right Of European interest in Amer
ican affairs.
No preceding President could have ac
cepted such an affront without tn
certainty Of impeachment Mr.. Nc
Kinley has dared the opinion of tn
whole American people in doing so.
may be that he has bought, bullied o